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It is important not to take offense at God or to nurture offense against others because taking offense kills our joy by closing our hearts to love. We cannot receive and give love when we let upset and angry feelings to remain and grow within us for any reason. The Nazarites had great admiration for Jesus’ […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Angels, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Learning, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts |
Learning from the Angels Studying the nature of the spiritual beings can help us to purify the aspect of our nature that corresponds to theirs: the soul. The soul is usually thought of as having three faculties: (1) memory, the sum total of the experiences of our lives with which we construct our identity; (2) […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | 2021, 2021 USCCB Annual Fall Meeting, A Modest Proposal for the Bishops’ Fall Meeting, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, COVID-19 effect of churches, John M. Grondelski, News, The Catholic Thing |
John M. Grondelski: Will America’s ecclesiastical “field hospital” do a post-COVID self-assessment? Was it prepared? If not why not?
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | In the News, News |
A Vatican judge on Saturday indicted 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, on charges including embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion…
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Read MoreQ. Dost thou believe according to the measure of thy understanding and conception, the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | In the News, News |
Pope Francis ate breakfast Tuesday, read the newspapers and took a walk as he continued recovering from intestinal surgery, the…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Commentary, News |
The lessons of history are clear enough for those with eyes to see. Secularism is intolerant, bigoted and ultimately deadly….
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
In today’s Gospel reading we see Jesus missioning the twelve apostles and empowering them to subdue evil spirits and to heal physical sickness and diseases. The names of the chosen Twelve are given, starting with Simon Peter. We see that Jesus’ choice and selection of the Twelve are so different from our common and established […]
Read MoreAccording to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Their memorial in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite is celebrated on February 14.
Read MoreThe Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church has failed to reach agreement on the election of a new Patriarch. The Synod was convened on June 22, to elect a successor to Patriarch Kirko Bedros XXI Ghabroyan, who died in May. The Synod—consisting of …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | News, The Dispatch |
Part 1 of this series examined the history of mindfulness, its modern use in psychology, and arguments both for and against it which have been made by Catholics today. Since mindfulness is essentially a meditation […]
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Jul 6, 2021 / 19:01 pm (CNA).
The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra said in his homily on Sunday that the high rate of domestic violence and the murder of women in Bolivia must be addressed with pu…
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04:58 – Can you address the following contradiction: people who believe in God have a choice to accept or reject his offer, yet God can’t prove his existence to me because that would affect my free will?
17:42 – I’ve he…
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Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Ohio state law now includes conscience protections for medical professionals, after Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a state budget bill into law on …
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2021 | Catholic news, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, News, News Briefs, pro-abortion groups, pro-life, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court |
Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2021 / 17:03 pm If the Supreme Court sends the question of legal abortion back to the states, pro-life groups must be prepared to respond, pro-life leaders told CNA on Monday. […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2021 | Colon surgery, COVID-19 pandemic, Hungary, News, Slovakia, St. Peter's Square, U.S. & World News |
Before going to the hospital for colon surgery July 4, Pope Francis told a crowd in St. Peter’s Square that he would be visiting Hungary and Slovakia Sept. 12-15.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2021 | Angelus, Featured, Getting to know Jesus, Hungary, News, Slovakia, U.S. & World News |
Reciting the Angelus prayer July 4 with visitors in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis gave his usual reflection on the day’s Gospel reading and announced a September trip to Hungary and Slovakia, but did not mention that he was about to go to the hospital for surgery.
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