Saints were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes, pope says
The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.”
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by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | All Saints, All Saints Day, Countercultural and revolutionary, Featured, News, Saints, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | All Saints, Celebration, Featured, festivity, halloween, News, Prayer & Spirituality | 0 |
It can be easy in our culture to forget that Halloween is none other than the beginning of the Feast of All Saints. After all, it is All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve. As with the tradition of Christmas Eve, the Solemnity of All Saints begins at sundown and continues on into the next […]
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In these days of All Hallows Eve, All Saints, and All Souls, religious people are among the few who still…
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We go to the saints like we do our friends and family, so we do not have to be loners when it comes to living the faith as God calls us — to teach, provide, protect and lead. Those holy men and women whom we celebrate come the first of November — the solemnity of All Saints —compel us to emulate their example, giving us ways and means to answer the call to serve others diligently and prayerfully.
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Jason Parnell does not go anywhere without his medal featuring St. Michael the Archangel. A U.S. Marshall in Brunswick, Georgia, he believes in the protective powers of the patron saint of law enforcement officers, even though he is not Catholic.
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A eucharistic procession across northeast Minneapolis will mark its 17th year June 12, with organizers hoping to draw 500 or more as concern and precautions ease around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2021 | All Saints, All Souls Days, Catholic Watchmen, Justice, Mercy, News, peace, Physical warfare, Romans, Spiritual Warfare, Transformation | 0 |
As I periodically don one of my favorite and seasoned T-shirts, I am reminded where transformation truly begins — each and every day. The inscription on the back prompts me of what needs to go on the inside of the man wearing it: “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Rom 12:2).
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the Solemnity of All Saints, which is always for me one of the most inspiring feast days of the year. It reminds me that I am not alone and that I am surrounded always by this “great cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1) who are members of the same Church as I am, and who are not only models for me but friends who are helping me to attain the goal of my life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2020 | All Saints, Anthony Digmann, armor of light, costumes, halloween, News, Spirituality | 0 |
by Anthony Digmann Has Halloween ever made you feel uncomfortable, like something is just not quite right? If that’s the case, your intuition is on to something, but there’s a lot we can do as Catholics to redeem what our culture has misconstrued with …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2020 | All Saints, All Saints Day, Apostle's Creed, Divine Office, Featured, halloween, News, Roman Pantheon, Saint | 0 |
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith” (12:1-2).
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