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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

Second chaplet of the Rosary, consisting of: 1. Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane; 2. His Scourging at the Pillar: 3. the Crowning with Thorns; 4. the Way of the Cross; and 5. the Crucifixion.

See Also: JOYFUL MYSTERIES, See Also: GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
Fri11 July
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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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