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Daily Readings for Monday, August 07, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 6, 2017 at 2:50 pm Reading 1: Numbers 11:4-15, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 81:12-17, Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
Prayer for Enlightenment: Prayer of the Day for Monday, August 07, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 6, 2017 at 2:50 pm O Holy Ghost, divine Spirit of light and love, I consecrate to Thee my understanding, my heart and my will, my whole being for time and for eternity. ...
MZ for the win: Before taking shots at the Bible, journalists need to do their homework
GetReligion - Aug 6, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Every newspaper that I worked for had several shelves of reference books or an entire library of them, often backed with some other pre-Internet reference materials.
In each case...
Saints Sixtus II and Companions, Martyrs
Big C Catholics - Aug 6, 2017 at 12:56 pm August 7th, the Church observes the optional memorial of Saints Sixtus II and his companions, Felicissimus Agapitus and Lawrence. Pope Sixtus II was one of the first victims of...
Reflection for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Christ Saves Peter from Drowning, August 13, 2017
Big C Catholics - Aug 6, 2017 at 12:35 pm By Msgr. Bernard Bourgeois1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Psalm 85; Romans 9:1-5,Matthew 14:22-33“Lord, save me!” (Mt 14:31)Imagine the scene. You are one of the disciples whom Jesus has...
Homily for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Aug 6, 2017 at 12:30 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Watching TV news reports night after night can lead us into despondency to the point where we...
Wherein a popular beer is renamed to honor priests
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 6, 2017 at 11:59 am Remember the recent story about the priests who denied entry to a pub in Wales because the bouncer didn’t know what they were wearing… who they were? They were eventually...
Excommunication could be tool for fighting corruption, organized crime
Franciscan Media - Aug 6, 2017 at 11:48 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican consultation group will consider initiatives to bolster the fight against corruption and organized crime, including by looking at possibilities for...
Gorgeous Traditional Catholic Images from Poland: Ars Celebrandi
Rorate Coeli - Aug 6, 2017 at 11:45 am From our partners at Ars Celebrandi, one of the largest Traditional Liturgical conferences in the world:
Ars Celebrandi 2017 liturgical workshop in Licheń, summary
Ars Celebrandi...
The Transfiguration
Communio - Aug 6, 2017 at 11:29 am
Transfiguration, Donald Jackson with contributions from Aidan Hart, Copyright 2002, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. Used by...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 6, 2017 at 10:33 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.
For my part, I explained that today’s Feast,...
Meet Ven. Mary Theresa Dudzik, another future saint from Chicago
Aleteia - Aug 6, 2017 at 10:00 am A devout prayer life kept her from despair, and praying with the poor gave her renewed strength.Josephine Dudzik was born in 1860 to a loving family in Plociz, Poland. She had a...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Aug 6, 2017 at 10:00 am In Henry v. Bright, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119374 (D SC, July 31, 2017), a South Carolina federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendation (2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119701...
Want peace and love? Remember to pray, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 6, 2017 at 7:08 am Vatican City, Aug 6, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Through their prayers, people of various religions can work together for peace, Pope Francis has said to an interreligious...
Want peace and love? Remember to pray, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 6, 2017 at 7:08 am Vatican City, Aug 6, 2017 / 07:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Through their prayers, people of various religions can work together for peace, Pope Francis has said to an interreligious...
Pope prays for openness, courage at close of Asian Youth Day
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 6, 2017 at 7:04 am Vatican City, Aug 6, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As young people gathered in Indonesia for the 7th Asian Youth Day prepare to head home, Pope Francis sent a message...
Pope prays for openness, courage at close of Asian Youth Day
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 6, 2017 at 7:04 am Vatican City, Aug 6, 2017 / 07:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
As young people gathered in Indonesia for the 7th Asian Youth Day prepare to head home, Pope Francis sent a message...
My best friend became a nun!
Aleteia - Aug 6, 2017 at 7:00 am We bonded through a pro-life summer crusade of blisters and weary prayers, and now I am married, and she is vowed to Christ.“May the loving Lord direct everything according to His...
Pope reflects on Transfiguration, summer vacation at Angelus
News.va - Aug 6, 2017 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis focused his Angelus reflection on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is celebrated each year on 6 August. “The event of the...
Retaliation Suit By Dismissed Nursing Student Moves Ahead
The Religion Clause - Aug 6, 2017 at 6:00 am In Brown v. William Rainey Harper College, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121333 (ND IL, Aug. 1, 2017), an Illinois federal district court allowed a student who was dismissed from the...
