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GWK069: Picture This!

SQPN - Podcast Network - Aug 19, 2017 at 2:49 pm
In this episode: A Hobbit House; the Psychology of taking pictures; screens and sleep; the Obi-Wan Kenobi movie; Smartphone camera tips. Follow Trideo on YouTube | Facebook |...

BFR1028: Fake Books

SQPN - Podcast Network - Aug 19, 2017 at 2:43 pm
In this episode: Peace and terror; binge watching and insomnia; Lie to Me; fake books; how to deal with terror; the message of Harry Potter. Subscribe to this podcast’s feed via...

The Divine Shepherd Psalm 23: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, August 20, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 19, 2017 at 2:25 pm
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. He ...

Daily Readings for Sunday, August 20, 2017

Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 19, 2017 at 2:25 pm
Reading 1: Isaiah 56:1, Reading 1: Isaiah 56:6-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 67:8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 67:2-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms ...

Apostolic Nuncio: 'Card Parolin to build bridges and dialogue in Russia'

News.va - Aug 19, 2017 at 2:01 pm
(Vatican Radio)  Cardinal Pietro Parolin travels to Russia for a state visit on 21-24 August out of a desire to "build bridges and increase mutual understanding and dialogue" and...

Vatican releases logo, motto of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Peru

News.va - Aug 19, 2017 at 1:55 pm
(Vatican Radio)  The Vatican has released the official logo and motto for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Peru, which takes place on 18-21 January 2018. Listen to Devin Watkins...

The Canaanite Woman: Reflection for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time

CatholicMom.com - Aug 19, 2017 at 12:30 pm
Copyright 2017 Liturgical Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission.   Readings for August 20, 2017: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time The apostles thought she was a...

Blessed Guerric of Igny

Communio - Aug 19, 2017 at 11:30 am
Blessed Guerric of Igny (1070-80 – 1160) is a stellar example of someone who followed in the example of St Bernard of Clairvaux’s ministry of preaching. Abbot Guerric is...

Your depressing 'think' podcast: Faith, hate and details that mattered in Charlottesville

GetReligion - Aug 19, 2017 at 11:20 am
Warning: This post is going to be rather depressing, especially for (a) old-school journalists, (b) religious believers seeking racial reconciliation and (c) consistent, even...

Being legally blind doesn’t hinder Catholic priest in serving his flock

Franciscan Media - Aug 19, 2017 at 11:13 am
EASTON, Pa. (CNS) — A visitor attending Mass at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church might not notice anything unusual about the celebrant. Father Bernard J. Ezaki walks the center...

St. Junípero Serra Statue Vandalized in Southern California

ChurchPOP - Aug 19, 2017 at 10:38 am
A statue of St. Junípero Serra in Mission Hills, CA was recently vandalized, with red paint put on the saint’s face and the The post St. Junípero Serra Statue Vandalized in...

What are the precepts of the Church?

Aleteia - Aug 19, 2017 at 10:00 am
They outline for Catholics the bare minimum of what is required for a holy life.Often a teenager (or even an adult) will ask, “What do I have to do?” The person asking such a...

The Kyrie Eleison, Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Big C Catholics - Aug 19, 2017 at 9:21 am
Fr. René J. Butler, M.S.[T]here is nothing cute about the exchange between Jesus and the Canaanite woman in this Gospel. I once read an author, bent on finding humor in the Bible...

Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor taken seriously ill

Catholic Herald - Aug 19, 2017 at 9:08 am
Former Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has been taken seriously ill in hospital. Bishop of Arundel and Bighton Richard Moth said in a statement on...

WOMAN: Vocations Today

CatholicMom.com - Aug 19, 2017 at 9:00 am
Courtesy of Shalom World TV. All rights reserved. Used with permission. “Woman: Strong Faith, True Beauty” opened its first season on Shalom World TV in Fall 2016. The series is...

Pope Francis sends letter to special envoy to Jubilee of Lima in Peru

News.va - Aug 19, 2017 at 8:25 am
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis has sent a letter to Cardinal Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador, whom he appointed as his special envoy at the...

WDTPRS – 11th Sunday after Pentecost: they’re SINS, not boo-boos

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 19, 2017 at 8:10 am
With a minor variation this week’s Collect was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary.  It survived the cut to live on in the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum as the Collect on the 27th...

Check out these August deals

Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Aug 19, 2017 at 8:00 am
The word August comes from the Latin augustus, which means consecrated or venerable. Certainly St. Augustine lived up to the meaning of his name. In honor of his legacy, we have...

A different prayer for each day of the week

Aleteia - Aug 19, 2017 at 7:00 am
Based on the ancient ordering of days to a specific spiritual themeAs the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, “In the liturgical year the various aspects of the one Paschal...

St. John Eudes on Our Relationship With Christ

Big C Catholics - Aug 19, 2017 at 6:49 am
The Office of Readings has this excerpt from a treatise by St. John Eudes on the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:"You belong to the Son of God, but more than that, you ought to be in...
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