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Scientists in the dark about Yellowstone supervolcano, as activity increases
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 4, 2017 at 12:00 am As the Yellowstone supervolcano shows evidence it remains active and is building towards eruption, scientists have confessed they have no idea how ...
How old is the longest living vertebrate on Earth? Much older than you know
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 4, 2017 at 12:00 am As humans, we live longer lives than most creatures on Earth. Tortoises and trees can live much longer than we can, but we are among the ...
Daily Reflection — Lord, I am not worthy…
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:06 pm “But the centurion answered him, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.’” (Matthew 8:8) Another Advent Season...
Empty-Handed at the End
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:04 pm Yesterday was the start of the Catholic New Year, the first day of the liturgical year. Once Advent starts we begin to think about the birth of Jesus, but the gospels for the...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. John Damascene
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” (St. John Damascene, priest and Doctor of the Church) The Optional Memorial of...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 89:1-2
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations. For thy steadfast love...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 4, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11
Signs.
We like them. A lot. Even in our faith lives. As Catholics, we are blessed with sacraments, outward signs of God’s grace, things we can see...
How one dad made sure his daughter knew his love … long after he was dead
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm Bailey Sellers' father wanted to make sure that she knew he was still watching over her. When Michael Sellers discovered he was dying from cancer, he made sure his children knew...
A beginner’s guide to celebrating Advent
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm 7 Ways to buck commercialism and get to know this special season of preparation a little better.When I was a girl, the word Advent was only ever used in conjunction with the word ...
Where did candy canes come from?
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm And were they meant to be a Christian symbol?One of the most popular sweets during the Christmas season is the iconic candy cane. The red and white sugar stick is everywhere...
Popecycle for a day
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 4, 2017Pope Francis takes a ride in a rickshaw during the second day of his visit to Bangladesh, in Dhaka on December 1, 2017. Pope Francis arrived in...
Advent Light: The Word that cures …
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm A reflection for December 4, 2017, Day 2 of AdventWhen Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home...
Lauer, and Franken, and Louis CK: The crisis within them, and in us
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm Each of us wields this great power: We can ennoble or degrade people with an action, a word — or even a glance.Elizabeth Scalia wrote, in a heart-rending piece, about how painful...
Fulton Sheen’s surprising cure for the “Anxiety of Life”
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm (Here's a hint: It's NOT prayer.)Do you ever lie in bed awake at night, upset about life’s many dilemmas? In those moments, do you try to pray but sometimes find it difficult? I...
The oldest monastery in Iraq is forever lost
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm Only a few ruins and photographs remain from the monastery of St. Elijah in Mosul.Three years ago, the monastery was still there, in Nineveh, in northern Iraq. At the beginning of...
5 Sayings from the Desert Fathers to start your week off right
Aleteia - Dec 3, 2017 at 11:00 pm These 4th-century monks have much to teach us today.Even though the Desert Fathers lived in 4th century, their lives and writings remain an inspiration for us even today. Many of...
Pope says world has reached moral limit on nuclear deterrence
Franciscan Media - Dec 3, 2017 at 6:37 pm ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM BANGLADESH (CNS) — The Cold War policy of nuclear deterrence appears morally unacceptable today, Pope Francis said.
St. John Paul II, in a 1982...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/12/17
Catholic Herald - Dec 3, 2017 at 6:05 pm Advent invites us to live in “a full and conscious way”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Vatican has officially promulgated Pope Francis’s...
Just Too Cool! Voyager fires its thrusters for the first time in 37 years.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 3, 2017 at 6:04 pm Recently I re-watched the movie The Martian, which is also a novel. [US HERE – UK HERE I understand that the author has a new book out.] I find it inspiring.
We encounter...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 3, 2017 at 5:39 pm As we begin this new liturgical year, was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during the Holy Mass in fulfillment your of Sunday Obligation?
Let us know.
