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The Good News About Imperfect Families
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:03 pm Do we have to go to church?” my five year old, Camille, whined as we readied for the Good Friday Stations of the Cross. “It’s boring and stupid,” she said, tears dripping down her...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:02 pm “I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, to swim against the tide; yes, I am asking you to rebel against this culture that sees everything as temporary and that ultimately...
A Gospel Song for the Saved is Transformed into a Divine Mercy Hymn
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:01 pm There’s so many great men and women throughout history who have had conversions at the end of their lives! That’s how audacious and scandalous grace is. Matt Maher’s “Glory Bound...
Encountering the Word — James 1:15
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.” (James 1:15) Print this entry
New Oratorio Honoring St. Rita of Cascia to Premier in May
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm In July 2013 composer Frank La Rocca received an e-mail from his friend Alfred Calabrese. It was a request for an oratorio — a large musical composition — on the life of St. Rita...
The Mercy of Giving a Mommy “Me-Time”
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm 15) Offer to babysit for a busy mom to go out and have a couple of hours to herself. — “56 Ways to Be Merciful During the Jubilee Year of Mercy”, Aleteia I always wanted to be a...
A Few Reasons to Celebrate Sanctity of Life Day
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Feast of the Annunciation, which commemorates the event in salvation history of Christ taking on flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has been celebrated in recent...
The Exposition of the Holy Tunic of Argenteuil
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless,...
The Annunciation Is Why I Can Never Not Be a Catholic
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary; And she conceived by the Holy Spirit … Usually, the commemoration of the Annunciation of the Lord is celebrated by the Catholic Church on...
Paul Ryan’s 3 Catholic Rules for Washington
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm Paul Ryan gave a speech to Congressional interns on March 23 that described what living Catholic identity in public life should look like in today’s polarized Washington DC. Ryan...
When College Shakes Your Faith, Listen to Flannery O’Connor
Aleteia - Apr 3, 2016 at 11:00 pm In a modern culture that is adrift, it is good to be reminded of the true, the good and the beautiful. Each week it is my humble privilege to offer one selection from an...
A teen’s guide to reaching Heaven
The Catholic Leader - Apr 3, 2016 at 8:30 pm OUR souls are skyward bound; we are all called to be saints, each and every one of us. Answering that call however, can be more than slightly challenging, especially for us...
Tenebrae 2016 Photopost
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 3, 2016 at 6:50 pm As we begin winding down our Holy Week photoposts, today we have the tenebrae photopost. Coming shortly, we'll also be publishing Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday pictures. St...
"Let us say 'yes' to God instead of turning the other way to avoid responding"
Vatican Insider - Apr 3, 2016 at 5:52 pm We cannot say ‘no’. Nor can we turn the other way and not respond, pretending we do not understand. The only reaction to God’s call must be a ‘yes’. Pope Francis underlined this...
Centuries of religious freedom at risk with Virginia veto, Catholic bishops warn
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 3, 2016 at 5:26 pm Richmond, Va., Apr 3, 2016 / 04:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The veto of a religious freedom bill means faith-based groups that support marriage as a union of a man and a woman won’t...
Cat & Mouse / Tom & Jerry
Commonweal - Apr 3, 2016 at 4:57 pm What with all the air being sucked up by the Rise and Fall of Donald Trump, we have been distracted from the Cat and Mouse game between Russia and the United State in Europe....
No More "I Forgive, but...": Mercy without Limits
CatholicMom.com - Apr 3, 2016 at 1:03 pm
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This morning, I had the great blessing of being a visitor for Divine Mercy Mass at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Los...
Misheard Devotions
The Curt Jester - Apr 3, 2016 at 12:56 pm So maybe I misheard my spiritual director, but he said I should learn the Anime Christi. Well I do like anime so I went lookin for it.
Plenary Indulgence – Mercy Sunday
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 3, 2016 at 12:16 pm On Mercy Sunday there is a Plenary Indulgence available.
Plenary indulgence
I. The usual conditions for every plenary indulgence:
sacramental confession [according to previously...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm Was there a good point (or two) in the sermon you heard for your Sunday “in albis” obligation?
I think we could all benefit from points that are not mere clichés about “mercy”....
