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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, holiness, News, Podcasts, Spiritual Life, Spirituality |
While we begin to wonder what our Post-COVID world may look like, now is a perfect time to acquire new and lasting habits for holiness. If you’re not sure where to start making these habits, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR brings 800 years of the Franciscan tradition within the reach of laity. Today’s episode of the […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Best of Week, Catherine of Siena, Featured, Heaven, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Ambrose of Milan |
The bonds of love that the Trinity have formed among us on earth do not end at death, nor do those we have loved on earth abandon us when they die. They are still with us, and more dearly than ever. We can speak to them and enjoy their sweet embrace deep in our souls. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | 1 Cor 15:20, 2021, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Communion of the saints, Heaven, Jesus Christ, John 14:2-4, News, Randall Smith, Resurrection of the Dead, The Catholic Thing |
Randall Smith: A great tragedy, when people lose faith in the Real Presence, is that they also lose their hope in the communion of saints.
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The attacks on Christians and Jews in Africa and the Middle East is one of the most tragic stories of…
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The pandemic reminds us that Catholic schools provide an invaluable service to communities, especially in times of crisis. The work…
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Three days after the preacher of the papal household called on Catholics to repent for the ways they are dividing…
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Read MoreI have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numb’d too much for…
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The influential and controversial Swiss theologian died yesterday. Küng served as a theological adviser at the Second Vatican Council but…
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Read MoreFollowing the Easter celebrations, Pope Francis on April 7, 2021, continued his catechesis on Christian prayer during the General Audience, focusing this week on the Communion of Saints. He explained that whenever we pray, we are never alone, but find …
Read MoreIn Veneremur Cernui � Down in Adoration Falling, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix recommends to the faithful daily Mass and more frequent Eucharistic adoration, and asks priests to lead an annual Eucharistic procession in their parishes. The bishop’s letter, promulgated on April 1, 2021, explains that the Church “requires Catholic leaders who have publicly supported gravely immoral laws such as abortion and euthanasia to refrain from receiving Holy Communion until they publicly repent and receive the Sacrament of Penance.”
Read MoreToday the Gospel relates the story of the disciples and Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Through the holy Eucharist we are drawn deeper and deeper into the saving death and glorious resurrection of the immortal Christ. Like Cleophas and Luke of Emmaus we a…
Read MoreIn a message for World Health Day, April 7, the Vatican’s dicastery for Integral Human Development argues that health care is a matter of justice. “Health inequalities are unfair,” says the document, “but they are also preventab…
Read MoreIn a column for his archdiocesan newspaper, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York writes: “It’s time to get back to Sunday Mass!” Noting that many people have resumed ordinary trips to restaurants, stores, and soccer games, the cardinal …
Read MoreMetropolitan Hilarian, the chief public-affairs official of the Russian Orthodox Church, has brushed aside suggestions that Christian groups should find a common date for the celebration of Easter. The Russian Orthodox Church, he said, has “no in…
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