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by bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, carnival, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Epiphany, Lent, New Orleans, News | 0 |
Vaccinated, masked and ready-to-revel New Orleans residents began ushering in Carnival season Thursday with a rolling party on the city’s streetcar line, an annual march honoring St. Joan of Arc, and a collective eye on coronavirus statistics.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 6, 2022 | Christians, Epiphany, Feast of the Epiphany, Featured, Humility, Magi, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Just as the Magi were guided by a shining star, Christians can rest assured that the light of Christ will guide them to a happy and meaningful life, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 6, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Epiphany, News, Orthodox Church, Vatican | 0 |
Christians around the world on Thursday marked Epiphany, known as the Baptism of Christ for the Orthodox, with a series of celebrations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 6, 2022 | Angelus, Epiphany, lead, Magi, News, Pope Francis, Vatican, Virgin Mary | 0 |
In his traditional Angelus address on the Catholic feast of the Epiphany, Pope Francis said the reaction of the Magi in discovering that the Messiah was a poor child illustrates the humility that is indicative of genuine faith.
Read MoreIn his homily for the Catholic feast of the Epiphany, Pope Francis urged believers to take stock of their own faith, asking themselves if they still desire God, or whether they have lost their spiritual zeal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | Commentary, Epiphany, Faith, lead, Magi, News, On Spirituality | 0 |
The West thinks it knows the Gospel message, it uses its language (although redefined and misapplied), and the message has been boxed into various depictions that are neither accurate nor flattering.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas, Epiphany, Featured, Incarnation, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Magi, News, St. Joseph, Wise Men | 0 |
Image: “Adoration of the Magi” (detail) by Jan de Bray [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Our Search for God It is likely that many of you who read these pages actively seek the Lord. Jesus instructs us to seek Him, saying, “Seek and yo…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | Christmas, Epiphany, Features, History, Magi, Nativity, News, Origen, Saint Irenaeus | 0 |
We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar. . . . Who were these gift-bearing kings, these Wise Men of the East? What has their mission meant to Christians across the ages? […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 31, 2021 | Epiphany, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
In Sunday’s Gospel, magi “from the east” ask, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” Just by asking this question, they herald the New Light that has dawned on all men. Gospel (Read Mt 2:1-12) St. Matthew tells us that after Jesus’ birth, an event loaded with significance for the whole world took place. “Magi from […]
by bcadmin | Dec 27, 2021 | Epiphany, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Sophia Excerpts, St. Joseph, The Magi | 0 |
After the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, Saint Joseph returned with Mary and the divine Child to Nazareth (Luke 2:39). Most probably, however, the Holy Family journeyed to Bethlehem again with the intention of abiding there permanently. For was not Bethlehem really the birthplace and home of Jesus? It lay, moreover, near Jerusalem, a […]
by bcadmin | Nov 26, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Eucharist, Lent, News, Parousia, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo XIII, Saint Paul, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Jer 33:14-16 • Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 • 1 Thes 3:12-4:2 • Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 “We preach not one advent only of Christ,” wrote St. Cyril of Jerusalem in the fourth century, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 12, 2021 | Alison Duffy, Bernadette Gockowski, Epiphany, Known by God, News, Practicing Catholic, retreat, St. Agnes | 0 |
Nine months into her pregnancy, Alison Duffy lost her son to stillbirth. “I felt like I was the only person I knew who had a full-term stillbirth,” she said. And she experienced many mixed emotions, including guilt.
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