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February 5, 2012
Daily Scripture Reflection for 2/5/12
CatholicMom.com - 47 min 31 sec ago Scripture: Lectionary #75, Sunday, Feb.5/12: Job 7:1-4.6-7. Psalm 147:1-2.3-4.5-6. I Corinthians 9:16-19.22-23. Mark 1:29-39
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Mark is always to the point and is...
"Where's Mary?"
Defend Us in Battle - 2 hours 27 min ago We were at Mass last weekend, at the "other" parish in our area. We have been there quite a bit in the past few months, so it wasn't an unfamiliar venue for our just-turned-2yo...
Media Blackout?
Defend Us in Battle - 3 hours 33 min ago
In Miami, around 1100 people came to celebrate Mass celebrated in the Usus Antiquior for the first time since the post-conciliar changes. Now granted, it was a high Mass with the...
Religious Exemptions and the Contraception Rule
dotCommonweal - 4 hours 4 min ago I’ve been declining to comment on the contraception rule, because, to be honest, I’m puzzled both by the decision to mandate contraception coverage (which strikes me as...
Techreligious Tweets for 2012-02-05
Techreligious - 5 hours 13 min ago Techreligious Tweets for 2012-02-04: RT @jbfcm: Teens migrating to Twitter – http://t.co/OsVdgW0f # Op-Ed: Real … http://t.co/Cfu3f34U #
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February 4, 2012
St. Agatha
American Catholic - Saints - 7 hours 18 min ago As in the case of Agnes, another virgin-martyr of the early Church, almost nothing is historically certain about this saint except that she was martyred in Sicily during the...
Did You Know? Feb. 5, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - 7 hours 25 min ago On Feb. 5, 1958 the U.S. military LOST a hydrogen bomb that has NEVER been recovered.
LEARN MORE.
foryourmarriage: “They brought to [Jesus] all who were ill.” (Mk 1:32) How do you like to be treated when you are ill? Do you wan... http://t.co/dw88I07H
For Your Marriage - 7 hours 40 min ago foryourmarriage: “They brought to [Jesus] all who were ill.” (Mk 1:32) How do you like to be treated when you are ill? Do you wan... http://t.co/dw88I07H
The Healing Power of Jesus’ Word
Integrated Catholic Life - 7 hours 46 min ago Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a homily delivered by Father Landry at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Job 7...
MVP
The Forum - 8 hours 37 min ago Aaron Rogers is the NFL's MVP of the year! He's a good man and an amazing quarterback. Here's to next season!
The Church Year: Feb. 5, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - 8 hours 44 min ago Today is the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time. The liturgical color is green.
In the Extraordinary Form, this is the season after Septuagesima, and the liturgical color for today is...
CF129 – King Cake and Mardi Gras in New Orleans
The Catholic Foodie - 9 hours 7 min ago
We’re in the middle of Carnival season down here in New Orleans. Only one more week before the parades start to roll! Can’t wait!
You may have never been to Mardi Gras. You may...
Texas RFRA Claims Survive In Plano School "Candy Cane" Litigation
The Religion Clause - 9 hours 13 min ago Yet another decision has been handed down in the 7-year litigation over Plano, Texas Independent School District rules that, among other things, prevented a student from handing...
Priest resigns over new Missal translation
The Deacon's Bench - 9 hours 19 min ago Details:
After 47 years as a priest, and at least two decades of straying from the Roman Catholic Missal by ad libbing parts of the Mass, the Rev. Bill Rowe of St. Mary Church...
School Board Wants To Keep "Bible Man" Assemblies
The Religion Clause - 10 hours 47 min ago In Jackson County, Alabama, for 35 years elementary schools have held regular student assemblies featuring "Bible Man" who tells students Bible stories. According to yesterday's...
Judge Issues Candid Memos In School Graduation Prayer Lawsuit
The Religion Clause - 11 hours 24 min ago In May, Americans United filed a lawsuit challenging the Medina Valley, Texas Independent School District's plan to include student-led prayers in its graduation ceremony. The...
Movie night
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 11 hours 51 min ago I am settling in for a movie and supper. Tonight I’ll watch an old favorite, the 1998 Les Miserables with Geoffrey Rush as Javert and Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean. No movie would...
New poll: Santorum beats Obama
The Deacon's Bench - 12 hours 55 min ago
This news should give a few people pause:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way...
Detroit's blogging bishop documents Roman pilgrimage
Catholic News Agency - General - 13 hours 9 min ago Rome, Italy, Feb 4, 2012 / 06:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Currently
on an “ad limina” visit to the Vatican, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Arturo
Cepeda is taking the Michigan faithful...
Lying is to be condemned. Catechism #2485
Catholic Morality - 13 hours 23 min ago The US Conference of Bishops does not seem to think the White House is telling the truth about the Health Care Coverage Mandate. The News Release containing the Q and A, below,...
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