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The Holy Miracle of Santarem A 13th century miracle attests to the Real Presence in the Eucharist
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| The Cock and the Wolf A cock who repents of his pride and is saved
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| The Providential Three Windows The discovery of a picture of St. Barbara
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| Bolivia’s Virgen del Socavón or Virgin of Candlemas A massive new statue for Oruro, Bolivia
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| The Fox & the Young Turkeys How the fox outsmarts the over-wary birds
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| Heretics Worked Miracles by the Aid of the Devil How the Bishop exposed the false preachers
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| The History of the S.A.G. Abbreviation A pious custom to ensure safe mail delivery
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| Our Lady, Consoler of Suffering Souls How the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady saved a soul from Hell
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The Conversion of the Duke of Gandia Francis de Borja The sight of Empress Isabella's corpse changed his life
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The Fox and the Crow The crafty fox uses flattery to trick the vain crow
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St. Francis Xavier Raises a Man to Life He works great miracles to convert the people of India
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| Chant Royal on Lent A French lyrical poem calling for penance & contemplation
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St. Patrick Wins the Right to Judge Ireland He fasts & prays for 40 days on Ireland's 'holy mountain'
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St. Patrick Converts the King’s Daughters Ss. Eithna the Red and Fidelm the Fair
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If Your Eye Causes You to Sin... St. Francis discusses with Sultan Al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade
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When a Pilgrim’s Request Is Refused A woman refuses bread to a pilgrim on route to Santiago de Compostela
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The Flowers of St. Patrick A mysterious blossoming each year in France at Christmas time
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A Forgotten Promise A deceased friend appears to Blessed Suso to ask for Masses
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Five Hundred Francs in a Closet A woman in Pugatory returns to ask for Masses
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| St. Patrick Converts the King of Tara The challenge where the chief Druid priest was burned by fire
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| St. Patrick Challenges the Druid Priests The Saint's victories on the Hill of Slane
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| The Newlyweds, the Witch & the Mule The eucharistic miracle of Offida
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| The First Victory of Bertrand du Guesclin How he borrowed a horse and won the prize of valor
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| The King & the Rosary The good example of King Alphonsus wins Our Lady's intercession
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| A Mother’s Counsel Dhuoda exhorts her son William to faithfully serve his Lord
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| The Moors Could Not Destroy Our Lady’s Image A sign for King Alfonso X of the Virgin's protection
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| The Alb of St. Bon, Bishop of Clermont Our Lady rewards her servant with a heavenly vestment
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| Order in the Medieval Battle Obedience and discipline were essential in a cavalry charge
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| The Lourdes’ Miracle of Gabriel Gargam Our Lady cures a paralyzed man both spiritually & physically
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| How Ambrose Was Chosen Bishop of Milan The voice of a babe called out 'Ambrose bishop'
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| Tuotilo, the Monk of St. Gall A heavenly assistant directs his sculpting of a statue in Metz
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| The Devil and the Painter Monk Our Lady helps a monk who paints the ugliest Devil possible
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Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Patroness of Tobacco Growers A devotion springs up organically from the people of Cuba
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| The Wakefield Shepherd's Play A light comedy introduces devotion to Our Lady
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Our Lady of Mantua in Prague A bullet fired at Our Lady returns to
hit the shooter
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Dom Nuno, the Mirror of Portuguese Chivalry The great piety & justice of the founder of the House of Bragança
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Our Lady Rewards those Devoted to Her Sorrows Some examples of her unlimited gratitude
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| The Nine Worthies The model ideals of chivalry - Old Testament, Antiquity & Middle Ages
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The Road to Hell - I St. John Bosco explains how human respect leads to all vices
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The Road to Hell - II How to avoid Hell: Obedience & frequenting the Sacraments
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The Road to Hell - III Entering the dwelling of the reprobrates
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The Road to Hell - IV How immodesty & theft lead to Hell
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The Road to Hell - V Touching the outer wall of Hell
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| On the Eve of Corpus Christi, the Miracle at Metz A young woman is cured at the 40 Hours devotion
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| In Milwaukee a Protestant Converted by the Eucharist After he promises to say a Hail Mary every Sunday
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The Resurrections Worked by St. Francis of Paola The great wonder worker raises up his nephew from the dead
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The Power of Our Lady's Picture St. Alphonsus de Liguori writes about two surprising changes of heart
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Apparition of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem on Pentecost St. Cyril reports the prodigy to the Emperor Constantius
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The Superb Memory of St. Thomas Aquinas A trained memory was his indispensable tool
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| A Last Vision of St. Patrick The Apostle of Ireland sees the Church in ruins
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The Brave Boast of Pedro de Menezes "With this stick, I will defend Ceuta against all the Moors"
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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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