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BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Saint Paul (3) St Paul’s “Conversion”. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today’s Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul had on his way to Damascus, and therefore on what is commonly known as his conversion. It was precisely on the road to Damascus,[…]
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Read MoreEDMONTON — The bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories are calling on Catholics to mobilize and oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide even as the federal government looks to make it easier to qualify for a medically-induced death.
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Since abortion has taken center stage in the upcoming elections and voting, it is good to again look at a few situations when many say abortion would be the reasonable and moral thing to do. In the United States, there are many situations in which abortions are recommended, even encouraged by family, counselors, medical personnel […]
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Melbourne, Australia, Jan 25, 2020 / 03:49 am (CNA).- Committee leaders at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voiced prayers and sorrow at the deaths of three American crew members who were killed in an air tanker crash while trying to fight massi…
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[NOTE: In my articles on the Pastoral epistles, I use each one to relay a theme: 1 Timothy emphasizes the life of Timothy; Titus emphasizes Paul’s ecclesiology; 2 Timothy emphasizes the end of Paul’s life.] He was a young man with a past and because of this letter, many were now aware of his past. […]
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Metanoia is the original Greek term for ‘conversion’, which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark: ‘Repent and believe in the Gospel!’. Literally, a ‘turning around’ of one’s mind and heart from one point of view to another. One may be converted from country music to classical, or, more importantly, and in the most direct meaning[…]
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Read MoreReading 1 Acts 22:3-16
Paul addressed the people in these words:
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,
but brought up in this city.
At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law
and was zealous for God, just as all of you ar…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in the US, lead, March for Life, News, President Donald Trump, the pro-life movement |
Friday’s national March for Life protest in Washington, D.C. had a provocative theme: “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2020 | Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, Interviews, lead, Liturgy, Magnum Principium, Monsignor Kevin Irwin, News, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Vatican II |
Monsignor Kevin Irwin believes that liturgy can aid priests in having the smell of the sheep.
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As the worldwide Catholic Church prepares to celebrate the first Sunday of the Word of God this weekend, Bible scholars in the U.S. hope the commemoration strengthens Scriptural devotion in American households.
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Since Christians are members of Christ’s Church and the term Church means those who are called, that must mean that every single believer without exception has a call or a vocation. The Mass readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) are I…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2020 | apostle, Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, Daily Readings, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, News |
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle Readings: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22 Psalms 117:1BC-2 Mark 16:15-18
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David Carlin: Morality declines when exceptions are made for “hard cases” and collapses when the fundamental rules become merely unobtainable “ideals.”
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Read MoreSt. Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, was born at Tarsus, the capitol of Cilicia. He was a Roman citizen. He was brought up as a strict Jew, and later became a violent persecutor of the Christians. While on his way t…
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St. Paul, known as the Apostle to the Gentiles, was born in the city of Tarsus, a Roman city, thereby giving him Roman citizenship. At his circumcision, he was given the Hebrew name Saul. At a young age his parents sent him to Jerusalem to be instructed in the Mosaic Law under the greatest Rabbi of […]
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