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What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:34 am Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at your Mass of Sunday Obligation?
Let us know what it was.
For my part, for Sexagesima, I spoke of receiving well the Word in God,...
Ecumenism, Love, Hatred, and the St. John the Evangelist
Rorate Coeli - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:28 am Tilman Riemenschneider, The Last Supper, detail showing St. John the EvangelistIn his encyclical Mortalium Animos, Pope Pius XI makes notable appeal to the teaching of the Apostle...
Recent Posts, Thanks to Donors, Mass for Benefactors
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:20 am First and foremost, help each other. YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Also, posts scroll out of view pretty quickly. Here’s what’s been going on lately.
Peters on Allen on Francis’s...
Obamacare in Flames - Part Three - The Plague on All Our Houses
Commonweal - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:19 am The Attacks on both Obamacare in particular and our healthcare system in general are fragmented and hard to talk about in a very systematic manner. People have specific things...
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:09 am Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks!
Registered or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read?...
Sunday Brunch Specials for January 31, 2016: Great Reads from This Week
CatholicMom.com - Jan 31, 2016 at 11:00 am
Welcome to the CatholicMom.com Sunday Brunch! We’re serving up a buffet of articles from the past week. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in to enjoy some great reads.
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Pope Francis: Religion Isn’t Wall Street
Aleteia - Jan 31, 2016 at 10:54 am VATICAN CITY — True religion isn’t like Wall Street, Pope Francis said on Sunday. It’s not about making “bargains with God” and “seeking one’s own interests,” but of “welcoming...
Peters on Allen on Francis’s silence on abortion, etc.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2016 at 10:25 am You heard, I’me sure, about the huge lay-run “Family Day” event in Rome that drew vast crowds from all over the peninsula to the City.
Pope Francis and the Italian bishops were un...
Pope: 'no human condition grounds for exclusion from God'
News.va - Jan 31, 2016 at 10:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said on Sunday that “No human condition constitutes grounds for exclusion from the heart of the Father.”
The Pope was speaking during the Angelus...
Memorial of Saint John Bosco – Priest and Founder
Big C Catholics - Jan 31, 2016 at 9:09 am Today’s feast of Saint John Bosco is superseded by the Sunday liturgy. We present his biography in homage to the courageous life and lasting legacy of this popular saint.
"In his...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Jan 31, 2016 at 9:00 am In Mauwee v. Olivas, (9th Cir., Jan. 27, 2016), the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a complaint by a Native American inmate that for five months he was deprived of deer...
Photopost Request: Candlemas 2016
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 31, 2016 at 9:00 am Our next major photopost will be for the feast of Candlemas; please send your photos of the Blessing of Candles, the Procession and the Mass to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org...
New York Times takes another look at Ben Carson, offering perception without the snark
GetReligion - Jan 31, 2016 at 9:00 am
Ben Carson may be the most openly religious candidate in the still-crowded GOP presidential field, but his poll numbers have recently taken a slide down into the single digits...
The Pope sends video-message to IEC at conclusion of event
News.va - Jan 31, 2016 at 8:48 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video-message for the conclusion of the International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu, Philippines.
To the participants of the 51st IEC who...
Devotion to St. Joseph Infographic
Virtual St. Joseph Altar - Jan 31, 2016 at 8:40 am Doesn't everyone love an infographic? This one illustrates the evolution of devotion to St. Joseph starting in 1479.Get the PDF download!
Francis: God always comes to look for us
Vatican Insider - Jan 31, 2016 at 8:25 am The only privilege that counts in the eyes of God is seeking to not have privileges and to rather entrust yourself into God’s care, Pope Francis told crowds in St. Peter’s Square...
ASK FATHER: Father said say Act of Contrition afterwards. Fr. Z rants… at priests.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2016 at 8:00 am From a reader… who recently went to confession!
Everyone… GO TO CONFESSION!
QUAERITUR:
I just went. Yay! After confessing my sins I had a question about a friend who fell away ...
The International Eucharistic Congress wraps up in Cebu
News.va - Jan 31, 2016 at 7:49 am (Vatican Radio) The 51st International Eucharistic Congress has ended in Cebu, Philippines.
As Vatican Radio's Seàn-Patrick Lovett reports from Cebu, the week long event that saw...
Pope Francis: it's not us, but God who takes the first step
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 31, 2016 at 7:15 am Vatican City, Jan 31, 2016 / 07:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Sunday Pope Francis said that it's the weak and vulnerable who are most valuable in God's eyes, and stressed that it's...
Mass in sign language? Over 20 Spanish priests celebrate it every week
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 31, 2016 at 7:13 am Madrid, Spain, Jan 31, 2016 / 06:13 am (CNA/Europa Press).- In the Catholic Church, the spoken language is central to the liturgy: we recite the Nicene Creed as one, we praise the...
