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ASK FATHER: Deacon told by priest to let a layman take his role
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2017 at 8:12 am From a deacon
Could you please address the all too common occurrence where Deacons are asked (or told by the priest) to relinquish their liturgical role to a lay person?
Case in...
'Living Lent': Monday of Holy Week
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:39 am PRAY: "In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to
shame. In your justice rescue me, and deliver me; incline your ear to
me, and save ...
Palm Sunday: Coming Face to Face with Jesus
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:39 am When we encounter Jesus and the Gospel, we immediately sense that we are dealing with something that is not of this world. To be a Christian is ...
The Happy Priest: Palm Sunday and the Humility of Jesus
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:39 am On Palm Sunday, we come face to face with Jesus - and how we are to live our lives each day. When we embrace Jesus as the way, the truth ...
'Living Lent': Palm Sunday of Holy Week
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:39 am PRAY: Lord, your return is near, I praise you in your glory!
The Pope Video for April 2017: Youth
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:30 am
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Pope Francis to young people: “don’t be duped by momentary fashions and fads”
It’s...
Leave the Valley of Death -- with the help of the Mater Dolorosa
Rorate Coeli - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:02 am Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,
là dove terminava quella valle
che m’avea di paura il cor compunto,
guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle...
Sunday’s Gospel has the antidote to the ‘most deadly poison of our times’
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 7:00 am Hint: This poison is the opposite of love, art, and life.The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them,...
Don't send a mother who fled drug cartels back to Mexico, archdiocese pleads
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2017 at 6:32 am Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr 8, 2017 / 05:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- U.S. immigration authorities should show mercy on a detained Catholic mother with a special needs child, who fled Mexico...
Don't send a mother who fled drug cartels back to Mexico, archdiocese pleads
EWTN - US Latest News - Apr 8, 2017 at 6:32 am Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr 8, 2017 / 06:32 am (EWTN News/CNA).- U.S. immigration authorities should show mercy on a detained Catholic
mother with a special needs child, who fled Mexico...
Bishops seek input from youth ahead of 2018 synod
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2017 at 5:09 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2017 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- An international conference this week in Rome is seeking feedback from young people on the upcoming 2018 Synod of Bishops,...
Jackie and the priest
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 5:00 am Jacqueline Kennedy was thrown, on November 22, 1963, into a maelstrom. Not only did her young husband die; he was murdered in her presence.Somehow I managed to miss the film...
I believe I can fly …
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2017 at 4:00 am Photo of the Day: April 8, 2017CREATION: THE WORLD AROUND US – SONY 2017 Photography Awards | 3rd Place National Award | Photo by John Tao This week we are featuring some of the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 8, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 11:45-56
“Mooooommmmmmm!”
It’s a way of saying my name that can make my toes curl and my ears turn inward.
It often involves two children of disputing...
Dave Armstrong Defends Prolifers from the Charge…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:28 am …that they are single issue voters. FWIW, I don’t say, and never have said, that “prolifers are one-issue voters”. Would to God they were. I would *love* it if prolifers really...
Pope to youth: The Church needs to hear your voice
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2017 at 2:14 am Rome, Italy, Apr 8, 2017 / 02:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On Saturday Pope Francis held a special prayer vigil in anticipation of World Youth Day and the 2018 Synod of Bishops,...
LENTCAzT 2017 39 – Saturday – 5th Week of Lent, Passiontide: Compromise with the world?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 8, 2017 at 12:01 am Today is Saturday in the 5th Week of Lent. It’s Passiontide. The Roman Station is St. John at the Latin Gate.
We are getting close. Holy Week begins tomorrow.
GO TO CONFESSION!...
Learning To Wait: Accompanying Jesus On His Journey Through Holy Week
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 12:00 am From the sidelines, picture His torn shoulders buckling under the weight of that heavy, wooden cross. Broken and drained, Jesus struggles to ...
A Prayer for a Deceased Woman: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, April 08, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Apr 8, 2017 at 12:00 am We beseech Thee, O Lord,
in Thy mercy,
to have pity on the soul of Thy handmaid;
do Thou, Who hast freed her
from the perils of this mortal ...
