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Why caring for refugees is a pro-life issue
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm NPR reports that in 2016 alone, 4,600 people have drowned in the Mediterranean sea trying to reach the shores of Europe. For the past four months, a young Canadian family/...
Christmas on a Sunday feels wrong
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Christmas won’t feel right this year,” said one of the people who share my surname and address. “Yikes. Why not?” I asked. “Because it’s on a Sunday. We always dress up and...
Dying student’s wish has led to help for almost 14,000 families of cancer patients
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm Ten years ago, Nick Colleluori was in bed, unable to do much of anything—certainly not able to return to college, where he hoped his studies would lead to a career in non-profit...
Connor Flanagan: God weaseled his way into my life through the guitar
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm He smiled. It was just like him. You see, if you get to know Connor, you will quickly be greeted by a spreading, winsome grin that can light up a room. Joy emanates from him....
Confessions of an ungrateful crumb
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm Before our wedding, our priest told us that if nothing else, we must work to keep gratitude at the center of our lives. Gratitude to each other, gratitude to God for our...
5 Keys to enjoying (not just enduring) your in-laws over the holidays
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm This time of year, the prospect of spending time with in-laws can (unless you’re incredibly blessed) be as daunting as the thought of a stocking full of coal. For most of us,...
O Antiphon of the Day: Reflections on “O Radix”
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm The following is part of an 8-day series, bringing to life the texts of the O Antiphons with the music of JJ Wright and a few words from Wright about the composition of the piece...
O Radix Jesse; O Flower of Jesse’s stem from which blossoms life eternal
Aleteia - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. O Flower of Jesse’s stem,...
Will the media ever learn how to cover Donald Trump?
OSV Daily Take - Dec 18, 2016 at 11:00 pm As Americans await a volatile, unpredictable new president, many are understandably nervous at the prospect of a chief executive so largely an unknown quantity as this one. In...
Catholics shed tears of joy for the opening of the new Maroochydore church
The Catholic Leader - Dec 18, 2016 at 10:45 pm PARISHIONERS thanked God, and some wept with joy, as they worshipped for the first time in the new Stella Maris Church in Maroochydore. “We waited for a long time, but … we are...
Parish ministry Aspleycare brings joy to Brisbane’s poorest
The Catholic Leader - Dec 18, 2016 at 10:18 pm HUNGRY little mouths in Brisbane will be feasting for weeks after Christmas, thanks to a delivery of 110 hampers from parish ministry Aspleycare. Laundry baskets filled with...
Steamroller
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 18, 2016 at 10:15 pm I had a note the other day. It included a frustrated phrase and list:
Steamroller. That’s the right image. Exaltation and exaggeration of Amoris, feckless bishops, seminarian...
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Gayle – RIP
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 18, 2016 at 9:07 pm I received some sad news today. The woman who made the most beautiful rosaries I have ever seen or used died, under tough circumstances.
I spoke with her daughter tonight and...
For the ex-slave who blessed Denver, a path to sainthood opens
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 18, 2016 at 8:15 pm Denver, Colo., Dec 18, 2016 / 07:15 pm (CNA).- Julia Greeley was born into slavery in Hannibal, Missouri. But her cause for sainthood was opened on Sunday in Denver, where her...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/12/16
Catholic Herald - Dec 18, 2016 at 6:01 pm At yesterday’s Angelus, Pope Francis urged Catholics to “find a moment to pause, to have a bit of silence” before Christmas (full text, full video).
The Holy Father discussed the...
Advent Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Monday, December 19, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 18, 2016 at 4:01 pm Lord God, may we, your people, who look forward to the birthday of Christ experience the joy of salvation and celbrate that feast with love and ...
St. Nemesius: Saint of the Day for Monday, December 19, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 18, 2016 at 4:01 pm Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged ...
Daily Readings for Monday, December 19, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 18, 2016 at 4:01 pm Reading 1: Judges 13:2-7, Reading 1: Judges 13:24-25, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 71:3-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 71:16-17, Gospel: Luke 1:5-25
How to debunk the dubia
LifeSiteNews - Dec 18, 2016 at 3:49 pm Prelates and pundits have been making public statements about Amoris Laetitia and its critics, clearly intending to reassure the public and to diminish the impact of the dubia.
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Regina Magazine - Dec 18, 2016 at 3:30 pm Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, iv. 1-5. Brethren: Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the...
