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25 March: Feast of St. Dismas – The Good Thief
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 25, 2016 at 11:03 am Click for larger
Today should be Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, the instant of the Incarnation.
Because today is Good Friday, Lady Day is transferred.
However, 25 March...
Reflection for Good Friday: The Victory of the Cross
CatholicMom.com - Mar 25, 2016 at 11:00 am
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Readings for March 25: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Terrorism is nothing new. It’s probably as old as the...
Holy Week Staff Picks: 'The Art of Losing'
Commonweal - Mar 25, 2016 at 11:00 am I love Lent. I love that we’ve carved out an entire season for painful introspection, undertaken individually and collectively—a season to resist my natural inclination to believe...
Vatican, Rome under heavy security during Easter Triduum
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:55 am The City of Rome has redoubled security precautions in the wake of the Brussels bombings, with special vigilance around the Vatican during the Easter Triduum.
Police have...
Hey media, here's one way to overcome that tired 'anti-Muslim backlash' storyline
GetReligion - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:55 am
The backlash is baa-aack.
More precisely, the "anti-Muslim backlash" stories are back. Just check out the front page of Thursday's USA Today:
"Anti-Muslim backlash" makes front...
Tenebrae at Wyoming Catholic College
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:52 am This past Wednesday night, the Schola Cantorum at Wyoming Catholic College sang the traditional Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday. It was the fifth year that we have done so, and it...
Custodian fined for destroying images of Buddha, Mary Poppins in Omaha cathedral
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:38 am The former custodian at St. Cecilia cathedral in Omaha was fined $100 and order to pay court costs after pleading guilty to the destruction of a display in the cathedral that had...
'Spiritual vacuum' leads to extremism, Anglican bishop argues
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:22 am Anglican Bishop Richard Chartres of London has warned that promoting "universal abstractions" in schools will not ward off religious extremism.
An exclusive concern for ...
Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper
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Please Pray for Fr. Tom
Creative Minority Report - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:05 am Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, a prisoner of a barbaric group possibly related to ISIS since a massacre earlier this month in Yemen, could be crucified today on Good Friday.Although there...
How the Weakness of the Cross Makes Us Strong
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 25, 2016 at 10:00 am “When I am weak, then I am strong”; “power made perfect in weakness.” Such verses are often cited as key to spiritual growth, but do we really understand what they are talking...
New NJ state law takes effect, ends Newark archdiocesan sale of cemetery monuments
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 9:53 am A new state law has taken effect in New Jersey, ending the sale of cemetery headstones by the Archdiocese of Newark.
In 2013, the archdiocesan cemeteries began offering headstones...
Vatican downplays concerns about health of Benedict XVI
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 9:45 am Reacting to stories that suggested Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI is close to death, the Vatican has issued a statement indicating there there are not "any particular concerns" about...
North Carolina Regulates Transgender Bathroom Use and Pre-Empts Local Anti-Discrimination Laws
The Religion Clause - Mar 25, 2016 at 9:24 am In a hurriedly-called special session, the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday passed House Bill 2 (full text) regulating the use by transgender individuals of bathrooms...
UPDATE: Pontifical Red Vestments from @Gammarelli for @MadisonTMS
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 25, 2016 at 9:18 am One of my favorite portrait artists is Giovanni Battista Moroni (+1579). Not one was he Catholic, in a serious sense, he was both in Trent when the Council was being held and was...
Archbishop: Eucharist should compel Catholics to imitate Jesus, serve others
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 25, 2016 at 9:05 am When celebrating previous Masses at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Archbishop Hebda said he had looked across the sanctuary at the empty archbishop’s chair, and wondered who would...
Divine Mercy Novena | Day 1
Big C Catholics - Mar 25, 2016 at 8:43 am The Divine Mercy Image.
Jesus, I trust in you.
Today is the first day of the Divine Mercy Novena. We pray that these Divine Mercy prayers will strengthen us as we fast and do...
Classic M.Z. Hemingway: Why do journalists settle for lite (or mangled) Easter news?
GetReligion - Mar 25, 2016 at 8:22 am
There she goes, there she goes again.
What we have here is another classic example of M.Z. "GetReligionista emeritus" Hemingway spotting another cultural hook that is big enough...
Jerusalem patriarch: Holy Thursday homily
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 25, 2016 at 8:18 am Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, celebrated the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The prelate preached...
This unique chant brings Vietnamese Catholics deeper into Christ's Passion
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 25, 2016 at 8:08 am Hanoi, Vietnam, Mar 25, 2016 / 07:08 am (CNA).- While the Stations of the Cross are a worldwide Lenten devotion for Catholics, the faithful in Vietnam have an additional practice...
