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Pope on New Year's Day: Devotion to Mary is a must
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 1, 2018 at 5:55 am Vatican City, Jan 1, 2018 / 05:55 am (EWTN News/CNA).- At the start of the new year, Pope Francis said that having a devotion
to the Blessed Virgin Mary isn't just something that...
Of snowstorms and New Year’s resolutions
Aleteia - Jan 1, 2018 at 5:00 am This year, I am not seeking resolutions so much as revelation.I’ve heard to Yo-Yo Ma perform the Cello Suite No. 1 In G Major a thousand times, but this morning as a snowstorm...
Nine Days of Prayer for Family Unity with Venerable Patrick Peyton: Day One
CatholicMom.com - Jan 1, 2018 at 5:00 am Image courtesy of Holy Cross Family Ministries. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Join us in a #novena of thanksgiving in honor of #rosarypriest Venerable Patrick Peyton....
Pope on New Year’s Day: Devotion to Mary is a must
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 1, 2018 at 4:55 am Vatican City, Jan 1, 2018 / 03:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At the start of the new year, Pope Francis said that having a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary isn’t just something that...
The Pope, “Let us start over from what really matters: peace”
Vatican Insider - Jan 1, 2018 at 4:51 am "All life, troublesome and even repellent, is to be welcomed, loved and helped. God is close to humanity, as a child is close to the mother who bears him in her womb". Francis...
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.
Aleteia - Jan 1, 2018 at 3:00 am Rainer Maria Rilke
Making New Year’s Day a Holyday of Worship
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:10 am
January 1, 2018, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, falls on a Monday. Because it falls on a Monday it ceases, according to norms the American bishops adopted in 1992, to be a...
“To create a more supportive and welcoming world in the new year”
Vatican Insider - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:04 am “May the Lord allow us to work generously in this new year to achieve a more supportive and welcoming world," Francis invokes at the Angelus, drawing particular attention to those...
Albanian bishop pleads for priests, religious to come as missionaries (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:01 am Bishop Gjergj Meta, 41, was ordained bishop of the impoverished rural Diocese of Rrëshen in formerly Communist Albania. The bishop and his 5 priests minister to Catholics in 40...
Orthodox, Protestant leaders send messages to Taizé youth meeting (Taizé )
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:01 am Click here for the papal message to the ecumenical monastic community’s annual European youth meeting.
Nuncio praises Italy's openness to refugees (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:01 am The Holy See’s new representative in Italy recently presented his credentials to President Sergio Mattarella.
The Enduring Cautionary Relevance of Frankenstein
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 1, 2018 at 2:00 am
On January 1, 1818, Mary Shelly anonymously published the first edition of Frankenstein. Because her husband, the renowned Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, helped her edit the...
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 1, 2018 at 1:14 am Why does the Church bother having dogmas about Mary anyway? Why not just stick to talking about Jesus? To find out way, consider Nestorius. He was a fifth-century bishop and...
Circumcision of Heart
Dominicana - Jan 1, 2018 at 1:00 am Happy New Year! As we begin 2018 with a civic holiday, the Church rejoices in her own major feast: the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. What’s the origin of celebrating a...
CHRISTMASCAzT 2017 30: He lets us experience trials for a while
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 1, 2018 at 12:01 am
Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 30, for the Octave of Christmas, New Year’s Day.
This is the final podcast for Advent/Christmas. Thanks for listening.
Today, Joseph Ratzinger helps us...
Sharing the Word for January 1, 2018
Franciscan Media - Jan 1, 2018 at 12:00 am Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
January 1, 2018
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Luke 2:16-21
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The Mystery of Mary, Mother of God
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 1, 2018 at 12:00 am What lesson can be discerned in the revelation that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God? Father Steve Grunow offers his homily as a means to discern how the Incarnation...
God Chose Mary to be His Mother
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 31, 2017 at 11:04 pm The teaching that Mary is God’s mother was proclaimed to teach us that Jesus is true man AND true God. Each January 1 (the Octave of Christmas), the Church celebrates the...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Irenaeus
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 31, 2017 at 11:02 pm “The Virgin Mary… being obedient to His word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God.” (Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons; Against Heresies, 5:19:1; A.D....
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 1, 2017 - Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
CatholicMom.com - Dec 31, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Luke 2:16-21 – Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
“And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) How often...
