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The Virtual St. Joseph Altar is Open!
Virtual St. Joseph Altar - Feb 19, 2017 at 9:34 am The 2017 Virtual St. Joseph Altar is now open. This is our 19th year!Visit the Altar to make your virtual offering, add prayer requests. You'll find prayers, crafts, images of St...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 19, 2017 at 8:41 am Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during your Mass of Sunday Obligation?
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Pope prays for victims of terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 19, 2017 at 7:09 am Vatican City, Feb 19, 2017 / 07:09 am (EWTN News/CNA).- After leading the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by violence and war around the world,...
Pope: Christ's law of love overcomes law of retaliation
News.va - Feb 19, 2017 at 7:02 am (Vatican Radio) During his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis said the day’s Gospel – part of the Sermon on the Mount, from the Gospel of Saint Matthew – is one of the...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Feb 19, 2017 at 7:00 am In Scott v. Uhler, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18624 (ND NY, Feb. 8, 2017), a New York federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing the complaint of a number of Muslim inmates that...
“Retaliation never leads to conflict resolution”
Vatican Insider - Feb 19, 2017 at 6:52 am “Only good can break the chains of evil: mercy is a superior realization of justice.” This is Francis’ “Christian revolution”. “Even our enemies are human persons, created in God’...
Pope prays for victims of terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 19, 2017 at 6:09 am Vatican City, Feb 19, 2017 / 05:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After leading the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by violence and war around the world,...
Pope prays for victims of violence in DR Congo and Pakistan
News.va - Feb 19, 2017 at 6:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis led the crowds gathered for the Sunday Angelus in a prayer for the victims of violence in Africa and around the world. In particular, he prayed for...
Florist who lost religious liberty case says all freedoms are at stake
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 19, 2017 at 5:03 am Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2017 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- A Washington florist fined for not serving a same-sex wedding out of
conscience says the state's supreme court "violated...
Florist who lost religious liberty case says all freedoms are at stake
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 19, 2017 at 4:03 am Washington D.C., Feb 19, 2017 / 03:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Washington florist fined for not serving a same-sex wedding out of conscience says the state's supreme court “violated...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 19, 2017 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Feb 19, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48 – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
If that’s not a tall order, I don’t know what is. Just...
Pope Francis: to love your enemies, prayer is a game-changer
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 19, 2017 at 3:21 am Vatican City, Feb 19, 2017 / 03:21 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for...
Daily Catholic Quote — from Pope Saint John Paul II
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Moreover, ‘legitimate defence can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another’s life, the common good of the family or of the State’ (CCC 2265). ...
Encountering the Word — Proverbs 16:9
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) Please share on social media Print this entry
So, what are you reading, Katrina Fernandez?
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:00 pm There is a reason why I refer to Leah Libresco as the Book Whisper; she has this amazing knack of matching books with souls. You tell her what you desire and she has a book for...
Little boy born without a brain can now speak, count, and attend school
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:00 pm When Noah Wall was born, the doctors said he probably wouldn’t survive and if he did, he would be severely physically and developmentally disabled. Born with only 2 percent of his...
Seeking sanctuary in a church: What does it mean today?
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:00 pm “Sanctuary! Sanctuary!” If you’ve read Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame – or seen the classic 1939 film adaptation starring Charles Laughton, or the very faithful...
A fast take on ‘The Be-DAD-itudes: 8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad’ with Dr. Greg Popcak
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:00 pm Aleteia posed six questions to Dr. Greg Popcak about his latest book, The Be-DAD-itudes: 8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad, published by Ave Maria Press. The book presents the...
Looking for the weirdly haunting in scripture
Aleteia - Feb 18, 2017 at 11:00 pm Investigating scripture is a joyful thing for me. While yet in my atheist days, I had reason to go digging into the resurrection accounts in the Gospels. I also went looking for...
In Israel, Retailer Takes Criticism For Catalog Aimed At Ultra-Orthodox Jews
The Religion Clause - Feb 18, 2017 at 7:03 pm As U.S. law struggles to balance free exercise rights with legal non-discrimination mandates, this story from Israel yesterday demonstrates that new permutations may well arise. ...
