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Sunday, October 19, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
Bishop Thomas Struzzieri, the first Passionist bishop, said to Paul just before he breathed his last, "Father Paul, when you are in paradise, remember the poor Congregation for which you have toiled so hard, and all of us, your poor sons." With great fervor Paul made a gesture signifying Yes. Then he quietly closed his eyes and went to sleep in the Lord.
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Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
When, through inner struggles, a person succeeds in accepting concrete, unavoidable suffering as the will of God and sees in it the possibility of participating in the passion of Jesus, it does not mean that pain and sorrow are taken away. Although the pain must be borne, it is no longer senseless, and God's grace can work to transform the suffering so that the sufferer "rejoices in sorrow and exults in grieving love".
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Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
On a human level, deep and authentic love yields not only true peace and contentment but also a desire to share the pain of the beloved. Immersion in the sufferings of Jesus and deep, interior intimacy with God were springs from which Paul's words flowed and which, to this day, contain a power that moves the hearts of people. This power is love.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
The goodness and mercy of God became manifest in the Incarnate Word, our Saviour, and in every facet of his life. But nowhere was it more effectively revealed than in the passion and death of Christ who died for us and for our salvation. The sufferings of Christ are the most convincing witness of God's love for us. Paul of the Cross was completely imbued with this mystery of faith.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
Since in Paul's time as in our own, there was a great danger for people to become lost in external activities, one of his great goals was to lead others to a life of interior prayer and union with God. Because the preconditions for this are quiet, silence and a return to the center of a person's being or soul, Paul exhorted his directees to turn inward.
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Monday, October 13, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
Today, as in the time of Paul, human beings find their own personal happiness when they search for their identity in the light of God, when, to use the words of the saint, they allow their "nothingness to sink into God". Only in the acceptance of this basic religious attitude can we truly find ourselves.
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Sunday, October 12, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
The example of Paul’s faith and the strength of his union with Christ serves as an example to us to renew our friendship with the Crucified. Paul's passion mysticism also serves to give us deep insight into the mystery of the suffering of Jesus and this supports us in bearing our own pain and suffering. The whole edifice of his spiritual life was based on complete trust in the love and providence of God.
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Saturday, October 11, 2025, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM
- Passionist Nuns
- 8564 Crisp Road
- Whitesville, KY, 42378
- United States
We find in the letters of St. Paul of the Cross words of deep human warmth and friendship along with the steadfast faith and practical wisdom, a combination that is a sure sign of true Christian religion and mysticism. His advice did not spring from untested theories, but rather from his own deep relationship with God.
