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Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 24, 2017 at 12:52 pm The 25th day of December, the seventh of the Moon:Countless centuries past from the creation of the world,when, in the beginning,God created the heavens and the earthand formed...
Thinking about that 'evangelical' label: Tim Keller on faith after this Donald Trump earthquake
GetReligion - Dec 24, 2017 at 12:30 pm What's the easiest way to pick the think piece for any givenweekend?
That's easy. All I have to do is look in my email files and note which non-news article (but an article that...
Christmas 2017 | The Nativity Of Our Lord
Big C Catholics - Dec 24, 2017 at 11:00 am For when peaceful stillness encompassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful Word O Lord, leapt down from Your royal throne. Alleluia.—...
Sermon for the Vigil of Christmas
Rorate Coeli - Dec 24, 2017 at 10:35 am “And she shall bring forth a Son and thou shalt call His
Name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)
How wonderful to be able to celebrate the Vigil...
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight
Aleteia - Dec 24, 2017 at 10:00 am The song was written in 1868 by Phillips Brooks after a trip to the Holy Land. This line is an invitation and a promise.A few days ago I received a Christmas card with the phrase...
Selective Suspension of Refugee Admissions Is Enjoined
The Religion Clause - Dec 24, 2017 at 9:57 am In October, President Trump issued an Executive Order resuming the admission of refugees to the United States, but with increased vetting. (See prior posting.) A follow-up Agency...
Downsizing
Franciscan Media - Dec 24, 2017 at 9:32 am An odd combination of elements makes up the offbeat drama “Downsizing.” But the residue that remains with viewers is ultimately a positive one.
On the dramatic level, what begins...
Fun and Easy Ways to Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas: plus a Printable!
CatholicMom.com - Dec 24, 2017 at 9:00 am Flickr (2007), all rights reserved
Each year, we try to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas … I say try, because I have a seriously visceral reaction to the color red and even...
An operatic ‘O Holy Night’ for a glorious Christmas Eve
Aleteia - Dec 24, 2017 at 9:00 am André Rieu's arranged a beautiful trio to sing this Christmas standard.André Rieu put on a lovely Christmas concert in London on November 19, and now it has been turned into a...
Merry Christmas!
Saint Louis Catholic - Dec 24, 2017 at 8:30 am I want to wish all of my readers a very blessed and very Merry Christmas! The most beautiful feast of the year, at the start of the liturgical year-- and arriving none-too-soon at...
9th Circuit: Trump's 3rd Travel Ban Violates Immigration Act
The Religion Clause - Dec 24, 2017 at 8:14 am In State of Hawaii v. Trump, (9th Cir., Dec. 22, 2017), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, agreeing with the district court (see prior posting), concluded that President Trump...
Awaiting Mary’s Yes to God
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Dec 24, 2017 at 8:00 am
We began this Advent series of reflections with the question: what are you waiting for? With the busy-ness of Commercial Christmas constantly demanding our attention, it is easy...
Mary is a perfect example of how to respond to God's plan, Pope says
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 24, 2017 at 7:50 am Vatican City, Dec 24, 2017 / 08:23 am (EWTN News/CNA).- With Christmas just a day away, Pope Francis said Mary's humble and
modest response at the announcement of Jesus' birth...
Mary is a perfect example of how to respond to God's plan, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 24, 2017 at 7:23 am Vatican City, Dec 24, 2017 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With Christmas just a day away, Pope Francis said Mary's humble and modest response at the announcement of Jesus' birth...
Why are there three different Masses on Christmas?
Aleteia - Dec 24, 2017 at 7:00 am The custom is centuries old and highlights different aspects of the Nativity story.Almost every Christian church has their ever popular Christmas Eve service. It is the service...
Christmas 2017 Photopost Request
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 24, 2017 at 6:34 am Our next major photopost will be for the liturgies of Christmas, whether in the OF or the EF, or any of the Eastern Rites, Ordinariate Use, etc.; as always, we will also be very...
How a Roman woman who had visited Jerusalem influenced the way we celebrate Christmas
Aleteia - Dec 24, 2017 at 6:00 am Pope Sixtus III was inspired to celebrate Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve after hearing about what she had seen.The most vivid childhood Christmas memory of many adults is the joy...
Pope Francis: Christmas invites us to be messengers of hope, tenderness
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 24, 2017 at 4:43 am Vatican City, Dec 24, 2017 / 04:43 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus is an invitation for all Christians to imitate him in reaching out to embrace the...
Awaken! Remember that God comes! Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today, now!
Aleteia - Dec 24, 2017 at 3:00 am Pope Benedict XVI
Paul VI could be canonised in 2018
Catholic Herald - Dec 24, 2017 at 1:49 am Blessed Paul VI could be declared a saint in 2018, perhaps during the Synod of Bishops, an institution he re-established after the Second Vatican Council, according to the...
