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Do not forget prayer or the poor, retreat master tells Pope, Curia
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:23 pm Preaching to Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia during their Lenten retreat, Father Giulio Michelini, a Franciscan friar and biblical scholar, reflected on Matthew 26:1-...
Could this be why Lent is forty days?
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:04 pm Putting aside that the numbering is not exact, we generally talk about Lent being forty days. Like me, you have probably wondered “why forty?” What’s so special about forty?? ...
Orson Welles’ 1937 recording of ‘Les Miserables’ is what radio should be
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Last week, we found this old footage of Orson Welles having a conversation with Johnny Carson. Were we surprised that someone would go on a late show without something to...
A letter to a dying man
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm A dear but distant friend let me know some weeks back that her dad had been placed in hospice care and that the end was imminent. My friend was raised Catholic but is now an...
Rachel’s Contrition, Chapter 8
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Continued from Chapter 7… Rachel’s Contrition CHAPTER EIGHT Join the discussion on Facebook! Thursday’s forecast calls for freezing temperatures. I sit inside the pool house,...
Was the world of Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ based on a kingdom in East Africa?
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm There has been a great deal of speculation over the years as to what inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, one of the best selling books of all...
Do you want to save your marriage? There is a prayer for that!
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Jesus, here we are, the two of us standing before you, just as on the day we received from each other the sacrament of Matrimony, just as on that day that you blessed our love....
You are altogether beautiful – Song of Solomon 4:7
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm See more photos here.
Why we uproot the weeds, and why we shouldn’t
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm On the urge to remake man and the costs thereof, an urge from which Catholics suffer as much as anyone. That urge explains much of the division between Catholics and why some...
Sunday Soundbite for March 12, 2017
Franciscan Media - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm Second Sunday in Lent
Cycle A
March 12, 2017
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ssleA_2.mp3
One of the most dramatic scenes in Catholic liturgy comes at...
Why won’t my prayers work?
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm “Why don’t my prayers work? Why don’t I get what I want from God?” That’s a tough question to answer, especially when the person starts reading Luke 18:35-43, which can be...
James Foley’s mother visits Rome to thank Pope Francis
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm The death of James Foley was one of the most high-profile beheadings carried out by the Islamic State group when it had gained control of large areas of Iraq and Syria in 2014....
The internet makes it easy for us to lie about ourselves
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm A few weeks ago this video emerged on YouTube and struck us as very relevant. The plot takes us through the lives of a group of friends who seem to do the most of their social...
Marie Miller has a tall order but admits it’s up to God
Aleteia - Mar 7, 2017 at 11:00 pm A great melody and heartfelt lyrics are essential. I think that means writing a lot of not so great songs before you write a great one. This is a very cute song — a prayer that...
No preferential treatment for persecuted Christians in revised executive order
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 pm President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on refugees no longer offers preferential treatment for Christians and beleaguered religious minorities fleeing persecution.
Jesuit Refugee Service calls for greater protection of refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 7, 2017 at 10:32 pm Father José Ignacio Garcia, SJ, director of Jesuit Refugee Service Europe, lamented the “trend of dismantling safeguards to protect refugees” in Europe.
Wherein Fr. Z is sore tempted
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 7, 2017 at 10:17 pm I am having a temptation. I am tempted to put out a notice to any priests out there who would like to have an experience of serving as a sacred ministers (deacon, subdeacon) in...
Patriarch: 80% of Syriac Catholics now live outside homeland
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 7, 2017 at 10:14 pm The head of the Syriac Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, said that 80% of the members of his flock now live outside their homeland.
Centacare Cairns director Anita Vetivers named one of Queensland’s most influential women in community services
The Catholic Leader - Mar 7, 2017 at 10:00 pm COMMUNITY services sector expert Anita Veivers has put Cairns on the map after being named one of Queensland’s most influential women in the field. The Centacare Cairns executive...
Slain journalist’s mother meets with Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 7, 2017 at 9:54 pm The mother of James Foley, the US journalist beheaded by ISIS in 2014, met with Pope Francis at Domus Sanctae Marthae on March 3 to thank him for his support.
