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November 1, 2025

Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas: The Solemnity of All Saints and the Pursuit of Holiness

By Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Catholic World Report - How does one get to Heaven? By being a saint on earth. And how does one become a saint? By living a life of holiness. And in what does holiness consist? Here are seven elements... 1. Holiness consists in being childlike ... Our Lord Himself asserted – unequivocally – “unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven” [Mt 18:3]. But, as you have undoubtedly heard many times, being childlike is quite different from being childish. Saint Thérèse, for example, was devoted to the Holy Child Jesus because she found in Him all the qualities to become a saint herself. ...

November 1, 2025

Family Ways to Celebrate the Saints and Remember Souls, by Suellen Brewster

By Suellen Brewster, Catholic Exchange - We would be remiss, however, in letting the prophetic pair of November 1st and 2nd pass by without receiving all the Lord means for us to receive from the Solemnity of All Saints and the Commemoration of All Souls... We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always [attentive] to our prayers. (CCC 962)... As living Catholics, we are those “pilgrims on earth” referenced above.

November 1, 2025

Catholic Vote: Trump Names Nigeria ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Over ‘Mass Slaughter’ of Christians by ‘Radical Islamists’

Catholic Vote - President Donald Trump declared Nigeria a “country of particular concern” Oct. 31, answering calls from Catholic and other leaders for the U.S. government to confront the persecution of Christians there... “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter,” Trump said in a strongly worded statement posted to Truth Social. “I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’…”... “But that is the least of it. ... When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done!”

November 1, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Every One Who Exalts Himself Will Be Humbled

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Luke 14:1, 7-11 - 1 One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him. 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 "When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him; ...

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