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7 Keys to praying without ceasing
Aleteia - Feb 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm I remember the first time I read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 in a way that actually registered. In that passage, St. Paul wrote this to the church members in Thessalonica: Rejoice...
Veritas in vinyl: Spiritual songs of Johnny Cash on his birthday
Aleteia - Feb 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Today, Johnny Cash would have turned 85 years old. Its hard to imagine that we’ve been without his iconic voice for 14 years. The star, who’s popularity rivaled Elvis Presley’s,...
Peru’s rocking nuns who have atheists turning their heads now caught the attention of the BBC
Aleteia - Feb 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Peru’s rocking nun group “Siervas” has already gained worldwide fame. The video of the group in full habit rocking on a helipad high above the city went viral. Even atheists...
Why You Can’t Have Jesus Without the Church
ChurchPOP - Feb 25, 2017 at 9:26 pm Contemporary Christianity is fond of pushing Jesus without the Church. Like its secular counterpart (in which people claim to be “spiritual, but
The post Why You Can’t Have Jesus...
Handling of Vaccination Exemption Request Did Not Violate Religious Rights
The Religion Clause - Feb 25, 2017 at 8:27 pm In Nikolao v. Lyon, (ED MI, Feb. 23, 2017), a Michigan federal district court dismissed free exercise and establishment clause challenges to the manner in which the Wayne County,...
Comment on Some Catholics attack immigration policies, others urge new approach by David J. Mueller
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 25, 2017 at 7:44 pm I don’t think that anyone is opposed to sending criminals back, but breaking up families is wrong. Most refugees are our Catholic brothers and sisters. It comes down to this…...
Catholic Church in Jordan welcomes Bishop Shomali, pays respects
Vatican Insider - Feb 25, 2017 at 5:56 pm Bishop Shomali received an official welcome upon arrival at the King Hussein Bridge by the Council of Priests and official figures. Then, the motorcade proceeded to Mary of...
Brick By Brick: Terrific News! NEW Benedictine Monastery Established in IRELAND – ACTION ITEM!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 25, 2017 at 5:51 pm Here is news to warm the cockles of my beady-black heart.
This comes from the Benedictines of Silverstream Priory in the Diocese of Meath. HERE
On 25 February 2017, they were...
“A reform of the Order of Malta’s statutes is needed to avoid other crises”
Vatican Insider - Feb 25, 2017 at 5:16 pm “We need to revisit our system of checks and balances, to prevent what has happened from happening again.” Boeselager is sitting in a lounge area of the Order of Malta’s Magistral...
Rome's Anglican pastor: Papal visit an exciting, but normal, step
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 25, 2017 at 4:08 pm Rome, Italy, Feb 25, 2017 / 03:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will tomorrow become the first Roman Pontiff to set foot in an Anglican parish in Rome, marking a symbolic act...
Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Regina Magazine - Feb 25, 2017 at 3:29 pm February 25 Today is the feast day of Saint Tarasius. Ora pro nobis. Saint Tarasius's date of birth unknown. He was the son of the Patrician and Prefect of Constantinople, George...
Daily Readings for Sunday, February 26, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 25, 2017 at 3:01 pm Reading 1: Isaiah 49:14-15, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:2-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:6-9, Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Grace before Meals #1: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, February 26, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 25, 2017 at 3:01 pm Bless us,
O Lord,
and these your gifts,
which we are about to receive
from your bounty.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
St. Isabel of France: Saint of the Day for Sunday, February 26, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Feb 25, 2017 at 3:01 pm Sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, she refused offers of marriage from several noble suitors to ...
Regarding Trump, Ike, Billy and that handy journalistic planning device called the 'tickler'
GetReligion - Feb 25, 2017 at 3:00 pm From the invaluable Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Tickler noun
1: a person or device that tickles.
2: a device for jogging the memory; specifically: a file that serves as a...
WDTRPS – Quinquagesima Sunday: PREPARE FOR BATTLE!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 25, 2017 at 2:43 pm In our traditional Roman calendar tomorrow, Sunday, is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. Today is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us...
To a priest who learned the Traditional Mass and then quit because it was hard.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 25, 2017 at 2:17 pm I have often written about how priests are never the same after having learned how to say the older, traditional form of Holy Mass in the Roman Rite. Many priests have related to...
Are MidEast youth are losing the virtue of hope?
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 25, 2017 at 1:06 pm Beirut, Lebanon, Feb 25, 2017 / 12:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Syriac-Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan has said that the number of youth wanting to leave the Middle East...
“Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,…” The Lorica of St Patrick
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 25, 2017 at 12:31 pm During these dark days, we can benefit from the use of this prayer, called the Breastplate, or Loríca of St. Patrick, “The Cry of the Deer” (Latin Lorica is pronounced lo-REE-ka...
Reflection for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: God and Mammon?
CatholicMom.com - Feb 25, 2017 at 12:30 pm
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Readings for February 26, 2017: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection on #Sunday #Gospel by @dritaly: Jesus wants us not to stop worrying.Click...
