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Month: January 2022

Saturday after Epiphany

Reading I 1 Jn 5:14-21

Beloved:
We have this confidence in him
that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 
And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask,
we know that what we have asked him for is ours….

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Argentine beach bishop applies Francis legacy to development project

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles by Inès San Martìn exploring the state of the Catholic Church on Pope Francis’s home continent of Latin America. ROSARIO, Argentina – Whatever else may divide notoriously fissiparous Argentines, when it comes to their summer holidays, they all have […]

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The Most Important Word in the Whole of History

Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy: The word is ‘homoousion.’ Without it, the whole of the Gospel, the whole of the Catholic faith would be rendered void.

The post The Most Important Word in the Whole of History appeared first on The Catholic Thing.

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Jan. 8 Saturday after Epiphany, Weekday

The Magi are called “saints” for the first time in the writings of Archbishop Hildebert of Tours (1133). In the twelfth century their veneration spread over all of Europe. The authorities of the Church did not prohibit this cult, and Epiphany acquired …

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With COVID on rise among priests, Communion services may replace Masses in some circumstances

Many parishes have a list of “go-to priests,” Father Tix said, and an archdiocesan staff member developed a centralized email system to help parishes find priests. But with numbers of COVID cases rising, parishioners need to understand that they may not be walking into a Mass at the usual time, he said. A Communion service also meets the Sunday Mass obligation, he said.

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#10445 Ask a Priest – Fr. Paul Check

Questions Covered:

02:06 – My son is manically depressed and suicidal. He doesn’t care or believe in God. I know that in order for God to enter into his life, he has to be willing to let him in.  If he is in a state where he’s not thinking…

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K-State football player plans to enter seminary

Landry Weber, a K-State player who is discerning and intends to enter seminary. / Courtesy photo.

Salina, Kan., Jan 7, 2022 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
There are nearly 500,000 college athletes, and of those, about 2% will embark in a professional sports…

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#10444 Ask a Priest – Fr. Paul Check

Questions Covered:

04:55 – Could you give me some advice on how to improve my prayer life?
12:00 – In the beginning of mass when the priest says “Call to mind your sins,” if he doesn’t say that, are they still forgiven? The priest at our c…

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