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Morning Minute Retreat (January 9, 2026)

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Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot: Unlike the Traditional Latin Mass, which refers to the form of the Roman Rite prior to the reforms of Vatican II, ad orientem is a posture that can be used in the celebration of the post-conciliar Mass.

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Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot

Unlike the Traditional Latin Mass, which refers to the form of the Roman Rite prior to the reforms of Vatican II, ad orientem is a posture that can be used in the celebration of the post-conciliar Mass.
At a time when traditional expressions of worship are being curtailed by some bishops, the leader of one diocese in northeastern Minnesota is taking a different approach: letting parish communities give it a go.
Over the past year, Bishop Daniel Felton of the Diocese of Duluth has provided guidance for nine diocesan parishes to regularly celebrate Mass ad orientem on a trial basis after local pastors made the request.
And at least in some of the parishes, the results seem to be bearing fruit.
“With proper teaching, it’s tremendous how much people have embraced it,” said Angie Gadacz, 47, a parishioner at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd, who had limited exposure to ad orientem before it began to be used one Sunday a month throughout 2025.
Meaning “to the east,” the ad orientem

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Yes, it most definitely is.

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Surprising coming from Minnesota.

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When an officer of the law, a policeman or a custom's official tells you to stop or to move over here, the official must be obeyed. In Europe there are policemen with loaded rifles, and this is not for show or decoration. Trying to run over someone with a car is a mortal sin because you are trying to kill that person.

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Every nation, because it IS a nation has a right to decide who can enter it.

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It would be great just to see the reaction of the liberal women "No Kings" crowd!

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Unfortunately, some Catholics think she is a martyr. She left her child and devoted her time to protesting, which is not a maternal attribute. She also became a lesbian, so she sure is no candidate for sainthood.

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Because in the bizarro world of the woke Leftist - you're a martyr if killed by the "evil" police, but just inconvenient if murdered by the protected POC migrant class.

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Saint Catherine Labouré, her visions, and how they changed the world

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Saint Catherine Labouré, her visions, and how they changed the world

Left: St. Catherine Labouré in the religious habit of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and with the medallion of the Immaculate Conception; right: Detail from the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris. (Images: Wikipedia)
Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-76) is best remembered as the recipient of a series of visions involving the
Miraculous Medal. But we must not overlook the context in which she received those visions.
In the late eighteenth century, the French Revolution unleashed a decade of terror, executions, war, and starvation upon France. A major goal of the revolutionaries was to eradicate the Catholic Church, and for a time, they seemed to succeed. But over the next century, the Holy Spirit rebuilt the Church in France through the saints.
Nineteenth-century French saints include two of the greatest saints in the history of the Church—Saint Jean Vianney and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux—as well as Saint Bernadette Soubirous. Many other holy women and …

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For over one hundred years, St. Catherine's sisters did magnificent work in hospitals. In many American cities, the first hospitals were started by the Daughters of Charity. Today, there are no more hospitals as this order died off. This is a terrible tragedy, as now the sick are no longer comforted by these nuns.