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Christmas: The Eternal Now
CatholicMom.com - Dec 27, 2017 at 9:00 am
One of the many ironic things about our human journey is time. It runs through our fingers like sand, yet we live in an eternal now. At least we could, if we thought about it. ...
A 3-step method for taking notes
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 9:00 am Try this life-hack to help you learn as you listen to a lecture.Recent studies have shown that students who use laptops or tablets during classroom lectures actually retain less...
Evangelical rebel Jen Hatmaker deserved more from Politico than a puff piece
GetReligion - Dec 27, 2017 at 9:00 am
Up until recently, I'd never heard of Jen Hatmaker, an evangelical wunderkind who is a one-woman columnist, book-writing machine, conference speaker and all-around mom of five...
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10 Tips to make your money go farther at the grocery store
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 8:00 am In 2018, make a vow to become smart, economical, and healthy shoppers.When we go grocery shopping, we usually have the idea that healthy food is always the most expensive, but...
Christmas in Bethlehem, Pizzaballa, “The Way of the Little”
Vatican Insider - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:50 am In the Holy Land where every stone, every word, every gesture is claimed as great, Christmas returns to reveal a God who chooses to be small. The apostolic administrator of the...
Staff Pick: ‘Isaac Hecker: An American Catholic’
Commonweal - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:37 am Staff Pick: ‘Isaac Hecker: An American Catholic’
By Dominic PreziosiDecember 27, 2017
It’s hard to say how many people today have more than passing knowledge of Isaac Hecker,...
Carrying Christmas in our Hearts
CatholicMom.com - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:30 am Copyright 2017 Amanda Villagomez. All rights reserved.
Silent night. Holy night. All is calm. All is bright. -Fr. Josephus Franciscus Mohr
During Advent we prepare our hearts and...
Catholic Mom’s Desk Calendar = Big Win
Snoring Scholar - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:26 am You know that feeling when you’re at a loss and you look out above the kitchen sink and wonder just what in the world you are doing? When the bucket of you-know-what from the kid...
What are the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:00 am And are they a secret code for relaying the Gospel?Among the most popular traditions surrounding the celebration of Jesus’ birth is the “Twelve Days of Christmas.” While many are...
Time for the Soul to Absorb the Mysteries — Part 4: The Ablutions to the Last Gospel
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 27, 2017 at 7:00 am Last week I considered how the Communion rite in the traditional Mass afford a spacious home for corporate and personal prayer, so that the virtue of actual devotion, which is...
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The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:15 am The Salt Lake Tribune yesterday reported that after 12 years of litigation and impasses, a number of members of the polygamous FLDS Church are quietly working out arrangements...
Report: 5,000 Muslims attack, desecrate church in Egypt (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:12 am “About 5,000 people came out of the village mosque to encircle the village’s only church,” according to the report. They were “furious because a bell tower was being planned.”
Christmas proclaims hope, charity where fear reigns, pope says
Franciscan Media - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:12 am
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas calls believers to see God’s presence where he is often perceived as absent, especially in the “unwelcomed visitor, often unrecognizable, who walks...
Court May Not Automatically Defer To Religious Objections Of One Parent In Deciding Child's Best Interest
The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:10 am In Arcella v. Arcella, (NV Sup. Ct., Dec. 26, 2017), the Nevada Supreme Court held that a trial court was wrong in the manner it resolved a dispute between divorced parents over...
Court Tells South Korea To Halt Publicizing Personal Information On Conscientious Objectors
The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:05 am The Hankyoreh yesterday reports that South Korea's Military Manpower Administration is publishing the personal information of religious conscientious objectors on its website. The...
The 12 Days of Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:00 am Pexels (2015), CC0 Public Domain. Text added by author.
Merry Christmas! What an incredible season of joy, peace and celebration. I love how theologically dense Christmas is....
The run of his life: Princeton student completes coast-to-coast jog to raise money for charity
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:00 am Kyle Lang shares his secret about how he dealt with physical and mental exhaustion on trek from Washington to New York.Kyle Lang and his friends looked not too different from any...
8th Circuit Rejects Trooper's Challenge to Required Ride-Along With Chaplain
The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2017 at 6:00 am In Steckelberg v. Rice, (8th Cir., Dec. 26, 2017), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's dismissal of a suit by a Nebraska State Trooper alleging...
Federal agents found fetuses in body broker's warehouse (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 am “The actions depicted in these photos are an insult to human dignity,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
