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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Big C Catholics - Dec 11, 2016 at 2:33 pm Each verse of this hymn corresponds to an O Antiphon. The original Latin hymn, Veni, Veni Emmanuel was taken from Psalteriolum Cantionum, Colgne, 1710. The author of the words and...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2016, Year A
Big C Catholics - Dec 11, 2016 at 1:34 pm St. Joseph’s Dream, illuminated manuscript, T’oros Roslin, c. 1260.Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Nazareth was one of the most...
The Treasury of the Holy House of Loreto
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 11, 2016 at 12:45 pm As mentioned yesterday, the famous shrine of the Holy House of Loreto has a very interesting treasury with many very beautiful liturgical objects. Here is a selection of photos...
Norcia 2017 Calendar Available for Free Download
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 11, 2016 at 12:43 pm Of the many excellent options out there for traditional Catholic calendars (either EF exclusive or EF & OF combined), the Norcia wall calendar has become my favorite. This is...
2017 Norcia Calendar Available for Free Download
Rorate Coeli - Dec 11, 2016 at 12:34 pm The monks of Norcia, who are such a beacon of hope in the Catholic world and who have been through so much suffering in the past half-year, are valiantly re-establishing their...
Just for fun
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2016 at 12:27 pm Wisdom from the Book of Wayne
No tender snowflakes allowed.
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Is the Islamic State 'crumbling'? Long-form magazine journalism excels on such topics
GetReligion - Dec 11, 2016 at 12:11 pm Fellow journalist Robin Wright, not to be confused with the “House of Cards” actress of the same name, is as credentialed as it gets. Deservedly, she has received the National...
Bombing of Coptic chapel in Cairo kills 25 people
Catholic Herald - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:03 am A bombing at a chapel adjacent to Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 49 during Sunday Mass, one of the deadliest attacks carried out...
ASK FATHER: Of different shades of rose, madder, and debauchery
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:29 am
“Real priests wear rosacea!”
QUAERITUR:
Elsewhere someone asked if there are proper shades of rose, rosacea, for Roman vestments just as there are different shades of violet or...
New Holy Martyrs of Egypt!
Rorate Coeli - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:17 am Over 20 Christians (the number is still uncertain) were Martyred by an explosion placed in or near the St. Mark Coptic Cathedral in Cairo.
May these new Martyrs pray for...
Sharing the Word for December 12, 2016 – Third Week of Advent – Year 1
Franciscan Media - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:00 am Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2016
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Luke 1:26-38
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/SW_121216_I.mp3
The angel...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:00 am Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Sunday Mass of Obligation?
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Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:00 am In Pickering v. California Department of Corrections, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167867 (ED CA, Dec. 5, 2016), a California federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing an inmate's...
Pope Francis prays for Aleppo, victims of recent terrorist attacks
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 11, 2016 at 9:08 am Vatican City, Dec 11, 2016 / 09:08 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
During the Angelus for the third Sunday of Advent, also called Gaudete Sunday, Pope Francis made a special appeal for...
Wave of abortion lawsuits may signal panic amid political shift
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 11, 2016 at 8:02 am Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2016 / 08:43 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In a changed political landscape, pro-abortion rights groups have filed lawsuits against three states' abortion laws.
Pope Francis prays for Aleppo, victims of recent terrorist attacks
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2016 at 8:02 am Vatican City, Dec 11, 2016 / 07:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During the Angelus for the third Sunday of Advent, also called Gaudete Sunday, Pope Francis made a special appeal for...
Wave of abortion lawsuits may signal panic amid political shift
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2016 at 7:43 am Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2016 / 06:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a changed political landscape, pro-abortion rights groups have filed lawsuits against three states’ abortion laws....
Pope Francis blesses "Bambinelli" during Angelus
News.va - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:51 am
(Vatican Radio) The Third Sunday of Advent is the traditional day when the children of Rome bring the Baby Jesus statues from their Nativity Scenes at home to St. Peter’s Square...
Pope Francis prays for victims of terrorist attacks
News.va - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has prayed for the victims of several terrorist attacks which had taken place in the hours before his Sunday Angelus.
In Egypt, a bomb outside St....
Pope Francis: Do not forget people of Aleppo
News.va - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday appealed that the world not ignore the plight of the people in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Russian-backed Syrian troops have been fighting to...
