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ADVENTCAzT 2017 11: “And the Word was made flesh”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:01 am Another in my series of short daily podcasts to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own, personal, meeting with the Lord.
Here is ADVENTCAzT 11, for...
Sharing the Word for December 13, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saint Lucy
December 13, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10
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The Paradox of St. Lucy
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Today is the Feast of St. Lucy, a young martyr from the fourth century who chose to undergo terrible torture rather than allow anything to defile the purity of her body. Here,...
Stephen Hawking leading team listening for signals from alien object today
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am A mysterious object passing through our solar system will be studied today to determine if it is transmitting a message. A team of scientists are ...
Priests for Life, Alveda King, Participate in Vatican conference
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Priests for Life and Evangelist Alveda King have just taken part in the Catholic Inspired Organization's 2017 forum that met in Rome Dec. 11-13.
Pope Francis: Our Lady reveals everyone has a place in the Church
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis marked the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Tuesday saying the "mestizo" Virgin is a concrete sign that the Church is for everyone, ...
Bioscience firms admit trafficking illegal fetal body parts - How long before Planned Parenthood 's reckoning?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am The trade in fetal tissue from aborted babies proved costly for two bioscience companies who will admit fault, cease California operations and meet ...
NO, you may NOT venerate the apparitions in Medjugorje
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 13, 2017 at 12:00 am The Papal envoy in Medjugorje has warned that Catholics may not venerate the apparitions at Medjugorje at this time because the Church ...
All of Life is Bittersweet
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm Come, Lord, and tarry not; Bring the long looked-for day; Why these years of waiting here, These ages of delay? (Advent hymn) I left the neuropsychologist’s office dumbfounded. If...
Daily Reflection — God’s Promise
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:03 pm “He promised us eternal salvation and an unending life of blessedness with the angels, and an imperishable inheritance, the joy of seeing his face, a dwelling-place with him in...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 13, 2017 - St. Lucy
CatholicMom.com - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30 – St. Lucy
Christmas is only 12 days away. While this can be “the most wonderful time of the year,” we can also feel stressed about the to-dos...
Where to begin? A roadmap to get started on the philosophical quest
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm One blogger offers a list of "The best philosophy books for beginners."The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes is said to have wandered the streets with a lamp during the day, “...
Colombian charity supporting youth wins November Lampstand contest
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm $515 will support the next project of the Santa Cruz Association. Congrats!The Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) Association of Colombia won Aleteia’s Lampstand contest in November. The...
How St. Lucy became a light in Scandinavia
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm The martyr who died in Italy became the most popular saint of the North.During the 3rd century a girl named Lucy (Lucia in Latin) was born to noble parents. At an early age Lucy...
The Feast of St. Lucy
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 13, 2017The ‘Kongl. Teknologkoren’ choir performs at the Seglora church near the open-air museum, Skansen, in Stockholm, Sweden, on St. Lucy’s Day,...
Advent Light: What sort of yoke is this, that brings rest?
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm A reflection and prayer for December 13, 2017, Day 11 of AdventJesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke...
Teens and screens: How to avoid internet addiction
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm At times, adolescents may seek in technology the security they can't find in themselves.Today’s new technologies are excellent, because they improve people’s lives. The problem...
Why keep the holy days hidden?
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm We see what people care about by the energy they put into it. Parishes should take note.You might well think the parish didn’t want anyone to come to Mass for the Immaculate...
Young cancer survivors are being emotionally healed by the wind and waves
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Ellen MacArthur Trust is allowing young people to conquer their insecurities after their ordeals with cancer.Childhood cancer can be very humbling as well as distressing. It...
A brilliant way to tell your kids there’s no Santa
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2017 at 11:00 pm And it may teach your kids to be more generous at the same time. Let’s say you decided, when your child was one or two, to tell him or her the Santa Claus story: The chimney, the...
