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LENTCAzT 06: Monday of 1st Week of Lent: “I cannot believe that you will abandon me.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 15, 2016 at 12:01 am
It is Monday in the 1st Week of Lent.
We have emerged from Lent’s “narthex” into the greater season.
These 5 minute podcasts are intended to give you a daily boost in your...
Her Hymns: A Review of Audrey Assad's “Inheritance”
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Feb 15, 2016 at 12:00 am Catholic singer-songwriter Audrey Assad just released a new album, “Inheritance”, which is primed to inspire a new generation of artists to revisit the richness of the Christian...
How I survived a brain aneurysm on Valentine’s Day
The Catholic Leader - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:31 pm AS a teenager commencing Valentine’s Day with a rather unglamorous seizure I quickly realised the day is not always about roses and perfect hair styles and that Saint Valentine is...
Mary, Virgin Mother of Grace, and the Lessons She Teaches Us
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:04 pm There’s more than one budding artist in my house. Any one of my older kids will lose themselves, sometimes for hours at a time, working on “projects.” They’ll get paper and...
How to Practice the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy Online
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:04 pm 8) Be mindful of your behavior online. Is that post designed to improve your image … and leave others feeling bad? Are you hammering people in order to serve your anger and...
Popes and Presidents: Knowing When to Step Down
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:03 pm Popes and presidents belong to pretty exclusive clubs; in 222 years there have only been 44 presidencies, and in 2,000 years only 266 popes. Both offices involve being elected,...
Looking for Virtue Amid the Sleaze and Slander of Politics
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:02 pm In the midst of the rough and tumble of the American presidential campaign, we are not only seeing the usual dirty tricks, smears, gossip and downright lies, we are also seeing...
From American Slave to Catholic Priest: Meet “Good Father Gus”
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:02 pm April 1, 1854, Brush Creek, Missouri: Peter Tolton paced nearby as his wife, Martha Jane, gave birth to their second son. They named him Augustus (after his uncle), and before the...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday, and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs? … Any...
Missionary Moments in Ordinary Life
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:01 pm St. John Paul II’s 1990 encyclical, Redemptoris Missio, sought to remind every Christian of his or her call to be a missionary. Even 30 years later, we can still ask: What does...
Encountering the Word — Ezekiel 36:25-27
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new...
Pope: Dialogue With Devil Impossible Because He Always Wins
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm At Sunday Mass in Ecatepec, outside Mexico City, Pope Francis said “only the power of God’s word” can defeat Satan. On his second day in Mexico, the pope talked about “wealth,...
Songs for the Pope’s Visit to Mexico
Aleteia - Feb 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm Mexico is ready for Pope Francis. There is an official song for the Papal visit, but not just that: In the last few weeks, songs have been popping up for just about every single...
Highschoolers plug into renewed faith
The Catholic Leader - Feb 14, 2016 at 7:59 pm IS it what one camper described as the “phenomenal” food?Is it the “contagiously fun” outdoor water activities?Is it the chance to “openly express” faith in God through prayer and...
God’s promises are transforming
The Catholic Leader - Feb 14, 2016 at 7:50 pm By Alessia HarrisPromise.It’s a special theme that has touched my life as a Catholic – the promises God gave His people as recorded in the Bible.That great “Promise” was also the...
Pope Francis names new Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 14, 2016 at 7:27 pm Vatican City, Feb 14, 2016 / 06:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Slovenia-born Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic will be the Holy See’s next Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, a...
Pope visits pediatric hospital in Mexico City
News.va - Feb 14, 2016 at 7:04 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday visited the “Federico Gómez” Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City.
He told the children " I ask God to bless you, and to accompany you and your...
At a Mexico children's hospital, Pope Francis prays with young patients
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 14, 2016 at 6:44 pm Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 14, 2016 / 05:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Sunday visited a pediatric hospital in Mexico City. He met the children being treated there, gave...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/02/16
Catholic Herald - Feb 14, 2016 at 6:01 pm Up to a million people turned out to see Pope Francis on his first full day in Mexico, according to Vatican officials.
The Pope phones inmates at a youth prison in Buenos Aires...
