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The Antiquity and Universality of Fore-Lent (Part 2)
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 11, 2017 at 3:00 pm We continue with part 2 of Henri de Villiers’ examination of the various forms and traditions of the pre-Lenten period. Click here to read part 1.Quinquagesima Week, the fast of...
Charity: Pride (Vanity) or Kindness?
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 11, 2017 at 2:43 pm Before I begin, I want to wish everyone a happy feast of Our Lady of Lourdes! Also, I offer my apologies for the long gap between blog posts. I got sick and then had two exams to...
Good books for Lent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 2:20 pm In another entry, the book The Heresy of Formlessness by Martin Mosebach came up. I warmly recommend it. I mentioned that book together with some others back in December.
US...
Bannon: A Howard Zinn doppelganger?
Commonweal - Feb 11, 2017 at 1:43 pm Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post: "In a strange way, Bannon’s dark, dystopian view of U.S. history is closest to that of Howard Zinn, a popular far-left scholar whose “A...
More on the “mutual enrichment” theme: West meets East Edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 1:12 pm More about “mutual enrichment” comes from Catholic World Report.
First there was a piece Fr. Peter Stravinskas, who made suggestions about how the older, traditional form of Mass...
Pope Benedict XVI on Our Lady of Lourdes and Lent
Big C Catholics - Feb 11, 2017 at 12:45 pm Ash Wednesday is just eighteen days away. Here, Pope Benedict explains how Our Lady's message to Saint Bernadette is intimately connected with the season of Lent and the joy of...
Holiness of the Pharisees: A Reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Feb 11, 2017 at 12:30 pm
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Readings for February 12, 2017: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection on #Sunday #Gospel by @dritaly: It’s easy...
Three Things That Our Lady Told St. Bernadette Worth Remembering
Big C Catholics - Feb 11, 2017 at 11:35 am Today marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Saint Bernadette Soubirous. Our Lady’s message to humanity stressed devotion to God...
Vatican appoints pastoral envoy to Medjugorje
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 11, 2017 at 11:01 am Vatican City, Feb 11, 2017 / 11:21 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis on Saturday appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warszawa-Praga as a delegate of the Holy See to look into the...
Vatican appoints pastoral envoy to Medjugorje
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:21 am Vatican City, Feb 11, 2017 / 09:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Saturday appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warszawa-Praga as a delegate of the Holy See to look into the...
No Need to Respect the Church: Board of Aldermen Passes Bill to Limit First Amendment Rights to Disagree with Murdering Babies
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:12 am Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging... the right of the people peaceably to assemble...U.S....
Where were you 4 years ago?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:08 am Where were you four years ago. This is the fourth anniversary of Pope Benedict’s announcement that he would abdicate.
My blog that day HERE
You might also remember that on 11...
Pope Francis: Message for World Day of the Sick
News.va - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:02 am (Vatican Radio) The World Day of the Sick, established by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1993, is celebrated each year on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February. This year...
ASK FATHER: Mass texts for Pope Benedict
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:00 am From a priest…
QUAERITUR:
While I mourn the resignation of Pope Benedict I also mourn the fact that there is no particular Mass text with which I can pray for his health. If there...
Ideal doctoral dissertation for the Trump Epoch: Washington's religious lobbyists
GetReligion - Feb 11, 2017 at 10:00 am Last May 9, Donald Trump tweeted (yes, at 3:05 a.m.) that the Rev. Dr. Russell Moore is “truly a terrible representative of evangelicals,” not to mention “a nasty guy with no...
WDTPRS – Septuagesima Sunday: “What am I getting myself into?!?”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 9:26 am In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. Already! It is quite early this year. The Roman Station today...
Phil Lawler's Ecce Homo: a Defense of Cardinal Burke against His Slanderers
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 11, 2017 at 9:21 am Many of us who remain in the Catholic Church during these days of woe have undertaken to write in defense of Cardinal Burke, a man whose kindness, gentleness, truthfulness and...
CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday : On a Catholic note
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 11, 2017 at 9:09 am A DX contact from a fellow Ham Radio Operator…*
http://wdtprs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/17_02_11_Ham_Radio_Sat.mp3
Remember that one of our readers here has made his...
Pope Francis proposes an “anti-mannequin challenge” to fight indifference
CatholicMom.com - Feb 11, 2017 at 9:00 am
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The Pope has released his 14th prayer intention video. Titled “Welcome the Needy,” the...
Outgoing ambassador sees major strides in religious freedom
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 11, 2017 at 8:33 am Washington D.C., Feb 11, 2017 / 08:33 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. has made significant strides in promoting religious freedom
abroad in the last two years, says the outgoing U.S...
