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I was blessed with a vivid imagination as a child. It never took me very long to dive into my rich thoughts, filled with colors and sounds and landscapes and all sorts of people and animals. I think that’s why it wasn’t a far stretch for me to believe in what I could not see. […]
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 | Nov 1, 2022 | All Saints Day, Angelus, beatitudes, lead, News, peace, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
On All Saints Day, Pope Francis offered a reflection on peace, which he said is never achieved by wielding power or weapons but is built day by day with patience and closeness to God.
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“There is only one tragedy in the end: Not to have been a saint.” (Charles Péguy) Sometimes when I think of All Saints Day I recall parties that my youth group and I enjoyed when I was a teenager. I remember dressing up as St. Thérèse, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. One […]
by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Blessed Virgin Mary, intercessory prayer, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Knowing the Faith, Mystical Body of Christ, News, Prayer, Saints, Solemnity of All Saints, St. Paul | 0 |
The Solemnity of All Saints Today is the Solemnity of All Saints, a celebration of those who have died and attained Heaven. We will remember those who are undergoing purgation tomorrow on All Souls Day. Today, I would like to look at the Catholic pract…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, and the Resurrection of the Body Emmaus Press, book about the resurrection of the body, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Fr. Gerald E. Murray, From Here to Eternity by Randall Smith, From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, Jesus Christ, Michael Pakaluk, News, Randall Smith, resurrection of the body, saints in heaven, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Few things challenge our tranquility and provoke a sense of existential dread more profoundly than the thought of death. If…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Associated Press, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, lead, Mexico, News | 0 |
During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November in Mexico, the living remember and honor their dearly departed, but with celebration — not sorrow.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | All Saints Day, lead, News, News Analysis, saints and martyrs, U.S. Catholics | 0 |
As the Church approaches All Saints Day, it is a good time to wonder: Where are the American saints?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2021 | All Saints Day, Human beings, Human doings, News, Sainthood, Saints, Saints point the way, Simple Holiness | 0 |
We likely all have our favorite saint: our namesake, the saint we chose for confirmation or a saint to whom we reach out due to a specific need. Saints are a staple of the Catholic Church. Nov. 1 was All Saints’ Day (which we celebrated this year at our Sunday liturgy, rather than making a special return to our churches for Mass, on what in other years is a holy day of obligation). With this day, we annually reflect on our devotion to these holy and venerable human beings who provide a map for living a life dedicated to God.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | All Saints Day, Angelus, Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Christian joy is neither a passing emotion nor an optimistic worldview but a sign of holiness that bears witness to God’s love, even in the direst circumstances, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | All Saints Day, Best of Week, Featured, News, Saints, Spiritual Warfare | 0 |
During the Church’s rite of exorcism, when the exorcist priest leads the beautiful Litany of Saints, we, his team, ardently respond, “pray for us”. We count on their intercessory power and protection. Saints relics are also present. Their help is real and efficacious. We, the Church militant, rely on the powerful aid of the saints […]
by bcadmin | Oct 30, 2021 | 2021, All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Day of the Dean, Eucharist, genealogy, Last Judgment, News, priestly office, Priests, Sacrifice of the Mass, Sacrifice to God, souls in purgatory, Taynia-Renee Franche dite Laframboise, Taynia-Renee Laframboise, The Apostolic Secession, The Catholic Thing, the Mass, “The Memory of Our Dead” | 0 |
Taynia-Renee Laframboise: Remember family members gone. But remember also those men who made the family’s faith life possible.
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