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Month: January 2021

Portugal: bishops suspend public Masses (CNA)

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | |

The Catholic bishops of Portugal have announced that the public celebration of Mass will be stopped, beginning on January 22, because of “the extreme gravity of the pandemic.” The Portuguese bishops had suspended the public celebration of M…

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Catholic leaders praise Biden’s executive actions helping immigrants

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | , , , , , , , , |

Hope Border Institute executive director Dylan Corbett see’s firsthand the hardship thousands of people face in Ciudad Juárez – the city opposite the border to El Paso – while they wait in limbo to pursue their asylum cases and hopefully enter the United States.

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Invite the Holy Spirit to Bring Fullness to Your Prayer

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | , , , , , , , |

Invite the Holy Spirit to Bring Fullness to Your PrayerWhen talking about the Holy Spirit moving in our lives, it is not uncommon to use such words as “nudging,” “prompt­ing,” and “motivating.” All these words have their reference point in the Holy Spirit, who inspires. We are nudged, prompted, and motivated to do what we ought to do because we first have been inspired by the protagonist of all good prayer — the Holy Spirit.

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The End: Be Sober, Be Hopeful

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | , , |

The End: Be Sober, Be HopefulWe should be struck by the way Jesus ascended into heaven. The apostles had been staying Jerusalem, but Jesus “led them out as far as Bethany, and…he parted from them and was carried up into heaven” (Lk 24:50-51). Jesus led them out of the earthly Jerusalem to witness his ascent to the heavenly Jerusalem (Gal […]

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How Will We Respond to Christ’s Call?

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | , , |

How Will We Respond to Christ's Call?In Ordinary Time, we hear “the preaching of the kingdom of God” through all the lectionary readings. In Sunday’s Gospel, we find a dramatization of what that means for some of us. Gospel (Read Mk 1:14-20) In last Sunday’s Gospel, we reflected on Jesus’ first meeting with Andrew, John, and Simon Peter.  These men were very interested […]

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Our First Anti-Catholic “Catholic” President

Posted by | Jan 22, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , |

Robert Royal: You can carry rosary beads and bless yourself publicly as much as you want. But please, don’t expect Catholics to be blind.

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