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Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Advent, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Old Testament, serpent, Sophia Excerpts |
One must not think that God desired to judge or to punish the visible serpent, for it is an animal lacking intelligence. This is an allegory in which the serpent is judged as a figure of the Devil, whose instrument he had been. By the seed of the serpent is to be understood all liars, […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Bishops, Coroanvirus, COVID-19, News, parish management, parish priest, parishioners, Top Story |
I’d long regarded as shallow irony the curse, “May you live in interesting times.” But thanks to the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, I now appreciate its ironic …
The post Please Don’t Say ‘All Masses Cancelled’: A Parish Priest on Life During the Pandemic appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreSt. Andrew was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee, a fisherman by trade, and a former disciple of John the Baptist. He was the one who introduced his brother Peter to Jesus, saying, “We have found the Messiah.” Overshadowed henceforth by his brother, And…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
Today’s Gospel tells us that Jesus calls ordinary men to do extraordinary deeds. Fishermen, for instance, are called to be fishers of men. We are ordinary people. But we, too, can do extraordinary deeds. We, too, can become fishers of men. We, too, can become Christ’s disciples. We can do so by following Jesus’ footsteps. […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“Lived well, the season of Advent can help us meditate upon our eternal life as well as the need to help others get to heaven.”— Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, Advent with Our Lady of Fatima
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
Andrew, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, was the first disciple of our Lord. Prior to coming to Jesus, Andrew had been a follower or disciple of John the Baptist. One day while walking with John, Jesus passed by. St. John, seeing Jesus, pointed Him out to Andrew and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” Realizing […]
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has indicated that he is weighing legal action against city restrictions that bar all indoor religious worship. The archbishop said that the restriction is “precisely the kind of blatant discrimination to which the…
Read MoreThe French Council of State, the country’s highest court, has ordered the government to reconsider its tight restrictions on religious worship. The restrictions, which limited attendance at any service to 30 people, had drawn loud public protests…
Read MoreIn a message to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis has voiced his confidence in the future of ecumenical ties. In his message the Pontiff credits the Ecumenical Patriarchate with advancing ecumenism “before the Catholic Church …
Read MoreFour Christians were murdered and dismembered last week on Sulawesi, the Indonesian island province that has seen repeated acts of violence by Islamic militants against Christians. The victims were all members of the same family, active in the Salvatio…
Read MorePope Francis will not make a traditional visit to the Spanish Steps, to honor a statue of the Virgin Mary on the feast of her Immaculate Conception, the Vatican has announced. Since 1857, the Pontiff has traveled across Rome for the holy day, usually a…
Read MoreThe Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced plans to merge 40 parishes into 14, reducing the total number of parishes in the Pennsylvania diocese to 81. The mergers will take place on January 4, with another two rounds of mergers anticipated for July 2021 …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Books, Carl Trueman, Essay, Features, Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, modernity, News, Rousseau, Sexual Revolution |
Anyone wondering if man is capable of reason need look no further than the self-evident fact that he desires to understand. Indeed, he is frustrated when understanding eludes him. In those moments, he experiences what […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Feature3, New Zealand, News, Protection of Minors |
First Faith-Based Redress Hearings of Royal Commission into Abuse in Care
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Read MoreEthical Leadership Emphasized
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Read MoreResting in the miracle
Out of sight
The journey
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 29, 2020 | Editor's Corner, News |
A faithful reader mentioned that one or two of my columns have been a bit dire of late, but one must not wonder, for the times lend themselves to such reflections. The point, however, is not that the end of the world as we know it is around the corner, but, rather, that the world,[…]
The post The End of the World As We Know It? Well, Not Yet – appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreVatican City, Nov 29, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis has asked people to pray for Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where the United Nations has said that “a full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding.”
A communique from the Holy…
Read MoreDay After Consistory, Calls for Simple Family Prayer Together & Increased Vigilance
The post ‘Advent Is a Call to Hope; Faith Is a Love Story’ — Pope Francis Ushers in New Liturgical Season in the Vatican (Full Homily) appeared first on ZENIT – English.
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