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New Year 2017 | Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Big C Catholics - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:10 am Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and...
Part II: New Year’s observations on matters religion writers will want to be watching
GetReligion - Dec 31, 2016 at 11:05 am Let's continue with some of the themes we were discussing in the previous Religion Guy Memo, in which I offered some predictions on what kinds of news items and trends religion-...
Anthropomorphic 2016
The Curt Jester - Dec 31, 2016 at 10:15 am 2016 has been the year of making a year anthropomorphic. Dark humor mixed in with a running joke.
This has kind of annoyed me. Yes I could appreciate the running joke, but I also...
Pope Francis: Homily for First Vespers for Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
Vatican Insider - Dec 31, 2016 at 10:13 am Below, please find the official English translation of Pope Francis’ prepared homily for the liturgy:First Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God,and Te Deum in...
Saint Sylvester I, Pope
Regina Magazine - Dec 31, 2016 at 9:47 am December 31 Today is the feast day of Saint Sylvester. Ora pro nobis. Saint Sylvester’s date of birth unknown. He died on 31 December, 335. According to the “Liber pontificalis...
From Saigon to Surfing and Beyond
Regina Magazine - Dec 31, 2016 at 9:06 am The Unlikely Saga of Church Militant’s Christine Niles She was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1974, one year before the city fell to the Communists. Her family had been wealthy and...
Untitled
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 31, 2016 at 7:58 am And so, gang, for all 2016 has been – and everything the stories of these last 12 months have lined up for the road ahead – if there can just be one emblematic bit from this...
Prayer at the end of the year, at the beginning
Communio - Dec 31, 2016 at 7:44 am Catholics at the end of the calendar year and at the beginning of the new one do so in an atmosphere of prayer. Our faith is one of Thanksgiving. Hence, those who enter into...
Staff Pick: 'The Girls'
Commonweal - Dec 31, 2016 at 7:24 am Over the summer, my (all-female, all-under-30) book club read The Girls. It seemed an obvious choice: a novel about young women—two in particular, and the nebulous, fraught...
Happy New Year!
SQPN - Podcast Network - Dec 31, 2016 at 7:00 am
Week Ending December 31, 2016 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We’ve slowed down a bit the past couple of weeks for the holiday. Of course, Fr. Roderick was very busy with...
Te Deum on New Year’s Eve
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 31, 2016 at 7:00 am It has long been a custom in Catholic churches to sing the Te Deum, the hymn of thanksgiving par excellence, on New Year’s Eve, to thank God for all of the blessings received over...
Pope sends message for new Argentine edition of Osservatore Romano
News.va - Dec 31, 2016 at 4:36 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written a message for the first edition of the weekly Osservatore Romano newspaper for Argentina.
The first issue of the new Spanish edition was...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 31, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 31, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 1, 1-18
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” The Incarnation. It’s the focus of so much of our faith, and yet, do we really get it? Is it even humanly...
Plenary Indulgence reminders: Te Deum on Dec. 31 Veni Creator on Jan. 1
Rorate Coeli - Dec 31, 2016 at 2:52 am 26§ 1. A plenary indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a church or in an oratory, are present [take part] in a recitation or solemn chant of: ...1° the hymn Veni...
Happy New Year 2017. We CAN Begin Again Through Jesus Christ
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 am New Year's Eve is a global existential moment, ripe with anticipation
and expectations. It invites a spiritually cathartic time of reflection,
...
Bishop Barron: Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ and the Seaside Martyrs
Aleteia - Dec 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm I have long been an ardent fan of Martin Scorsese’s films. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Last Waltz, Casino, etc. are among the...
5 practical ways to pray more in the New Year
Aleteia - Dec 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm As the New Year approaches many of us will pledge ourselves to numerous “New Year’s Resolutions” –typically these involve such goals as losing weight or exercising more. If we’re...
Army vet, paralyzed in armed robbery, forgives attacker
Aleteia - Dec 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm Chris Sanna lies in bed paralyzed. he and his girlfriend have to deal with the traumatic memories of being robbed at gunpoint and shot as they tried to run. Their assailant is...
Reflection for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Aleteia - Dec 30, 2016 at 11:00 pm The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them...
