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Posted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Lives of Saints, News, Presentation of the Lord, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Joseph |
“What will become of this beloved Child?” Saint Joseph may frequently have asked himself as he clasped the Son of his heart in his arms, and by degrees saw Him develop into the most lovable of the children of men, comparable only to the angels.
Posted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | anxiety, faith and anxiety, Featured, Mental health, News, Prayer & Spirituality |
Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make known your requests to God. —Philippians 4: 6-9 My mom took another slow sip of wine as she shared, “It’s not good to worry. Anxiety isn’t from God. I just need to have a stronger faith. So should you,” she […]
Posted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | In the News, News |
The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has announced a “Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access,” labeling abortion…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Commentary, News |
Today is Candlemas. Known formally as the Purification of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Candlemas always falls on February 2nd,…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Commentary, News |
With more than one-third of priests in the United States already retired, priest retirements are expected to outpace ordinations in…
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Read MoreThe vilest work of vilest man, The cup that drugs, the sword that slays, The purchased kiss of courtesan, The…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | feast day, Featured, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Presentation of the Lord, prophecy, Scripture Speaks |
When Joseph and Mary took the infant Jesus to the Temple to fulfill Jewish law, they also fulfilled a treasured a Messianic prophecy. How? When Joseph and Mary arrived at the Temple, they were “amazed” at what greeted them there. Simeon and Anna, a man and a woman who represented all the “righteous and devout” people of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, Anthony Esolen, Aquinas, Blackstone's Commentaries on property, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Dominion Over All the Earth, homo quam respublica senior, Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, Michael Pakaluk, News, ownership implies a “rational” power to acquire and dispose, Robert Royal |
Michael Pakaluk: Misguided ecology implies socialism. Therefore, we must reform tradition to take the high ground away from environmentalists.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, Anthony Esolen, Aquinas, Blackstone's Commentaries on property, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Dominion Over All the Earth, homo quam respublica senior, Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, Michael Pakaluk, News, ownership implies a “rational” power to acquire and dispose, Robert Royal |
Michael Pakaluk: Misguided ecology implies socialism. Therefore, we must reform tradition to take the high ground away from environmentalists.
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Read MoreToday the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus and is also known as Candlemas day, since the blessing and procession of candles is included in today’s liturgy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Columns, Ecclesia et Civitas, Features, News |
The Supreme Court’s vision of a society in which each defines his own “concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life” has been realized all too thoroughly. What […]
Read MoreSaint Bridget of Kildare (451 – 525), who lived a century after Saint Patrick (385 – 461), and a century before Saint Columbanus (543 – 615) shares with them the triumvirate patronage of Ireland. A generation younger than Saint Benedict (480 – 547) Bridget flourished during the early days of formal monasticism, the female version[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Cabrini Center, Catholic Charities, Catholic volunteers, Fort Wayne, News, Refugee welcome center, U.S. & World News |
They gave of their time for different reasons. Their work transformed an unused former nursing home into Catholic Charities’ new Cabrini Center, which will offer temporary housing and resettlement services to Afghan refugees starting a new life in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Cardinal Gregory, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, News, U.S. & World News, USCCB, Work for greater justice |
“Time is never meant to be useless,” said Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington in his homily at the opening Mass this year’s Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, and he advised the gathering’s 800-plus registrants to “work for greater justice in our world.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Myanmar, News, Silent strike, U.S. & World News |
People from all walks of life observed a “silent strike” in defiance of the ruling junta Feb. 1, the anniversary of the military coup.
Read MoreMore than two dozen Indigenous delegates, accompanied by a handful of Canadian bishops, are once again on their way to meeting Pope Francis in the last week of March.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | Carnations, Faith Fundamentals, Last Supper, News, red, Roses, Three flowers |
A beautiful symbol for the sacrament of marriage is an arrangement of three flowers, most often roses, sometimes carnations. But they can be any kind of flower. The middle flower is taller, while the side flowers are shorter and equal in height. Most artists portray all three flowers as red, a few depict the center flower as red and the side flowers as white, and occasionally all three flowers are shown as white.
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6:40 – Why do bad things happen to good people and not always to bad people?
15:55 – How did John the Baptist and his disciples get separated from Jesus?
34:27 – Why did the way we receive communion change from on …
The Catholic prelate in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has called on the government to take drastic steps to guarantee the safety of students on educational campuses
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