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n the motto 'Grip fast' we read: "THERE is a pretty story a bout the origin of this motto. The good Queen Margaret of Scotland was one day travelling on horseback with her attendants. She reached the bank of a rapid mountain torrent, which she attempted to cross. Owing to the... Read Full Overview

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St. Alphonsus writes: "a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery." Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: "There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals ' (Matthew 18:7)... Read Full Overview