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Pope Francis: the door to salvation is narrow and open
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:41 pm Reflecting on the day’s Gospel reading (Lk. 13:22-30), Pope Francis emphasized during his Angelus address of August 21 that the door to salvation is narrow but open.
An Alternative to Being Busy
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:04 pm Am I busier… …than the third world woman who has no electricity and has to walk miles for a five-gallon bucket of water? …than the grandma who’s watching her grandkids, managing...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Josemaría Escrivá
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:02 pm “When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations of the flesh, we should run to the side of Our Mother in...
Encountering the Word — 1 Kings 2:19
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “So Bathshe′ba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adoni′jah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat...
Sacred music is alive and well
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm In Norcia, Italy, during the summer theology program offered by the Albert the Great Center for Scholastic Studies, I was able to catch one of the tutors, Peter Kwasniewski, for...
Christianity or Chaos: The life-changing choice of Evelyn Waugh
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm It was considered scandalous. Inexplicable. What was he thinking? How could he do it? Enlightened opinion-makers and fashionable friends were apoplectic. Evelyn Waugh, England’s...
WATCH: Could these really be drawings?
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm Imagine a portrait taking almost 800 hours to complete! That’s how long it can take Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio to complete one of his creations. Which isn’t hard to believe...
Raymond Arroyo and the revolution in Catholic literature
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm I hope writers don’t take Raymond Arroyo’s advice. “Stay in non-fiction if you can, my friend,” he wrote to me in an email, interrupting his work on a third volume in his new...
Appreciating your spouse: Sometimes you have to write it out to see it
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm (Practicing Mercy #34): Make a gratitude journal for your spouse and jot down little things he or she does that you’re grateful for. Bite your tongue and go write in it (or at...
When we can’t pray, sometimes others must pray for us
Aleteia - Aug 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm One afternoon, when my son Patrick was 3 years old, he awoke from a nap unable to walk, the right side of his body paralyzed. I burned up the road to the emergency room. Patrick...
Father Franz Reinisch
Communio - Aug 21, 2016 at 8:59 pm On this date in 1942, Father Franz Reinisch was beheaded in Brandenburg, Berlin. He was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and member of the Schoenstatt Movement.
A staunch critic...
Salon Thinks Republicans Are Losing Faith in Christ
Creative Minority Report - Aug 21, 2016 at 7:46 pm Salon Magazine, according to Breitbart, believe Ted Cruz' failure to secure the GOP nomination means that "Americans are moving away from Christianity, including people most...
Does This Sound Healthy To You?
Creative Minority Report - Aug 21, 2016 at 7:36 pm More same-sex weddings than Catholic weddings in Scotland and more deaths than births. This does not sound like a country committed to surviving in the long run.No wonder they're...
King ofMorocco calls for common front to counter jihadist fanaticism
Vatican Insider - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:34 pm The King of Morocco has invited Muslims, Christians and Jews to combat “fanaticism and hatred” together. The words the Moroccan monarch, Mohammed VI, addressed to his country and...
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
Regina Magazine - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:31 pm August 21 Today is the feast day of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. Ora pro nobis. St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow from the Liturgical Year, 1909 Jane Frances Freiniot de...
“Brilliant,” “Influential” Harvard Law Professor Converts to Catholicism
ChurchPOP - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:17 pm Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule was recently received into the Catholic Church, reports Princeton law professor Robert George, himself also Catholic, on Facebook.
The post...
For Missouri bishops, limitless concealed carry is a bad idea
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:09 pm Jefferson City, Mo., Aug 21, 2016 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Missouri legislature should let stand the governor’s veto of a bill that would allow concealed carry of firearms...
Pope Saint Pius X
Regina Magazine - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:03 pm August 21 Today is the feast day Pope Saint Pius X. Ora pro nobis. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was born 2 June, 1835, at Riese, Province of Treviso, in Venice. His parents were...
Students don’t miss a Heartbeat in song for Sisters of St Joseph
The Catholic Leader - Aug 21, 2016 at 5:00 pm FRIENDS, old and new, were encouraged to “listen to the heartbeat of the world” during feast day celebrations at Mary MacKillop College, Nundah.To celebrate its patron St Mary of...
Must. Have. One.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 21, 2016 at 4:37 pm Here is an example of how we can see something and instantly desire it!
There’s not a moment to lose, for all love!
Alas, this person seems to be confused. I don’t mean the...