POPE BECOMES HONORARY CITIZEN OF ROMANO CANAVESE
VATICAN CITY, 17 MAR 2010 (VIS) – In a brief ceremony following today’s general audience, the Holy Father received the honorary citizenship of Romano Canavese, the hometown of Cardinal Secretary of...
View ArticleINTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SILENCE TO PERCEIVE THE VOICE OF GOD
VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Benedict XVI today made a pastoral visit to the town of Sulmona, in the Italian region of Abruzzo, to mark the eighth centenary of the birth of St. Celestine V, the hermit Pope. At...
View ArticleThe story of Jonah and the Whale like you have never heard it told
by Steve Jalsevac My wife was recently sent a link to a video of a little girl telling the story of Jonah and the whale. Sounds cute, but my goodness, once this little cutie gets wound up does she ever...
View ArticleAug 31, Office of Readings for Friday of the 21st week of Ordinary Time
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 615 Proper of Seasons: 175 Psalter: Friday, Week I, 750 Christian Prayer: Does not contain Office of Readings. Office of Readings for Friday in...
View ArticleCatholic Mass Readings for Friday, August 31st, 2012
First Reading1 Cor 1:17-25 Brothers and sisters: Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the Gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied...
View ArticleOur prayers are never wasted, Pope Benedict says
Vatican City, Sep 12, 2012 / 09:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI used his weekly General Audience to explain that there is no such thing as wasted prayer. “We can be sure that there is no such...
View ArticleOct 19, Morning Prayer – Memorial for Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, P &...
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 618 Psalter: Friday, Week IV, 1195 Common of Several Martyrs: 1705 (reading, responsory, intercessions) Proper of Saints: 1504 (concluding...
View ArticleCatholic Mass Readings for Thursday, October 25th, 2012
First ReadingEph 3:14-21 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be...
View ArticleOct 26, Office of Readings for Friday of the 29th week of Ordinary Time
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV: Ordinary: 615 Proper of Seasons: 427 Psalter: Friday, Week I, 750 Christian Prayer: Does not contain Office of Readings. Office of Readings for Friday in...
View ArticleAbortion ‘out of a place of goodness’?
by Dave Andrusko “Can it be that women know something very deep inside, even deeper than fear and shame? Can it be that women know it is their responsibility to decide when to bring new life into this...
View ArticlePope: Advent is time to focus on God’s loving plan
Vatican City, Dec 5, 2012 / 10:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Church celebrates the season of Advent, Pope Benedict said that Catholics should remember “God is present” and recall his “plan of loving...
View ArticleDec 07, Morning Prayer – Memorial for Ambrose, B & D
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 653 Psalter: Friday, Week I, 769 Common of Doctors: 1465 (reading, ant. canticle) Common of Pastors: 1446 (intercessions) Proper of Saints: 1218...
View ArticleHuman beings are awesome
by John Jalsevac The Culture of Life is about way more than just ending abortion, or stopping euthanasia, or protecting traditional marriage. The Culture of Life embraces everything that affirms the...
View ArticleWhy Does God Allow Suffering?
One of the most common questions asked is about the seeming contradiction between God's goodness and human suffering.Why would God allow innocent children suffer?Why do bad things happen to good...
View ArticleJOY in suffering
The theme of the Liturgy today is JOY. Joy is different than a simple feeling of goodness, but it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit that comes when we are in Communion with God and others. We can have joy...
View ArticleTurning Tragedy Into Politics
Rahm Emmanuel is currently the mayor of Chicago and previously was White House Chief of Staff. In 2008, he said:"Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do...
View ArticleDec 21, Morning Prayer for Friday of the 3rd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 653 Proper of Seasons: 355 Psalter: Friday, Week III, 1016 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 689 Proper of Seasons: 128 Psalter: Friday, Week III, 906...
View ArticleCatholic Mass Readings for Monday, December 24th, 2012
First Reading2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am living in a...
View ArticleDec 29, Office of Readings for Saturday of the 0th week of Christmas
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 649 All from Proper of Seasons: 442 Christian Prayer: Does not contain Office of Readings. Office of Readings for the Fifth Day in the Octave of...
View ArticleJan 04, Morning Prayer – Memorial for Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rel
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 653 Psalter: Friday, Week I, 769 Common of Holy Women: 1541 Appendix V: 1691 (concluding prayer) Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 689 Psalter:...
View ArticleTheologian calls beauty ‘starting point’ for faith
Denver, Colo., Feb 7, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA).- Prominent theologian Dr. Michael Waldstein said that despite the modern world's dismissal of the connection between goodness and truth, the beauty of the...
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