The Holy Father completed his successful four and a half day visit to Cuba by winning over practically everyone, though Fidel Castro remained stoic. Did anyone expect otherwise? Upstaged throughout John Paul II'spilgrimage to Cuba, Castro got in his digs but everyone could see through his bearded curtain and Castro has some serious alterations to deal with after the Pope's visit or, to quote an old phrase, "how are you going to keep them down on the farm after they've seen Paree?" The people of Cuba have tasted a morsel of freedom, a morsel of being able to openly express their faith. If Castro goes back to a "suppression mode" there will be a rebellion. For stories over this weekend on the Pope's visit from CWN and EWTN, click on

    Dear children! Today again I call all of you to prayer. Only with prayer, dear children, will your heart change, become better, and be more sensitive to the Word of God. Little children, do not permit satan to pull you apart and to do with you what he wants. I call you to be responsible and determined and to consecrate each day to God in prayer. May Holy Mass, little children, not be a habit for you, but life. By living Holy Mass each day, you will feel the need for holiness and you will grow in holiness. I am close to you and intercede before God for each of you, so that He may give you strength to change your heart. Thank you for having responded to my call!

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The Super Bowl hype can finally be put to rest.      What a game! Best Super Bowl ever and both teams and San Diego did themselves proud. Can't help but think Archbishop Chaput was the secret weapon, sitting in Pat Bowlen's owners box, that helped put the Broncos over the top. With that said, now we can get back to normal with our regular features beginning with Dr. Joseph Bagiackas lay person's guide to Pope John Paul II's Teaching on the Laity with his Papal Exhortation Christifideles Laici. Today we bring you the fourth installment of this expert summary which Cardinal John O'Connor has said are "extraordinarily helpful summations that will draw the reader closer to knowing God and will encourage broader readership of the writings of this remarkable Pope." Click on THE VICAR OF CHRIST SPEAKS

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Finding ways of finding and keeping reverence       The reverence the Cuban people exhibited this weekend, beamed back to the states via EWTN...since few networks bothered because of the Clinton fiasco...was truly reverent. It was the kind of reverence Father Stephen Valenta, OFM Conv. talks about in today's column as he discusses the solutions to overcoming the obstacles the evil one places in our way to prevent us from attaining reverence. Click on HEARTS TO HEART TALK

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A one-stop shop for Catholic Documents       Today we feature a site which needs to be brought up-to-date. That's the only negative toward this site, for it truly is an instant compendium of most Church documents from the sixteenth century on. The best part is the speed one can find a document and print it out - whether it is an Encyclical or a writing of one of the Doctors of the Church or words from one of the saints. For more on this site, click on Significant Site of the Week

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A dynamite feast - TNT! Actually TNT stands for "Timothy and Titus" - the two saints we celebrate today, both bishops and both evangelists who contributed epistles to Divine Revelation. For their story, the liturgy today and tomorrow, click on LITURGY OF THE DAY

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PRAYERS & DEVOTION
Prayer taken from Opening Prayer of Saints Timothy and Titus for today's feast.

God, our Father, it is truly right and just to praise You, all-powerful and eternal God. Through the mystery of Your grace, which You have bestowed on us in Christ with Infinite Mercy, You have called and led us to the kingdom of freedom and of life. You have revealed to us the inscrutable design of Your wisdom in the gospel of salvation, of which St. Timothy and St. Titus were the preachers and teachers. Today we unite ourselves to Your blessed servants whom we honor today and to the choirs of angels to sing the hymn of Your glory.

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