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Predictions from 2002
Making Things Visible - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:15 am I used to think Ron Paul was a kooky old man. That was until I started listening to him speak. It was then that I realized that he was one of the few good and honest and men in...
Subsidiarity on Earth and in Heaven
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:05 am
Several years ago I attended a lecture at Marquette by John Allen, the Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, in which he addressed the stereotype of the Vatican...
Your good news and your weekend sermon.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 9, 2012 at 12:01 am Do you have good news for us?
Was there a good point from the Sunday sermon you heard… or gave?
Do you wish you could start all over?
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 8, 2012 at 11:01 pm The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Have you ever felt that something you were doing was going so badly that you just wished you could start all over? Or maybe your life is not...
Bringing Theology of the Body to a Secular Crowd
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2012 at 11:00 pm Read more...
Bishops Visiting Holy Land Consider Arab Spring
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2012 at 11:00 pm JERUSALEM, JAN. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- A group of European and North American bishops began their annual visit to the Holy Land on Sunday, aware that this year's four-day trip...
Attacks on Christians in Nigeria Continue
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2012 at 11:00 pm ROME, JAN. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Thirty more people died in Nigeria over the weekend, the latest victims in a wave of anti-Christian violence that claimed more than three dozen...
Pope Invites Parents to Pray: God Knows Your Child Better Than You Do
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 8, 2012 at 11:00 pm VATICAN CITY, JAN. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- As is tradition on the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, Benedict XVI baptized a group of infants on Sunday, exhorting their parents to...
A Truly Valuable Life
Creative Minority Report - Jan 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas lost his brother a few days ago. By the world's standards, this is no big deal. You see, Marshall Steven Thomas had Down Syndrome, a condition...
The Church Year: Jan. 9, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - Jan 8, 2012 at 9:29 pm This year, January 9 is a Monday in Christmas. The liturgical color is white.
In the Ordinary Form, this is the Baptism of the Lord.
Saints & Celebrations:
Today, January 9...
The 3 Unwise Men and a Baby
Creative Minority Report - Jan 8, 2012 at 8:17 pm Talk about the worst birthday gift ever. Cute baby! Here's some myrhh for His funeral to hide the stench of the corpse! Dude. Killjoy much! I mean, who does that?And it's not like...
After the talks: 'You have to choose'
Rorate Coeli - Jan 8, 2012 at 7:21 pm An open letter to Sì Sì No No
by Fr. Giovanni Cavalcoli, O.P.
Dear Friends,
I read the article “Punti fermi”, in [the] 31st October 2011 [issue of Sì Sì No No, the influential...
Christmas is over
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 8, 2012 at 7:17 pm This box was in the sacristy this morning, waiting to be filled.
The three little pigs, by Shakespeare
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 8, 2012 at 7:12 pm This popped up before Christmas, and I’m just catching up with it now. But I laughed out loud. Several times.
Enjoy. (A jolly h/t to Marcel at Aggie Catholics.)
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Continuity is in the eye of the beholder
Rorate Coeli - Jan 8, 2012 at 5:37 pm Continuity in modern art, that is. The modern baptismal font used since 1996 for the Sistine Chapel Epiphanytide papal baptisms...
...was replaced, by order of the Master of...
The temptation of Christmas
Communio - Jan 8, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Have we finished the Christmas season in good order? Have we exceeded our expectation to live the season of Christmas differently from what secular culture has given us? Or, have...
Archbishop Chaput calls for renewed zeal to address local challenges
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 8, 2012 at 5:05 pm Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 8, 2012 / 06:05 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia encouraged the people of his archdiocese to allow their hearts to burn with love for...
A New Una Voce Chapter for Southern Ontario Residents
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm For those in the southern Ontario, Canada region, an Una Voce London chapter has been newly formed to promote the advancement and wider use of the usus antiquior in that region....
PODCAzT 125: The liturgical year and who we are. Season Appropriate Poems.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 8, 2012 at 3:26 pm In this PODCAzT I return to a theme I have explored many times: the liturgical year. We will hear about the Advent and Christmas cycle so that we can get our bearings on where we...
Brother Michael Collins, DeLaSalle High School president, dies
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 8, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Brother Michael Collins, right, congratulates DeLaSalle boys basketball coach Dave Thorson following the school's Class AAA championship victory in 2006. (Dave Hrbacek / The...
