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Sharing the Word for October 31, 2017
Franciscan Media - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
October 31, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Romans 8:18-25
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Let us Celebrate the Feast of All Saints. Let us Make Haste to our Brethren
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself. We long to ...
5 Ironies About Celebrating “Reformation Day” Today
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Today, for most of us, is Halloween. But a lot of Christians are disturbed by the way that Halloween seems to celebrate evil, and many Protestants choose to celebrate Reformation...
Scientists discover the Egyptians also recorded the day the sun stood still, and now we know when it happened
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Scientists have discovered the exact date when the sun stood still in the book of Joshua. The discovery was made using an Egyptian source rather than ...
The truth about what caused the Reformation
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am One fated Halloween, 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle in a dramatic act of defiance against the ...
Can you tell if someone is possessed by demons?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 31, 2017 at 12:00 am Recognizing the difference between a person who is possessed and a person struggling with a mental illness or other infirmity is a vital part of the ...
Holiness and All Saints
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:04 pm All Saints Day, observed tomorrow—November 1, gives us the opportunity to honor the multitudes of Christians who are in heaven yet are not on either the canonized saint list or...
Daily Catholic Quote — from Fr. Romano Guardini
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:02 pm “The Christian heart has always known Mary as the essence of compassion and love, to whom man can turn with particular and unreserved confidence. This is expressed so well by the...
Encountering the Word — Philippians 2:1-4
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:01 pm “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having...
Taking issue with this Catholic’s “Take no Protestant prisoners” approach
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm Dueling dogmas don't really work anymore.I was prepared to like What Did Jesus Do? The Biblical Roots of the Catholic Church. That was because the author, Thomas J. Nash, made it...
3 Types of martyrdom that lead to a heavenly reward
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm After red and white martyrdom comes this type of martyrdom.The word “martyr” originally derived from the “Greek word martus [signifying] a witness who testifies to a fact of which...
A “stew of nudes”: The near destruction of Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm For almost 500 years, Protestants and Catholics have had a tug-of-war over the great artist and his work.On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this series of...
Is sharing your grief with others really TMI?
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm Sometimes keeping your sorrows to yourself only adds to pain. A small debate was going on this weekend, across different sections of the Sunday New York Times. In the op-ed...
5 Ways to master small talk
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm How to make your conversations a little more "Jane Austen" and a little less "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."Remember watching Pride and Prejudice (the BBC version, obviously)...
The Church in China
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: October 31, 2017A rare glimpse inside the walls of the 400-year-old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing, China, during the opening procession of a...
Complaining can foster hopefulness, but only if you do it right
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm There are two types of complaining, and the difference is huge.You know how your brain makes certain neural pathways stronger every time they’re used, until you’re stuck with a...
OSV's top reads — October 30
OSV Daily Take - Oct 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm 1. Get more out of the Rosary (Faith, Oct. 15-21) 2. Time of death (Pastoral Answers, Oct. 29-Nov. 4) 3. Puerto Rico struggles in hurricane’s wake (News Analysis, Nov. 5-11) 4. 11...
Photos of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish
Jeff Geerling's Blog - Oct 30, 2017 at 10:47 pm I was recently invited to take some pictures of the campus and interior of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Shrewsbury, MO (nestled in a neighborhood just outside of...
There Is Only One Way to Commemorate the 'Reformation'
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 30, 2017 at 9:32 pm And that is with loathing, contrition, and a firm purpose to defend the true faith, to martyrdom if necessary, from every heresy and accommodation. The shameful 'commemorations'...
A Misunderstood Prophecy For Our Time
Creative Minority Report - Oct 30, 2017 at 8:40 pm In my first article in a year, I discuss Poland's role in Prophecy. Please click on over! A Spark From Poland*subhead*A Spark From Poland*subhead*
