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Why Attend the Easter Vigil?
CatholicMom.com - Mar 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Why Attend the Easter Vigil?
For many years I avoided the Easter Vigil like you avoid people who have a stomach virus. At some point in my career as a parish minister I needed...
Holy Week: Christus pro nobis mortuus est
Rorate Coeli - Mar 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm Juan de Mesa y VelascoSantísimo Cristo de la Buena Muerte (detail)
University Chapel, Seville
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The Evangelists describe the most disturbing event in the history...
Ex-Catholic Fueling Atheist Movement in USA
The Forum - Mar 24, 2013 at 11:29 am Todd Stiefel, from Catholic schoolboy to radical atheistFrom CNN:(CNN) – Todd Stiefel is far from a household name, and the odds he gets recognized on a street corner, even in...
Pope Francis sermon for Palm Sunday
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 24, 2013 at 11:16 am Pope Francis sermon for Palm Sunday:
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1. Jesus enters Jerusalem. The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood, their garments are stretched out before him, there is...
Palm Sunday: Jesus Teaches Humility
Rorate Coeli - Mar 24, 2013 at 11:15 am And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at...
Francis echoes Benedict XVI in his warning against “filth” and his hope in young people
Vatican Insider - Mar 24, 2013 at 11:01 amBlessed, Beautiful and Bodacious by Pat Gohn – A New Way to Look at Feminism
CatholicMom.com - Mar 24, 2013 at 11:00 am
Blessed, Beautiful and Bodacious by Pat Gohn
Editor’s note: Today, we’re thrilled to share Susan Bailey’s review of the wonderful new book Blessed, Beautiful and Bodacious:...
LENTCAzT 40 Palm Sunday – two gravitational fields
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:42 am
Today is Palm Sunday, Holy Week begins.
We hear today about the ancient Roman Station, which belonged to the losers, a thought from Benedict XVI about who ascent and the...
Who come to the banquet?
Commonweal - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:35 am Let us take from our midst vain and wicked excuses and let us come to the banquet by which we will be inwardly filled…. And who come except beggars, the sick, the limping, the...
Pope Francis: With Christ we can transform ourselves and the world
News.va - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:19 am (Vatican Radio) On a spring day in Rome, St Peter’s Square was full to capacity with people who had gathered for the celebration of Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of Holy...
Saint Edmund Campion Missal and Hymnal - Review
Rorate Coeli - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:09 am Overview
Simply put, the Saint Edmund Campion Missal and Hymnal from Corpus Christi Watershed is a brilliant new Sunday/Feast day hand-missal for the Extraordinary Form of the...
Vasa You Thinking? Bishop Vasa Relents
Creative Minority Report - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:01 am Bishop Vasa had a plan. Bishop Vasa caved on the plan. Plan needed now more than ever.
Bishop Vasa OF Santa Rosa asked all teachers in the diocese to sing a pledge supporting...
Never Stop Praying
CatholicMom.com - Mar 24, 2013 at 10:00 am
Never Stop Praying
“Father, if it is your will, take this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”
Luke 22: 42
When we pray we say “God, I need help with this problem or...
Pope Francis: we accompany, we follow Jesus
Communio - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:55 am Pope Francis' first celebration of the Holy Week liturgies. His homily for Palm Sunday follows:
1. Jesus enters Jerusalem. The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood...
"Three Words: Joy, Cross, Young"
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:30 am HOMILY OF POPE FRANCISPALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSIONST PETER'S SQUARE24 MARCH 2013 1. Jesus enters Jerusalem. The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood, their...
Pascal Candle for 2013
Homeschool Goodies - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:29 am Happy Palm Sunday!
Here in St. Louis area, Winter Storm Virgil — I prefer Palm Sunday Snowstorm, is just beginning to pelt our area. We’re expecting nine + inches of snow over the...
Oscar Romero's 33rd anniversary
Communio - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:19 am
The Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world.
Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated 33 years ago today, offering Mass in San Salvador.
Archbishop Romero is...
Teachers May Proceed With Free Exercise Challenge To Board's Ending of Sick Leave Use For Religious Holidays
The Religion Clause - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:05 am In Berkowitz v. East Ramapo Central School District, (SD NY, March 21, 2013), Jewish teachers and nurses sued after school officials refused to abide by provisions in collective...
How to Live Lent as a Busy Mom
CatholicMom.com - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:00 am
Laura Kelly Fanucci
Editor’s note: Today, I am very happy to introduce our newest contributor, Laura Kelly Fanucci. Laura is a mother of two who blogs at at Mothering Spirit and ...
Another ACA Mandate Challenge By Catholic Non-Profits Dismissed On Ripeness Grounds
The Religion Clause - Mar 24, 2013 at 9:00 am In Franciscan University of Steubenville v. Sebelius, (SD OH, March 22. 2013), an Ohio federal district court, following the lead of 15 other federal courts, dismissed for lack of...
