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Pope Francis, at Chrism Mass, preaches on the joys of the Gospel
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 13, 2017 at 1:37 am Pope Francis celebrated the Chrism Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Holy Thursday morning and preached on the joy of the Gospel.
Francis on washing prisoners’ feet: It’s what Jesus told us to do
Vatican Insider - Apr 13, 2017 at 1:02 am “The Gospel passage on the universal judgment says: ’I was a prisoner and you visited me,’” the pontiff says in an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica Thursday. “This is Jesus’...
'Living Lent': Holy Thursday
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am PRAY: "I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you." (John 13:34)
Holy Thursday: He Loves to the End
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Jesus Christ has loved us to the very end. There is great spiritual
profit to be found in meditating on those words. They might give the ...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 13, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Reading 1: Isaiah 61:1-3, Reading 1: Isaiah 61:6, Reading 1: Isaiah 61:8-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 89:27, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 89:21-22, ...
Bishops investigate BLEEDING HOST MIRACLE in Argentina
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am A bishop in the Argentine province in Santa Fe is investigating a Eucharistic host that appeared to bleed during adoration at a drug rehabilitation home.
FULL TEXT: Pope Francis' homily at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass (English)
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Read the full-text of Pope Francis' Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Homily.
Prayer to be Faithful of Serving God: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, April 13, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Father in Heaven,
ever-living source of all that is good,
keep me faithful in serving You.
Help me to drink of Christ's Truth,
and fill ...
Pope Francis' special Chrism Mass - 'The truth of the good news can never be merely abstract'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis presided over the Chrism Mass on Thursday, April 13.
No World War III - Trump may be backing down from North Korea amid pressure from South
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am The risk of a strike against North Korea appears to be diminishing as the drumbeat of war fades. A message from a U.S. Navy rear admiral to the ...
Footwashing, the Holy Thursday Mandatum: God is Love and Love is a Verb
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am As we enter into these three days, the one day, we make this mystery our own. No mere spectators in this Act of Love we become ...
UN peacekeepers in Haiti sexually abused children - Over 300 allegations under investigation
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am An AP investigation revealed peacekeepers sexually exploited children as young as 12-years-old in Haiti.
The Eucharist and What Jesus Meant By ''Is''
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Apr 13, 2017 at 12:00 am When Jesus said ''This is my body'' on the night of the Last Supper, did he really mean that the bread and wine had mysteriously become Him? Or was he speaking figuratively? Matt...
Yet Another German Journalist Makes a Discerning Critique of Pope Francis
OnePeterFive - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:25 pm The string of eloquent German journalists who have gradually lost patience with Pope Francis does not seem to stop. Now we have another well-known and honorably independent...
The First Eucharist
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:03 pm “Take and eat, for this is my body…” On Holy Thursday, the night before he died, the Lord Jesus made some startling changes in the ritual of the Passover meal. Instead of being...
Mother wakes up after 5 months in a coma and meets her son
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm A pregnant woman's faithful family rallies prayers and hope after a tragic accident. After sitting by the bedside of a loved one in a coma, there are few things more joyous than...
A miracle in Israel? Christian, Muslim and Jewish mothers march together
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm The song “Prayer of the Mothers” becomes their anthem.A recent small miracle was almost completely ignored by media: thousands of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women walked through...
What was Mass like for the early Christians?
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm 2,000 years later, the essentials have not changed.Holy Thursday marks the Institution of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper. It is when Jesus exhorted his disciples to “do...
New York offers free college tuition. So, what does this mean?
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Will it help struggling families, and will it hurt private colleges?New York became the first state to offer free college tuition to in-state public colleges and universities when...
Why families sleep better together
Aleteia - Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Parents have been co-sleeping for millennia, so what's behind our common practice of making babies sleep alone?A recent post in the Los Angeles Times explained something I didn’t...
