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Pod people: Vatican III? Nicea III? Press blind spot 666?
GetReligion - May 31, 2014 at 1:44 pm The questions jumped into Twitter in a flash, which is what one would assume would happen when there is a chance that a once-a-millennium news story could be breaking. So...
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
Saint Louis Catholic - May 31, 2014 at 1:05 pm Today is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary in the traditional calendar. You know, the real calendar, if that helps you to differentiate them. The great feast of the Visitation...
Beyond Words with Mark Hart for June 1, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Mark Hart discusses the scriptures for Sunday’s Mass and helps us to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word.
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How New Media Can Enhance Our Lives
Catholic Vote - May 31, 2014 at 11:56 am When I shared the terrible things social media are doing to our lives, I started by quoting Plato’s fears that writing would hurt our memories.
He was right — it did. But of...
In the e-mail: a remarkable diaconate ordination brings together three generations of clergy
The Deacon's Bench - May 31, 2014 at 11:41 am From a reader (soon to be deacon) in San Francisco, some news that is so extraordinary, it just might be unprecedented: Today, at 11 AM, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral,...
Fishwrap’s not-so-nice MSW calls for niceness
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 31, 2014 at 10:25 am Most of what Michael Sean Winters posts at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) gets my yawn, but it’s Saturday and I have three free minutes. HERE
If this isn’t a case of...
Mary as the First Believer: Reflection on the Visitation of Mary
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2014 at 10:00 am Readings for May 31, 2014: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Beatitudes rank high on the list of all-time favorite Bible passages. But what is “beatitude,”...
Volatile and Visionary Desire
Commonweal - May 31, 2014 at 9:49 am The poet, Christian Wiman, has a complex and complelling review in today's Wall Street Journal of a new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles Marsh: Strange Glory. I am not...
"You can make a better world," Pope tells disadvantaged children
EWTN - Vatican News - May 31, 2014 at 9:45 am Vatican City, May 31, 2014 / 09:45 am (EWTN News).- This morning the "Ode to Joy" rang out from a teenaged orchestra as Pope
Francis entered a room packed with 400 school...
'You can make a better world,' Pope tells disadvantaged children
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2014 at 9:45 am Vatican City, May 31, 2014 / 08:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- This morning the “Ode to Joy” rang out from a teenaged orchestra as Pope Francis entered a room packed with 400 Italian...
WDTPRS Sunday after Ascension (’62): We have not been terrified by chains!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 31, 2014 at 9:35 am Today’s prayer survived the Consilium’s scissor and gluepot ministrations to live in the 2002 Missale Romanum as the alternative Collect for Mass on the day of Ascension. Rather,...
Freiburg archdiocese given new bishop, from among its priests
EWTN - Vatican News - May 31, 2014 at 9:17 am Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, May 31, 2014 / 09:17 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Father Stephan Burger, a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, was appointed archbishop of...
Freiburg archdiocese given new bishop, from among its priests
Catholic News Agency - General - May 31, 2014 at 9:17 am Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, May 31, 2014 / 08:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Stephan Burger, a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, was appointed archbishop of...
Pope Francis to school children: The light gives us joy and hope
News.va - May 31, 2014 at 8:58 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday met with a group of Italian school children at risk of dropping out, part of a new initiative of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Under...
Weekly Giveaway: Scott Hahn 5-Pack and Angels and Saints
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2014 at 8:00 am Many thanks to Image Books for sponsoring this week’s contest!
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Homily for June 1, 2014: 7th Sunday of Easter
The Deacon's Bench - May 31, 2014 at 7:20 am A common question among some Christians is “WWJD?” What would Jesus do? Maybe we need to start asking ourselves “WWFD?” What would Francis do? We find the answer to that...
Understanding the Ascension
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 31, 2014 at 7:13 am Those who like fairy tales should love the story of the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. Like Dorothy, who is swept up by a cyclone to Oz, Jesus floats up and disappears up...
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Communio - May 31, 2014 at 6:44 am Today, the Church celebrates the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the event of Mary visiting her council Elizabeth after the news from the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary...
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Ambrose of Milan
Integrated Catholic Life - May 31, 2014 at 6:30 am “For her part, Mary did not fail to live up to her station as the Mother of Christ. When the apostles fled, she stood before the Cross and gazed tenderly on the wounds of her Son...
Daily Gospel Reflection for May 31, 2014
CatholicMom.com - May 31, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 1:39-56
“And how does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”
On the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is worth...
