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CU Weekly 305: Enjoy-joy Your Scapular.
Catholic Underground - Feb 28, 2016 at 6:03 am This week St. John Bosco: Licensed Joyologist, C.S. Lewis takes us to heaven (with his books!) and we learn about scapulars; also, our picks of the week!
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Pope: Being Christian is doing God's will, not just talking the talk
Franciscan Media - Feb 28, 2016 at 5:00 am For a Christian, talk is cheap; the faith requires concretely doing God's will and serving the least as well as those around you, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass.
"God is...
Connecting truth and mercy
Communio - Feb 28, 2016 at 4:42 am It can be said, growing in the truth means learning mercy. The Office of Readings today proposed this reading for the 3rd Sunday of Lent from Saint Bernard, written in 1119,...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 28, 2016 - 3rd Sunday of Lent
CatholicMom.com - Feb 28, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 13, 1-9 – Third Sunday of Lent
What is Jesus talking about in the first part of this Gospel passage? And how does it even connect to the parable he shares?...
LENTCAzT 19 – 3rd Sunday of Lent: universalism and particularism
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 28, 2016 at 1:48 am
It is the 3rd Sunday of Lent. Today’s Roman Station is Basilica of St. Lawrence “outside-the-walls” where they had been on Septuagesima Sunday. Ancient catechumens were “...
Frequently Asked Questions for Making a Daily Examen
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 27, 2016 at 11:04 pm We have arrived at the Third Sunday of Lent. By now, hopefully, we have been diving deep into the mystery of God and His love for us. A necessary part of advancing in the...
WATCH: What One Man Did to Bring Joy to His Blind Wife
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2016 at 11:00 pm A couple named the Kurokis live on a farm in Shintomi, Japan. Because of her diabetes, Ms. Kuroki is blind, and she was sad and depressed. To cheer her up, her husband devoted two...
Watching “Scandal” and Seeing Myself
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2016 at 11:00 pm Recently I began to watch Scandal from the very first episode. I did it to finally find out the backstory of the character who had an abortion on the final episode of the fall...
The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for March 2016
Big C Catholics - Feb 27, 2016 at 11:00 pm Please remember the Holy Father Pope Francis' intentions in prayer through the month of March:
General Intention: Families in Difficulty
That families in need may receive the...
Father Ed Thompson, Prodigal Priest and Father of Mercy
Aleteia - Feb 27, 2016 at 11:00 pm Last week, our family grieved the loss of Father Ed Thompson, a spiritual giant who had an enormous impact on our community. At age 92 he was the oldest active priest in the...
SLUH fights hard, can't stop CBC's title dominance
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 27, 2016 at 9:13 pm By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter@ josephkenny2
Christian Brothers College High School completed another successful season on ice...
Title IX Religious Organization Exemption Does Not Bar Retaliation Claim Against Catholic High School
The Religion Clause - Feb 27, 2016 at 7:23 pm In Goodman v. Archbishop Curley High School, Inc., (D MD, Feb. 26, 2016), a Maryland federal district court refused to dismiss a former high school librarian's Title IX...
Church Fails In RLUIPA Challenge To Village's Zoning Ordinance
The Religion Clause - Feb 27, 2016 at 6:55 pm In Truth Foundation Ministries, NFP v. Village of Romeoville, (ND IL, Feb. 26, 2016), an Illinois federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to a small congregation...
Byzantine details: How are the Orthodox Christian churches organized, and why?
GetReligion - Feb 27, 2016 at 5:33 pm
DAVID ASKS:
Most of us in the U.S. are aware of Orthodox Christians but don’t really understand their organization. Can you expand on their split around the world?
THE RELIGION...
Hope for Mexico: one bishop's reflection on the papal visit
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 27, 2016 at 5:09 pm Rome, Italy, Feb 27, 2016 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- For Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, Pope Francis had a simple message to tell the people of Mexico: “you are not forgotten...
Winner selected! Purgatorial Society logo design contest announcement
Rorate Coeli - Feb 27, 2016 at 3:24 pm Last month, we asked our readers to create a logo for the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society. For a Society that has over 100,000 souls enrolled, with over 70 priests saying regular...
Pope Francis doesn't get involved in Italian politics -- except to praise former abortionist and foreign minister
Rorate Coeli - Feb 27, 2016 at 3:06 pm As we reported a couple of days ago, Pope Francis doesn't get involved in Italian politics. So, as the pope hid inside the Vatican, the Italian Senate passed a homosexual "civil...
Bernie Sanders is Jewish. Isn't he?
Commonweal - Feb 27, 2016 at 2:26 pm Listening to Bernie Sanders, you know that he is from Brooklyn and you would correctly surmise he is Jewish.
Everyone in New York knows, or should know that Bernie is Jewish; it...
Shrines of Saint Rita, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint John Neuman & Miraculous Medal in Philadelphia
Saint's Relic Tours - Feb 27, 2016 at 12:48 pm The Shrine of Saint Rita now has the habit of Saint Rita on Display.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has four (4) shrines:Saint John Neuman, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint Rita of Cascia...
The Fig Tree: Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent
CatholicMom.com - Feb 27, 2016 at 12:30 pm
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Readings for February 28, 2016: Third Sunday of Lent
Some think Lent is a time for fasting. I see it as a time of feasting.
I come to...
