Catholic Word of the Day: PARAY LE MONIAL, 11-09-09

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PARAY LE MONIAL

A city in central France where Christ appeared to Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun, on december 27, 1763, as she was praying before the Blessed Sacrament. She saw his Sacred Heart surmounted by a cross and a crown of thorns surrounding it. Many other apparitions followed. The Church approved the Communion of Reparation on the First Friday of the Month, the Holy Hour, and a special feast dedicated each year to the Sacred Heart, as a result of Our Lord's requests of Margaret Mary. In 1873 when pilgrimages were revived, English Catholics flocked to Paray le Monial, where the convent chapel became the center of attention. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, once in the priory of the Cluniac monks and now the parish church, shares in the interest of the pilgrims, along with the Eucharistic Museum, which has a remarkable collection of books and objects of art relating to the Blessed Sacrament. Pope Leo XIII called Paray le Monial, "{the town very dear to heaven."

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

I don't know how to pronounce this. But obviously a sacred place to many.

1 posted on 11/09/2009 8:01:16 AM PST by Salvation

2 posted on 11/09/2009 8:02:34 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

3 posted on 11/09/2009 8:05:37 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

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Catholic Word of the Day – links will be provided later by another FReeper.

Book of Zechariah	Temple (biblical)	Capsula
Holy Mary	Anaphora	Diana of the Ephesians
Evangelism	Eucharistic Oblation	Last Judgment
Veneration of Images	Aggiornamento	Pectoral Cross
Dark Night of the Soul	Solitude	Domestic Prelate
Incense Boat	Clothing of Religious	Laity
Abraham’s Bosom	Embalming	Dowry
Roman Gradual	Socratic Method	Theism
Memorial	Petitions to the Holy See	Perfect Happiness
Litany of the Sacred Heart	Feeling	Pope
Legate a latere	Extraordinary Magisterium	Nepotism
Canonical Penance	Inherence	Ineffable
Refectory	Pascendi	Musicam sacram
Heaven	Celtic Church	Motu Proprio
Migne Patrologia	Christian law	Acclamation
Paray le Monial

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4 posted on 11/09/2009 8:09:08 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

When are you going to change that headline from “word” to “term”?

5 posted on 11/09/2009 8:33:14 AM PST by T Minus Four

I thought it looked familiar! We have a book about St. Margaret Mary on the shelf.

6 posted on 11/09/2009 9:09:45 AM PST by Tax-chick (My taxes pay Anoreth's salary or Dad's pension.)

To: T Minus Four

Oh, come on — the Word of the Day that was posted before had multiple words too. LOL!

7 posted on 11/09/2009 7:42:47 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

I know, I’ve been watching for weeks and weeks :-)

8 posted on 11/10/2009 6:04:32 AM PST by T Minus Four

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