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Sharing Life as It Comes

I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time — a clean, simple network without ads, without cookies popping up everywhere, without random news I never asked for. A place where we can talk freely about our faith and our everyday life, and where I can write in a natural, spontaneous way instead of copying and pasting long texts that almost nobody reads.

Today, for example, after Holy Mass I joined the parish lunch for the Feast of Saint Joseph. It was wonderful. I talked with…

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Added by Jeff on March 22, 2026 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Welcome to the first post of **The Simple Web**

This small network was created for Catholics who desire a simpler, calmer, and more human space on the internet. A place that recalls the spirit of the early web communities: light pages, sincere conversations, and time to read and reflect without the rush and noise of modern platforms.

Here, faith comes first.

Marian devotion, love for Saint Joseph, the classical teaching of the Church, the lives of the saints, and the everyday spiritual life can be shared naturally and with…

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Added by Tony on March 16, 2026 at 12:00pm — No Comments

We Are Made for Eternity by Fulton J. Sheen

Peace of mind is attained by those who are rightly anxious to attain the Perfect Happiness that is God. A soul is anxious because its final and eternal state has not yet been determined; it remains, always, at the crossroads of life. We cannot be cured of this fundamental anxiety by abandoning ourselves to passions and instincts; the…

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Added by Tony on December 10, 2022 at 2:00pm — No Comments

St Joseph: The Church's Best Kept Secret

In these engaging presentations, Fr. Clement Machado explains why St. Joseph is the best model for fatherhood and leadership of the family. He demonstrates how St. Joseph is the model for how all men should honor and protect the women in their lives. Discover the full power and life-giving faith of St. Joseph who protected and preserved Jesus as an…

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Added by Tony on September 14, 2020 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The American of Italian descent who founded EWTN

Mother Maria Angelica of the Annunciation, of Italian-American descent (born Rita Rizzo), born on April 20, 1923, died on March 27, 2016.

In 1981, Mother Angelica began broadcasting religious programs from a garage in Birmingham, Alabama. Over the next twenty years, she built a multimedia network that included radio, TV, and Internet channels,…

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Added by Tony on August 31, 2020 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Prayer to Jesus, Mary, Joseph

Dear Friends

When I was to Radio Maria I spread devotion to Holy Family with this station. In 1997 I went to Archbishop of Loreto, Angelo  Comastri (Italy) to ask him an imprimatur for this…

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Added by Tony on December 7, 2019 at 10:00am — No Comments

Turn to Saint Joseph!

"Dear friends, the day we have forgotten St. Joseph is the day where we're deprived of the great protector of family life. Ever since we've neglected St. Joseph, ever since our children do not have statues-images of St. Joseph, ever since the typical Catholic family has neglected seeking on a regular frequent basis recourse to St. Joseph--ever since…

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Added by Tony on December 3, 2019 at 4:47pm — No Comments

St. Teresa of Avila: Advantages of Devotion to Saint Joseph

"I took for my advocate and lord the glorious Saint Joseph and commended myself earnestly to him; and I found that this my father and lord delivered me both from this trouble and also from other and greater troubles concerning my honor and the loss of my soul, and that he gave me greater blessings than I could ask of him. I do not remember even now that I…

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Added by Tony on December 3, 2019 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you (Gen 41:55).

I definitely had a deep devotion to St. Joseph before I entered the Marian Fathers, but it really grew during my novitiate in Stockbridge. Every day, we would go to Mass at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy. When you enter from the Shrine residence, on the left before you get to the sanctuary, there's a beautiful statue of St.…

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Added by Tony on November 27, 2019 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Mary wants you to consecrate yourself to St. Joseph!

Fr. Donald Calloway

Some people are wondering if it is possible to consecrate yourself to St. Joseph if you have already consecrated yourself to Mary and entrusted everything to her care. The answer is a resounding YES! God desires that all children be committed to the care of a mother and a father. You are not a member of a one parent…

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Added by Tony on November 23, 2019 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Consecration to St. Joseph with Fr. Calloway

Drawing on the wealth of the Church's living tradition, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, calls on all of us to turn to St. Joseph, entrust ourselves, our Church, and our world to our spiritual father's loving care, and then watch for wonders when the Universal Patron of the Church opens the floodgates of Heaven to pour out graces into our lives today. Definitely a…

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Added by Tony on November 21, 2019 at 9:00am — No Comments

The Holy Cloak

This prayer in honor of Saint Joseph's is called the Holy Cloak of St. Joseph, a particular and special way to merit the patronage of this great Saint while also rendering honor to him.

The extraordinary graces obtained by this prayer are innumerable. In fact, St. Theresa said: "If you really want to believe in it, prove it to yourself by reciting the…

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Added by Tony on November 21, 2019 at 8:30am — No Comments

Prayer to St. Joseph, Terror of Demons

Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons, cast your solemn gaze upon the devil and all his minions, and protect us with your mighty staff. You fled through the night to avoid the devil’s wicked designs; now with the power of God,…

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Added by Tony on November 21, 2019 at 7:30am — No Comments

Mai l'ho vista così bella

Ivanka, ha avuto le apparizioni quotidiane dal 24 giugno 1981 al 7 maggio 1985, giorno in cui la Regina della pace le ha affidato l’ultimo segreto ed il compito di pregare per le famiglie.

Ora Ivanka vede la Madonna una sola volta l’anno per l’anniversario delle apparizioni il 25 giugno.

La sera del 6 maggio 1985 ebbero l’apparizione Ivan, Jakov e Ivanka.

L’apparizione di Ivanka durò circa 8 minuti, sei minuti in più degli altri. Durante questa apparizione, la Gospa…

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Added by Tony on June 6, 2019 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Medjugorje ha cambiato la mia vita

La Regina della Pace mi ha chiamato la prima volta il 6 dicembre 1986. In quegli anni facevo il disc jockey nelle radio private di Milano e conducevo Discoring su Rai Uno. Dopo il primo pellegrinaggio ho deciso di seguire i messaggi della Madonna e riconciliarmi con Dio.



Sul pullman di ritorno mi regalarono il libretto: "Le Apparizioni della…

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Added by Tony on June 4, 2019 at 12:00pm — No Comments

I gruppi di preghiera voluti dalla Madonna

Secondo quanto riferisce il veggente Ivan, la Vergine ha chiesto a coloro che lo desiderano di ritrovarsi insieme e pregare, ha promesso che sarebbe stata con loro in modo speciale e ha detto che Lei desidera che si fondino gruppi di preghiera in tutte le comunità parrocchiali, per aiutarla con la preghiera a realizzare i progetti che il Signore le ha affidato.

La struttura degli incontri è molto semplice: preghiera del Rosario, canti, lettura delle Sacre Scritture e dei…

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Added by Tony on May 29, 2019 at 11:30am — No Comments

È buona la Madonna

Mercoledì 1 luglio 1981 Vicka, Ivanka e Maria vengono prelevate da due persone del Comune e portate via per non avere l’apparizione. Tuttavia la Madonna appare loro in macchina. Vicka racconta che in quell’occasione la Madonna non è stata a lungo con loro. “Ha sorriso e se ne é andata. Ci ha detto di non avere paura di niente. La cosa più importante per lei era di farsi viva, per farci capire che non ci aveva dimenticato. E buona la Madonna!…

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Added by Tony on May 23, 2019 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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