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CWN closed for feast of Immaculate Conception (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 8, 2017 at 5:12 am The offices of Catholic World News (CWN) are closed today, December 8, so that we may celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
‘The Shape of Water’: One of the most poetic and heartfelt movies of 2017
Aleteia - Dec 8, 2017 at 5:00 am Guillermo del Toro's Catholic background shows itself in this very adult (we mean it) fairy tale.So, what is the shape of water? That’s the question acclaimed director Guillermo...
Vatican nativity scene, Christmas tree unveiled
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 8, 2017 at 4:35 am Vatican City, Dec 8, 2017 / 05:04 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In an inauguration ceremony Thursday, the Vatican officially unveiled this year's nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, also...
How Gregorian chant converted a Baptist to Catholicism
Catholic Herald - Dec 8, 2017 at 3:37 am As Gabe Bouck enters Advent, a season in which Catholics are urged to answer God’s call for conversion, the seminarian is reminded of the melodic voice that inspired him to become...
Young people should be ‘spiritual flamethrowers’, says Australian archbishop
Catholic Herald - Dec 8, 2017 at 3:18 am Young Catholics must set the world on fire with their faith, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher told about 20,000 young people gathered in a former Olympic Stadium. “You must be...
To do the will of God is a thing most lovely.
Aleteia - Dec 8, 2017 at 3:00 am St. Mary Magdalen d’Pazzi
The Best Preachers are Signs of Contradiction
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 8, 2017 at 2:10 am
In late June of this year, I had occasion to concelebrate a newly ordained priest’s First Mass. Following a well-established custom, this newly ordained priest had asked an older...
Does God Command the Impossible?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 8, 2017 at 2:00 am
Question: What do the push to admit those with irregular marriages to communion, the effort by Fr. James Martin to bless same-sex relationships, and the movie Silence have in...
Why Marian Dogmas?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 8, 2017 at 1:38 am Yr. Obdt. Svt. on the Church Marian dogmas over at Northwest Catholic: A great deal of confusion surrounds the four Marian dogmas, not only concerning the meaning of Mary, but...
Missing the Wry Christ
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 8, 2017 at 1:27 am …in which we finish up the series looking at Christ and the Canaanite Woman. Last time, we saw that the Church to which Matthew writes has been grappling for decades with the...
Nearly 80 prisoners baptized in Argentina
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 8, 2017 at 1:26 am San Isidro, Argentina, Dec 8, 2017 / 12:26 am (ACI Prensa).- Seventy-eight prisoners were baptized, confirmed, and received their First Holy Communion in an Argentine prison Dec....
Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/12/17
Catholic Herald - Dec 8, 2017 at 1:00 am Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi. Joint prayer has helped Christians to “abandon old prejudices”, Pope...
Review: In Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dominicana - Dec 8, 2017 at 1:00 am Tota pulchra es, Maria. Et macula originalis non est in Te. Thou art all beautiful, Mary. And the original stain is not in Thee. Mary is beautiful because God loves her. In love,...
ADVENTCAzT 2017 06: Trembling with holy fear because we are so damaged
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:01 am This year I once again offer 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 06, for...
Sharing the Word for December 8, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
December 8, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4
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The Immaculate Conception and the Nightingale's Song
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Fr. Steve Grunow examines this holy day through the lens of a traditional Spanish song that links the Immaculate Conception of the...
Who Will Step-up This Christmas and Speak the Truth In Love
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am This is one of the two times each year when, I believe, our Lord most dreads the silence that will envelop far too many of our parishes. ...
On the True Spirit of Advent
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am Last Sunday, we Catholics began a new liturgical year, entering once again into the season of Advent, which is a period of preparation for the ...
Pope Francis wants to change the Lord's Prayer - Here's why
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis has proposed changing the text of the Lord's Prayer to make it a little less confusing for some. The change has already caught on.
Here's a beauty tip from Pope Francis, be like Our Lady!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 8, 2017 at 12:00 am On Friday's Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis offered his own "beauty secret" with Mary as model -- saying beauty does not come ...
