Father Joseph Poisson
Dear Friends and Benefactors, Apostacy, war, diseases, the ‘mark of the beast’ – truly we live in apocalyptic times. During this holy season of Lent of 2022, Our Lady has received the spotlight both in the Church and in the world. As the Russia-Ukraine war (some claim it is actually a USA-Russia war) gets…
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Dear Friends and Benefactors, 02/17/2020 THE HEAVENLY COURT OF SAINT LUTGARDE, who died in the Year of Our Lord, 1246, is one special devotion that Catholics should know about. Notwithstanding the tremendous importance…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, “And she brought forth her first-born Son, and wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger.” (Saint Luke 2:7) DIVINE GIVINGGood would not be good unless it tended to, and actually did, communicate itself. As the author of “Perfection Is For You” (Fr. J. Higgins, S.J.) explains…
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CATHOLIC DOCTRINEThe Second Council of Lyons, convened in 1274, used the teaching of Pope Innocent IV in its formal declaration on purgatory. This declaration stated:“If those who are truly repentant die in charity before they have done sufficient penance for their sins of omission and commission, their souls are cleansed after death in purgatorial or…
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Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 04/15/2020 If you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above …. Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.”…
Read More “Saint Joseph was so reserved and careful in his speech that not one word ever issued from his mouth that was not good and holy, nor did he ever indulge in unnecessary or less than charitable conversation. He was most patient and diligent in bearing fatigue; he practiced extreme poverty; he was most meek in…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 02/19/2020 “We judge that the Immaculate Mary, Mother of God, has actually appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, on the 11th of February and the following days, for a total number…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 01/15/2020 God “made man from the beginning, Made them male and female … For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God hath joined…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 12/18/19 “CHRISTMAS: THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. In the year, from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created Heaven and Earth, five thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine; from the flood, two thousand, nine hundred and fifty-seven; from the birth of Abraham,…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, “Have always before your eyes the all pure life and holy life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a divine mirror wherein you may behold the sparkling beauty of all virtues and the perfect model for your life and conduct. Upon this model you should regulate your actions, making it…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 10/16/19 The power of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has been a topic examined by many Catholics over the last 800 years since the time Our…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 9/18/19 Among the symbolic figures that the Most Holy Trinity has illustrated for us to the glory of the Immaculate Heart…
Read More Dear Friends and Benefactors, 8/21/19 The Immaculate Heart of Mary was prefigured by the burning bush seen by Moses on Mount Horeb. As Saint John Eudes explains, first we should consider that the…
Read More Dear Faithful, “Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.” (Saint Matthew 7:7). The friends of God should never be discouraged when the Almighty seems to rebuke them or ignore their petitions. Any apparent delay from God allows his servants to practice greater…
Read More Dear Faithful, For the Feast of The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 2nd , the Gospel of the Mass ends with the first two verses of that most beautiful Canticle, the Magnificat. Saint Bernadine of Siena explains that the words of the Magnificat are like so many flames of love darting…
Read More Dear Faithful, It is important to have some knowledge of our roots, especially if it is for the greater glory of God and for the benefit and salvation of souls. For example, the image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on our newsletters has a significant history. This image is a replica of the Miraculous…
Read More Dear Faithful, Another difficulty against the dogma of the Perpetual Virginity of Our Lady is taken from St. Matthew I, 18: “When His Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.” “Came together” (convenirent) in this case probably means, “dwelled together under the same roof.” …
Read More Dear Faithful, Since we live in mainly a non-Catholic society, and since most baptized Catholics today are tainted with the heresies and evil fruits of Vatican II, when Our Lady of Mount Carmel seminarians go out in the world they will encounter many opportunities to defend the True Faith. One particular Catholic teaching which is…
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