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As a price for our sins Jesus Christ suffered greatly and in His suffering He had five wounds inflicted on His holy body. Most Catholics know this wounds but only a few are familiar with his shoulder wound. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux prayed and asked of Christ what was his greatest unknown suffering, and what wound suffered in His Passion was most painful. Christ replied to him: “I had on My Shoulder while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound which was more painful than the others, and which is not recorded by men.” Our Lord had to walk for three miles from Pilate courtyard to his crucification point. The cross dug through His shoulder ripping flesh from bone. After this conversation of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and our Lord, Christ Himself asked the faithful community keep a devotion to His shoulder wound and promised that those who do will receive God's grace.  “Honor this Wound with thy devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask thro...

Once a priest, always a priest “according to the Order of Melchizedek.” (Heb. 7:17). Priesthood is one of the seven sacraments in the Catholic Church and an important one as through priesthood the Church from Heaven receives the greatest of all sacraments, the Holy Eucharist, Christ Himself. At times this great men fall short of glory {For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).} and here is a story of one who had lost his legal status had a great audience with Pope John Paul II. One priest went to visit Rome. Among other activities he was to have an audience with the Pope.(Pope John Paul ll) On the appointed day, the priest had many hours free. And like a tourist, the priest decided to stop in a basilica to tour and to say a prayer. On the steps of the church were a number of beggars, something fairly common in Rome. On the steps, the priest thought that he recognized one of the beggars. After entering the sanctuary he knelt down to pray, and the...

The truth is at one point  life will be difficult. Things will happen to you that will make you feel as if God has forsaken you. But did you know that He has so many promises for you when life gets hard, and He is faithful to His promises. Here are a few promise for you that is walking on a broken road. You whose life seems getting worse everyday, promise from God not from man. ISAIAH 43:2 God knows that in this world you will face many trials which might easily destroy and crush you but He promise to be there for you and that is why He assured you through prophet Isaiah that "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." Now God did not say if you pass through the rivers or if you walk through the fire, rather he said when you pass through meaning at some point in life you will pass through the ri...