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How my brother’s ordination made me fall in love again with the faith I inherited
Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 pm 3 moments of the sacrament will stay with me foreverIt’s been 13 years since my brother Luis decided to become a priest. This year, his journey to ordination comes to a close. He...
How to become the best version of yourself
Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 pm Effort is the key to becoming who you are meant to be.People who are successful and fulfilled have a secret: a lot of hard work and effort. A noble ideal, no matter what it is,...
3 Sins we commit when we communicate
Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 pm We do it, our kids do it, but here's how we can change it. About once a week, I overhear the beautiful sound of my two daughters talking as they work together to clean their room...
Here’s why you shouldn’t fear the future, according to Francis de Sales
Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:00 pm Be at peace then and put aside all useless thoughts ...The fear of some future suffering is greater than the suffering itself. That’s because when we are anticipating the future,...
Catholics urged to help immigrants facing deportation
Franciscan Media - Jan 13, 2018 at 9:57 pm NEW YORK (CNS) — Catholics have a responsibility to look past the noisy rhetoric of the current debate on immigration and answer the “cry of the poor” by engaging with individuals...
Second Coming Inbound
The Curt Jester - Jan 13, 2018 at 7:42 pm Panic occurred this morning when Vatican employee accidentally triggered this @Pontifex tweet.
“SECOND COMING INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE REPENTANCE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
The...
Negri, “Communion to divorcees? Each individual case must be evaluated”
Vatican Insider - Jan 13, 2018 at 5:37 pm Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara Luigi Negri, signatory of the document drawn up by the three Kazakh bishops on Amoris laetitia, does not exclude the possibility of allowing ...
In Cairo, a Christmas season tinged with sorrow
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 13, 2018 at 5:02 pm Cairo, Egypt, Jan 13, 2018 / 04:02 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- Marian Nabil Habib recently observed the first anniversary of what she refers to as “the martyrdom of my father...
US Bishops react to Trump’s vulgar terminology regarding certain countries
Aleteia - Jan 13, 2018 at 3:15 pm "We must always be sure to avoid language that can dehumanize our brothers and sisters."The US bishops’ conference released a statement Friday in response to the news reports...
A false #missilethreat is NOTHING compared to this REAL DEATH THREAT
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 13, 2018 at 2:41 pm It’s 8:08 Saturday morning. You’ve slept in on a day off. Your phone has awakened you with a PING. With a measure of resentment you check The Precious™ for its message.
You read...
Daily Readings for Sunday, January 14, 2018
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2018 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: 1 Samuel 3:3-10, Reading 1: 1 Samuel 3:19, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:7-10, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms ...
Come Holy Spirit: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, January 14, 2018
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jan 13, 2018 at 2:25 pm Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And ...
De Mattei: Is “deep sedation” a masked form of assisted suicide?
Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2018 at 12:12 pm Roberto de Mattei
Corrispondenza Romana
January 10, 2017
Marina Ripa di
Meana, the provocative exponent of the Italian jet-set who died in Rome on
January 6, 2018, chose to die...
14 Jan – Happy Feast of the Ass!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:48 am Tomorrow – 14 January – is the Feast of the Ass, the Festum Assinorum (in Latin, plural… inclusive!).
No, I am not talking about whom you think I’m talking about. And, no, it’s...
Benedicite, glacies et nives, Domino . . .
Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2018 at 11:30 am Father Brian Hess offers Holy Mass ad orientem amidst the beauty of God's Creation upon an altar made of snow in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, during this week's winter...
Fr. Murray on EWTN with outstanding commentary on recent developments
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 13, 2018 at 10:41 am My friend Fr. Gerald Murray held the lone guest chair with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN the other night, and the video is now available.
Fr. Murray is no-nonsense.
ChurchClarity.org: Sometimes asking blunt questions about doctrine makes news
GetReligion - Jan 13, 2018 at 10:15 am
Way back in the late 1980s, the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado needed to elect a new bishop.
This led to an interesting series of events, with the various candidates -- there were...
Pope Francis calls for respect for religious minorities in Asia
CatholicMom.com - Jan 13, 2018 at 9:00 am Courtesy of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Just as in 2016 and 2017, Pope Francis begins 2018 sharing his monthly intentions...
Basking in the glow of Epiphany: The wedding feast at Cana
Rorate Coeli - Jan 13, 2018 at 8:00 am In the giant new lectionary, poster-child of the liturgical reform, we find very strange things if we take pains to scratch beneath the surface. One of the most surprising, to me...
The Baptism of the Lord 2018
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 13, 2018 at 7:20 am Seeing our enlightenment, that enlightened every man, come to be baptized, the Forerunner rejoices in spirit, and trembles with his hand: he shows Him, and says to the people “...
