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The boy who became a saint through simple kindness and courtesy
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Say a prayer to John Berchmans today, especially for the altar servers who help Father at Mass.Here’s a story about a young man who became a saint, though he did not found any...
4 Saints who were (good) kings
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm We don't usually think good thoughts about kings, but these men were different.In our modern world the kings of old seem rather barbaric and unjust. Americans tend to view kings...
Christmas 2017 with the Dominican Sisters of Mary
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm A memorable recording of hymns and carols, thanks to the flawless vocal blending of these teaching nunsThe Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, a youthful and...
Advice from St. Nick himself on how to give better gifts
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Santa Claus has a knack for being a good gift-giver, and using these two principles, so can you. Don’t look now, but Christmas is just around the corner. Some of you may have had...
Notre Dame beats Navy
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: November 26, 2017Kevin Stepherson #29 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrates scoring the game-winning touchdown against the Navy Midshipmen at Notre Dame...
Good news from La Crosse, Wisconsin: Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke — and the Start of a Sunday Latin Mass
Rorate Coeli - Nov 25, 2017 at 6:04 pm We always like good news! From our friends in the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin:
* Cardinal Burke will be celebrating his second Pontifical High Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady...
Catholic Bishops Oppose Parts of Senate's Tax Reform Draft
The Religion Clause - Nov 25, 2017 at 5:39 pm Earlier this week, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development issued a letter (full text) (press release) ...
Vatican to UN: We must work together to eliminate causes of human trafficking
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm New York City, N.Y., Nov 25, 2017 / 03:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The international community must join forces to eliminate human trafficking and its root causes, the Vatican’s...
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Rorate Coeli - Nov 25, 2017 at 3:50 pm By Veronica A. Arntz
The Great Cloud of Witnesses:
Praying to the Saints in the Confiteor
In the older form of the Confiteor, which is prayed three times
in the 1962 liturgy,...
Byzantine Prayers for Persecuted Christians
Communio - Nov 25, 2017 at 2:33 pm This coming week is dedicated to the welfare, physical and spiritual, of our sisters and brothers who are persecuted for their faith. Here are the texts for the Litanies to be...
Daily Readings for Sunday, November 26, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 25, 2017 at 2:10 pm Reading 1: Ezekiel 34:15-17, Reading 1: Ezekiel 34:11-12, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:1-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:5-6, Gospel: Matthew ...
Act of Contrition #10: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, November 26, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 25, 2017 at 2:10 pm Oh my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended thee.
I detest all my sins because of your just punishments,
but most of all because they ...
ASK FATHER: Color of altar boys’ cassocks
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 25, 2017 at 1:47 pm
From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
I grew up in the 1950’s. All the illustrated “Children’s Missals” had photos showing altar servers wearing red cassocks and white surplices.
I never saw...
Detention case prompts archbishop to ask what kind of society we are in
Franciscan Media - Nov 25, 2017 at 1:36 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco asked the United States to take its temperature as a society after he got personally involved in the...
Christ the King and the Last Judgment
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Readings for November 26, 2017: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
On the final Sunday...
Christ is King and we are citizens of his Kingdom
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm We have been claimed by and for Christ in our baptism and our true home is in the Reign of Christ“He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king...
Evangelical voices persist: What about traditional believers who didn’t choose to be gay?
GetReligion - Nov 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm Here’s a remarkable book with news potential that no reputable evangelical publisher would have issued, say, five or 10 years ago: “Single Gay Christian: A Personal Journey of...
In Argentina, 600 missionaries renew commitment to spreading Gospel
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 25, 2017 at 12:46 pm Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 25, 2017 / 11:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- More than 600 people participated in the 5th National Missionary Conference held this week in Neuquen, Argentina...
The Feast of Our Lord Christ the King
Big C Catholics - Nov 25, 2017 at 12:43 pm November 26, 2017 The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, formerly referred to as "Christ the King," was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote...
Is It Wrong to Find the Good in the Bad?
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Nov 25, 2017 at 11:00 am Hello, everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. :)So, this post had been sitting in my drafts inbox for months. Months. Like, mid-summer. I didn't have time to finish it......
