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The Lumen Christi Simple Gradual as a Component of a Parish Music Program
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:00 am Today there is a veritable flood of outstanding sacred music publications. And they are coming not a moment too soon, as we see the desire for authentic Catholic liturgy growing,...
“Annulments” and a distinction: juridical and/or sacramental
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:57 am Ed Peters, distinguished canonist, has come out of hibernation to post this helpful distinction. See his outstanding blog In The Light Of The Law, where there is no open combox. ...
Religion and the "Value-Added" Life
Commonweal - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:57 am One of the most egregious (and frankly ugly) cliches of the managerial class is the language of labor that adds value, or “value-added” activity that builds on (and builds up) the...
Singles club gears up for busy summer
The Busy Catholic - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:54 am The group, open to single Catholics over the age of 40, hosts events year-round
A single man prays with fellow participants during a conference which
presented talks and workshops...
UN Issues Scathing Attack on Ireland’s Pro-Life Abortion Laws
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:53 am Today the Untied Nations human rights committee issued an ironic attack on Ireland over its pro-life laws protecting the human rights of women and unborn children from abortion....
Tour update – Sonshine Festival recap
Rock for Life Blog - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:51 am Rock for Life recently took a visit to Willmar, MN for Sonshine music festival. I met up with my fellow interns who have been travelling around the country for weeks, spreading...
The Hidden Pearl in our Daily Lives
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:29 am 1) The Kingdom of God is like ... The Gospel of today's liturgy concludes the thirteen chapter of Matthew and at the same time Jesus’ teachings in parables. Even the three...
Daily Homily: Jesus Saw James, the Son of Zebedee, and Called Him
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:25 am --
2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Psalm 126:1bc-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6 Matthew 20:20-28
Saint James was the son of Zebedee and Salome and the brother of John the Apostle. He was a fisherman and...
Meriam Ibrahim Visits Pope Francis After Finally Leaving Sudan
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:15 am After finally being able to leave Sudan, the woman who was sentenced to die for her Christian faith when she was pregnant visited Pope Francis today.
“Pope Francis was very tender...
Holy Land finds itself empty of tourists, as fighting escalates
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:12 am From Bloomberg News: Omer Benjoya took a job this summer selling drinks, snacks and postcards on a hill that offers one of the most breathtaking panoramic views of Jerusalem. Now...
A New Book for Busy Women: Faith, Friends, and Flotation Devices
CatholicMom.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 10:00 am
Introducing Faith, Friends, and Other Flotation Devices: A Woman’s Guide to Abundant Living, by CatholicMom.com contributor Michele Howe.
God gives us a plentiful supply of...
Obama Motorcade Prevents Pregnant Woman in Labor From Getting to the Hospital
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:47 am News reports today and irate witnesses at the scene report that a pregnant woman in labor was not allowed to cross the street to go to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles...
Free from ordeal in Sudan, woman condemned for apostasy meets pope
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:46 am VATICAN CITY — Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ....
Daily readings: July 27 – August 2
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:43 am Ordinary Form
Divine Office Week I
Sunday, July 27: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119; Rom 8:28-30;
Mt 13:44-52
Monday, July 28: Weekday in Ordinary Time...
Solomon was not drawn to the superficiality of success and power
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:37 am ‘I wish you would make your mind up. What do you really want?” This question was asked of a petulant toddler who went from one thing to another, who could never be satisfied, who...
The saint who had an intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:32 am Peter Julian Eymard was born on February 4 1811 at La Mure in the French Alps. From an early age Peter had an intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Before making his first...
Judge Stops Radical New Hampshire Law Prohibiting Pro-Life Free Speech
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:25 am In a victory for pro-life advocates who provide abortion alternatives for women outside abortion clinics in New Hampshire, a federal judge put a halt to the state law that...
Federal judge strikes down Colo. marriage defense amendment
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:07 am Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2014 / 09:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A federal judge ruled Wednesday against Colorado's marriage defense amendment, leading the state attorney general to say...
Arizona execution: As Joseph Wood died, a deacon prayed
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 24, 2014 at 9:01 am The accounts of yesterday’s botched execution are horrifying. But a deacon was with him as he died: A convicted double murderer snorted and gasped some 600 times as it took him...
Judge Stops Planned Parenthood From Doing Abortions in Building Where They’re Prohibited
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 8:53 am Pro-lifers learned by accident this past March what Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando had been trying to keep secret until it was ready to open two months later, that it had...
