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Staff Pick: 'The Lifespan of a Fact'
Commonweal - Jan 1, 2017 at 7:42 am In 2003, John D’Agata wrote an essay on suicides in Las Vegas. He threaded his themes—glitz, futility, and despair—through the story of sixteen-year-old Levi Presley, who jumped...
Pope Francis condemns Istanbul terror attack
News.va - Jan 1, 2017 at 6:33 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has condemned the deadly New Year’s Eve terror attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, in which a gunman opened fire on New Year’s revelers in Istanbul’s...
Another year of life and of work for God: blessed 2017
Communio - Jan 1, 2017 at 6:24 am “Once again you are coming to the close of another year of life and of work for God. Here is one more reason for you to adore and praise his infinite goodness and mercy in having...
Pope on New Year's Day: Mary's motherhood teaches us humility, tenderness
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 1, 2017 at 6:01 am Vatican City, Jan 1, 2017 / 06:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Sunday Pope Francis said that celebrating Mary, the Mother of God, highlights a beautiful aspect of our faith: that Mary is...
Mary, the Mother of God
Communio - Jan 1, 2017 at 5:18 am It is so fitting that today on the octave of Christmas, we honor in a special way the memory of God’s holy Mother, the Theotokos. The immense mystery of the Incarnation would have...
Pope Francis: homily for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
News.va - Jan 1, 2017 at 5:01 am Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
1 January 2017
“Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart! (Lk 2:19). In these words,...
Pope on New Year’s Day: Mary’s motherhood teaches us humility, tenderness
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 1, 2017 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Jan 1, 2017 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Sunday Pope Francis said that celebrating Mary, the Mother of God, highlights a beautiful aspect of our faith: that Mary is...
Daily Gospel Reflection for January 1, 2017 - Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
CatholicMom.com - Jan 1, 2017 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 2, 16-21
In 2013, we heard Pope Francis suggest to the priests of our world that they should be like “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep.” Today,...
Pope Francis: homily for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Insider - Jan 1, 2017 at 3:46 am “Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart! (Lk 2:19). In these words, Luke describes the attitude with which Mary took in all that they had experienced in...
Happy New Year 2017 !
The Religion Clause - Jan 1, 2017 at 12:02 am Dear Religion Clause Readers:Happy New Year 2017! I hope you continue to find Religion Clause a useful, if not indispensable, source of news on religious liberty and church-state...
Mary the Blessed Virgin: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 01, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Mary, also known as St. Mary the Virgin, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Mary, Mary Mother of God or the Virgin Mary is believed by many to be the ...
New Year's Prayer (by Archbishop Carroll.): Prayer of the Day for Sunday, January 01, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 1, 2017 at 12:00 am Almighty and eternal God,
You have, through Jesus Christ,
revealed Your glory to all nations.
We pray You to preserve the works of Your mercy, ...
God Chose Mary to be His Mother
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:04 pm Each January 1 (the Octave of Christmas), the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. I receive more comments and questions from non-Catholics, and even some...
The Oldest hymn to Mary Mother of God
Aleteia - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:00 pm In honor of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God we bring you the oldest known hymn to Mary. The hymn, “Beneath Thy Protection” in English, has been found on a papyrus dating back...
Our Lady of Guadalupe: 23.5 degrees of consolation
Aleteia - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Sure. I’ll pray for you,” I told my friend, a lawyer turned late-vocation seminarian, who was facing a final exam the following day. He’d been struggling with a course in...
Beloved stranger: On discovering that I really want the best for all of us
Aleteia - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:00 pm There is an old man who lives near Kartke Pool, and I bike pass him in the early mornings and late afternoons to and from work. He walks hunched way over, periodically looking up...
Happy New Year!
Quartermaster of the Barque - Dec 31, 2016 at 10:49 pm My wife had a baby just before Christmas, so I’m wrapping bacon around jalapeños and dates and calling it a night! Wishing you and very person you cherish a blessed and wonderful...
These Franciscan Friars Totally Rock at the “Cup Game”!
ChurchPOP - Dec 31, 2016 at 9:56 pm Don’t you wish you could join in? This fun video below was recently posted on the Facebook page of the Franciscan Friars Minor,
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