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The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
God works a miracle to confirm the doctrine of the resurrection of the body
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| Br. Ruffino & the False Apparitions
St. Francis exposes a ruse of the Devil
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| Rain and Earth Make Mud
Bl. Jordan of Saxony on the monk's relations with ladies
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| God Accepted Their Via Crucis
How the soul of Prince Charles Lowenstein left Purgatory
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| The Alms of the Neapolitan Woman
The Mass she asked for liberated a soul from Purgatory
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| Charlemagne’s Envoy among the Greeks
The Frank outsmarts the Greeks in their own land and comes home safe
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| The Worldly Bishop & Charlemagne
The Emperor orders a merchant to trick the mundane Prelate
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| Charlemagne’s Love for Wisdom
How he encouraged the learning on his empire
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| Charlemagne’s Care for Singing
How he made Church chant uniform throughout his empire
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| Extraordinary Facts about the Carmelite Scapular
Evidence of the great benefits of the brown scapular
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| The Arms of Lorraine & Visconti
Family pride in the Crusader origins of their ensigns
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| The Blind Monk
The monk who asked to see Our Lady
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| Hard Labor for God
How the medieval people built their cathedrals
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| The Legend of the Ermine of Our Lady
How King Arthur entered single combat with a pagan and won Brittany
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| The Star of the Sea
St. Bernard teaches: 'Look to the star, call upon Mary'
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| The Water of Count Gerald of Aurillac
How God honored this Saint with the gift of miracles
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| ‘There is a Hell, and I Am in It’
Two Russian generals make a serious agreement
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| Charles VII, King of France by Divine Delegation
St. Joan of Arc asks the King for a gift
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| Augustine and the Seashell
The lesson he received from a boy playing on the beach
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| The Power of One Hail Mary
How two hardened sinners changed their lives
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| Simon de Montfort’s Good Habit
A difficult battle is won through recourse to Our Lord during Mass
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| The Miracle of the Jewish Boy
Our Lady protects a child from his father's wrath
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| The Humility of King Canute
To teach us a lesson, he commands the ocean waves to stop
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| St. Clare and the Saracens
The invaders flee before St. Clare and the Blessed Sacrament
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| The Bread of the Strong
The Blessed Sacrament gives us victory over ourselves and our enemies
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| Serving the King of Kings First
Two episodes on the Mass in England
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| The Witness of St. Stanislaus
The Saint raises a man from death to testify before the King
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| The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste & the Baptism of Blood
As one of them apostatizes, a Roman sentinel receives the missing crown
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| The Three Bottles of Wine
God punishes an innkeeper for profaning the Sacrament of Confession
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| How to Correct One’s Peers with Charity
An Abbot receives a fraternal correction for his worldly way of sitting
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| The Old Woman, the Butcher & the Captain
The weight of one Mass converts two skeptics
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| The Rainbow Crossing Miracle
Our Lady of Pompt Succor works a miracle for Archbishop Janssens
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| The Scapular that Saved Two Lives
Our Lady protects a German soldier in a time of danger
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| The Baker’s Dog of Lisbon
God gives us a lesson on our duty to the Blessed Sacrament
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| The Conversion of the Moor of Pamplona
A documented bi-location of Ven. Mary of Agreda in Spain
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| How a Mule ‘Adored’ the Blessed Sacrament
St. Anthony of Padua accepts a challenge of heretic Bovillus
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| The Immaculate Conception in the Age of Discovery
Spain's glory: The devotion of the Catholic Monarchs and Columbus
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| The Omelet of Mère Poulard
A marvelous dish we still find today at Mont Saint Michel
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| The King and the Blessed Sacrament
Charles II of Spain shows his great respect for the Sacred Host
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| How to Dress in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament
An impious act of affront to Our Lord is duly punished
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| How St. Gregory the Great Was Elected Pope
He fled the honor but the people returned him to Rome
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| Thus Were the Bishops of Better Times...
How St. Dunstan treated an erring King and adulterous Count
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| The Final Words of the Salve Regina
An invitation for us to come to Our Lady with all our needs
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| The Siege of the Alcazar of Toledo
Colonel Moscardó refuses to surrender - even at the cost of his son's life
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| Fruits of Medieval Devotion to Our Lady
Tenderness to the Virgin refined the early medieval man
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| Courage and Obedience
Even the enemies of the Crusaders admired their dedication
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| From Paradise St. Dominic Savio Teaches Us
He appears to Don Bosco in a dream to promote devotion to Our Lady
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| The Eucharistic Miracle of Avignon
The Blessed Sacrament is miraculously preserved in the flood of 1433
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| Queen Blanche of Castile and the Rosary
Through a miracle she gave birth to St. Louis IX
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| The Legend of the Dogwood
The dogwoods blossom reminding man of Our Lord's crucifixion
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| The Medievals Were Barbarians …
In fact, modern man marvels at their gothic architecture
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| The Divided Horsecloth
The improvident merchant who gave all his property to his son
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| The Knights of St. James of the Sword
The four vows of the Order of Santiago
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| The Paternity of St. Gregory VII
His letter to a humble Milan priest maimed by simoniacs
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| The Curé d'Ars and the Protestant
An example of the Saint's charitable intolerance
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| Sultan Saladin Describes the Crusaders
In a letter to Arabian princes, Saladin praises the zeal of Catholics
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| The Prayers of a Knight
How the medieval knight took his religious obligations seriously
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| St. Francis on Custody of the Eyes
The story of the King and his two messengers
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| St. Louis, Warrior and Saint
Militancy harmonized with goodness in the greatest King of France
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| The Harmonious Relations between Nobles and Monks
The solicitude of the Duke of Aquitaine for the monks
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| When Even Wolves Kept Their Word…
St. Francis and the wolf of Gubbio
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| The Moral Education of the Future Knight
The good counsel of noble parents to their son
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| A Renewed Interest in the Mary Gardens
Flowers that remind us of Our Lady's qualities and virtues
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| Ranulf of Chester
A charming case of Heaven's intervention in medieval life
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| Naivety or a Higher Understanding of Things?
The symbolism medievals found in all of nature, especially flowers
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| The Rooster of Barcelos
The story and miracle behind this regional symbol of Portugal
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| The Investiture of the Knight
A night of prayer, a day of festivities and proof of prowess
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| Chantecler and the Fox
The cock outwits the fox in his proclamation of universal brotherhood
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| Honor, a Counter-Revolutionary Virtue
How honor was admired and understood in Medieval France
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| Hernan Perez del Pulgar, 'The One of the Valiant Deeds'
The panache of the Catholic knight during the seige of Granada against the Moors
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| The Story of Two Students
The clemency and compassion of Our Lady for those who have devotion to her
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| The Tumbler of Our Lady
She accepts any sincere homage even the most simple
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| The Story of Lady Anne Grimston
How a great tree came to grow from the grave of this unbelieving lady
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| One Un-Confessed Mortal Sin
A story form The Catechist
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| The Moral Profile of an Inquisitor
From the Manual of Dominican Bernard Gui
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| Theophilus: The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
How Our Lady rescued him from his pact
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| The Medieval Fish
St. Anthony preaches on the banks at Rimini
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| 'Thief! Thief!'
The Bourgeois of Amiens returns a purse
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| The Roses and the Rosary
Hail-Mary's seen as roses
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| The Twelve Days of Christmas Carol
Catholic wisdom sprinkled in a song
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| Exempla: Stories that Teach Catechism
The runaway nun is stopped - A mother's useless tears
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| The Monkey Under the Bed
The Three Hail-Marys save a man
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