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Reflection on the Transfiguration of Christ
Big C Catholics - Jul 30, 2017 at 2:53 pm Via Fr Robert Barron at Word on FireAt the Transfiguration, Moses was there representing the law and Elijah was there representing the prophets. But why were Peter, James, and...
A Ghost Story
Franciscan Media - Jul 30, 2017 at 2:37 pm “A Ghost Story” (A24) could be the best film about purgatory you’ll see this year.
That depends, of course, on whether you think that purgatory is the state in which Casey Affleck...
Prayer of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Big C Catholics - Jul 30, 2017 at 2:32 pm Grant, O Lord, that my heart may neither desire nor seek anything but what is necessary for the fulfillment of Thy holy Will. May health or sickness, riches or poverty, honors or...
Prayer of St. Ignatius Loyola: Prayer of the Day for Monday, July 31, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 30, 2017 at 2:15 pm Dearest Lord,
teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve You as You deserve;
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the ...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 31, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 30, 2017 at 2:15 pm Reading 1: Exodus 32:15-24, Reading 1: Exodus 32:30-34, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106:19-23, Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Regina Magazine - Jul 30, 2017 at 1:44 pm Today is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. by St. Alphonsus Di Liguori “Redde rationem villicationis tuae” “Give an account of thy stewardship,”–Luke, xvi. 2 Beloved Christians,...
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Big C Catholics - Jul 30, 2017 at 1:18 pm July 31st, is the memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus. Ignatius, was born of a noble family at Loyola, in Cantabria, Spain. He...
Welcome to the UnHerd scribes, who also think journalists should, you know, 'get religion'
GetReligion - Jul 30, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Now this is what you call an easy weekend "think piece" post.
I had not heard of the just-launched UnHerd blog over in England until a reader sent your GetReligionistas a URL for...
Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, August 6, 2017
Big C Catholics - Jul 30, 2017 at 12:57 pm On Sundays when homilies by Fr. Butler and Fr. Irvin are not available, we will feature homilies by Fr. Thomas Lane. Fr. Lane is a Professor of Sacred Scripture at Mt. St. Mary’s...
WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost: Be yourself… more
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 30, 2017 at 12:53 pm This Sunday’s Collect in the Extraordinary Form is from the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with...
Archbishop Chaput on Being Catholic in America
Big C Catholics - Jul 30, 2017 at 11:12 am We’re Catholics before we’re Democrats. We’re Catholics before we’re Republicans. We’re even Catholics before Americans
— The Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 30, 2017 at 10:27 am Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during the Holy Mass in fulfillment your of Sunday Obligation? Let us know.
“Human trafficking is an aberrant plague and a modern form of slavery”
Vatican Insider - Jul 30, 2017 at 10:13 am Pope Francis warns against sexual and labor exploitation and organ trafficking, "Let us pray together the Virgin Mary to support the victims of trafficking and to convert the...
Pope Francis at Angelus: Gospel joy opens hearts
News.va - Jul 30, 2017 at 9:16 am (Vatican Radio) Ahead of the Sunday Angelus prayer with pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis shared a reflection on two of the three parables from the 13th...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Jul 30, 2017 at 8:38 am In Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corrections, (5th Cir., July 28, 2017), the 5th Circuit held that prison grooming restrictions which prevent a Rastafarian inmate from wearing...
Now Hiring: Vatican ambassador is unique in U.S. diplomatic corps
Franciscan Media - Jul 30, 2017 at 8:31 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the U.S. president’s personal envoy to the Vatican, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See has a unique role in building a bridge between the political center...
Pope Francis appeals for end to human trafficking
News.va - Jul 30, 2017 at 8:15 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis called for increased efforts to end human trafficking on Sunday. The Holy Father’s appeal came in remarks following the Angelus prayer with pilgrims...
Migrants, children’s long journey through Africa and Mediterranean Sea
Vatican Insider - Jul 30, 2017 at 8:12 am From Africa to Italy a trip lasts an average of one year and two months, amidst risks, loneliness, sufferings, slavery, kidnappings and violence, especially in Libya. Then, after...
Pope quiz: Which Holy Father started the Sunday Angelus?
Aleteia - Jul 30, 2017 at 7:00 am The informal address is a recent invention in the Church and began on a meaningful date in history.Each Sunday and Holy Day the Holy Father has a custom of greeting pilgrims in...
When we seek Christ, we gain much more than we lose, Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Jul 30, 2017 at 6:27 am Vatican City, Jul 30, 2017 / 06:27 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Sunday, Pope Francis said that when we seek out Christ, sacrificing everything in the process, in the end we find a joy...
