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Reading I Is 60:1-6
Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come,
the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth,
and thick clouds cover the peoples;
but upon you the LORD shines,
and over you appears hi…
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | Commentary, Epiphany, Faith, lead, Magi, News, On Spirituality |
The West thinks it knows the Gospel message, it uses its language (although redefined and misapplied), and the message has been boxed into various depictions that are neither accurate nor flattering.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | Argentina, CELAM, Church in the Americas, Colombia, lead, Mexico, New Year, News |
ROSARIO, Argentina – Across Latin America, 2022 has begun with Catholic bishops both taking the initiative by calling for peace, dignified work opportunities and intergenerational dialogue, but also reeling from external blows ranging from extortion scams in Mexico to a faltering peace process in Colombia. CELAM rings the year calling […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | cooking, Food, Latin Mass, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, US bishops |
My New Year’s wish for 2022 would be that more Catholics be open to a “Chicken Parm” mode of thinking about ecclesiastical life.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas, Epiphany, Featured, Incarnation, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Magi, News, St. Joseph, Wise Men |
Image: “Adoration of the Magi” (detail) by Jan de Bray [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Our Search for God It is likely that many of you who read these pages actively seek the Lord. Jesus instructs us to seek Him, saying, “Seek and yo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | 2022, attending holy days of obligation, Catholic Church, Catholic devotion to Mary, Catholicism, Columns, Holy days of obligation, January 1, John M. Grondelski, News, Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, The Catholic Thing, The Next Three January 1’s, Vigil Mass |
John M. Grondelski: Catholics should observe January 1, marking a new year in the Church and Mary, Mother of God.
The post The Next Three January 1’s appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MoreToday the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany. “The Lord and ruler is coming; kingship is his, and government and power.” With these words, the Church proclaims that today’s feast brings to a perfect fulfillment all the purposes of Advent. …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 2, 2022 | Christmas, Epiphany, Features, History, Magi, Nativity, News, Origen, Saint Irenaeus |
We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar. . . . Who were these gift-bearing kings, these Wise Men of the East? What has their mission meant to Christians across the ages? […]
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Washington D.C., Jan 1, 2022 / 13:01 pm (CNA).
While the hustle and bustle of Christmas ends for many people on Dec. 26, throughout Christian history Christmas lasts for twelve days – all the way until Jan. 6.This feas…
Molly Burhans presents one of her maps to Pope Francis and Cardinal Peter Turkson at the Vatican during summer 2018. / Vatican Media
Denver Newsroom, Jan 1, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
When Molly Burhans met with Pope Francis in 2018, she presented …
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | News, Spiritual Life |
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | Books, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, science fiction |
Horror movie star Bela Lugosi is one of the main characters in “This Thing of Darkness,” a new book written by K.V. Turley and Fiorella De Maria.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | Animals, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Dog, News |
Staff members at a Catholic Charities’ residential treatment program are using dogs to help with children with behavioral and emotional needs.
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