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The Synodal Way Won Me Over

This article is from One Peter Five I have not written on matters of faith in a long time. “Why?” I’m sure no one has asked. I will inflict an answer upon you regardless. It’s simple. I’ve been undergoing a spiritual transformation. I have received a re-catechization and am now awakened. No longer burdened by [...]

Let us Labor to Save our Souls

This article is from One Peter Five My brother, in this picture of death behold yourself and what you must one day become. “Remember that dust thou art, and unto dust thou shall return.” Consider that in a few years, and perhaps in a few months or days, you will become rottenness and worms. By [...]

ALL SOULS DAY

The holy souls in Purgatory are especially dear to God since their love for Him is rapidly being brought to its perfection, being purified day and night, hour by hour. Their prayers for our needs are thus very powerful, though these Poor Souls are helpless in regard to their own sufferings. The Church’s Liturgy of [...]

The Body in the Grave

This article is from One Peter Five But, Christian soul, that you may see more clearly what you are, follow the advice of St. Chrysostom: “Go to the grave; contemplate dust, ashes, worms; and sigh.” 2 Behold how that corpse first turns yellow, and then black. Afterwards, the entire body is covered with a white, [...]

The Body on its Death Bed

This article is from One Peter Five Editor’s note: for the All Souls Triduum and the month of November this year we present three chapters from this classic work by St. Alphonsus. You can find this work for free online, with iPieta, or purchase a copy here.  Portrait of a Man who has recently gone [...]

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