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by bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | feast day, Featured, Mother Cabrini, News, Saints, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 0 |
A few years ago, the New York City public arts program decided to build more statues of women. When they held a poll to decide which statues to erect, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini received the most votes. Nevertheless, they decided not to include her. Citizens spoke up, however, and on Columbus Day 2020 a permanent […]
by bcadmin | Jul 27, 2022 | Archbishop Richard Smith, Edmonton, feast day, Featured, From the Pope, Honor elders, Jesus' grandparents, News, St. Anne, St. Joachim | 0 |
Celebrating the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honor their elders, but he asked them to think about what they will hand on to future generations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 2, 2022 | feast day, Featured, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Presentation of the Lord, prophecy, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
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 […]
by bcadmin | Nov 17, 2021 | Calcutta, feast day, Featured, News, Sept. 5, St. Teresa of Kolkata, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The U.S. bishops have assigned a feast date to St. Teresa of Kolkata.
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“And you yourself a sword shall pierce, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” —Luke 2:35 It’s happening again—you find yourself sinking into hopelessness as you scroll or flip or turn page after page of devastating world news. Your own life is heavier now, too, especially after the confusion and uncertainty surrounding […]
by bcadmin | Aug 23, 2021 | feast day, Featured, Mary, News, Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saints | 0 |
Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne […]
by bcadmin | Jun 23, 2021 | feast day, Featured, Nativity of John the Baptist, News, Saints, St. John the Baptist | 0 |
Tomorrow, June 24th, we celebrate the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. This feast stands out for many reasons, but the most obvious one is that today’s feast is one of three nativities on the Church Calendar. The other two are the Nativity of Mary, the Mother of God and (of course) Christmas, the feast […]
by bcadmin | May 21, 2021 | Best of Week, cancer, Faith & Spirituality, feast day, Featured, News, Pentecost | 0 |
At Pentecost, why do we ask the Holy Spirit to “kindle in us the fire” of God’s love? Because the alternative is to die of cancer—spiritual death from spiritual cancer. God is likened to fire in the Bible and the Liturgy countless times (Hebrews 12:29, for example). Additionally, whenever He and His Word are called […]
by bcadmin | May 13, 2021 | Ascension, Faith & Spirituality, feast day, Featured, mass readings, News, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Even so, think about what this plan must have sounded like to the Eleven gathered there. They were a motley crew of mostly uneducated and nondescript men—fishermen, a tax collector, a political zealot, etc. It is doubtful any of them had ever left the boundaries of their own nation. Were these men ready to change the world? Surely this […]
by bcadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | Brother James Miller, Cretin High School, feast day, Feb. 13, Local News, martyrdom, News, Sainthood | 0 |
He was the son of a farmer, a handyman and teacher at Cretin High School — and now, he’s one step away from being canonized a saint. Brother James Miller’s feast day is Feb. 13, and the Church in the Archdiocese of St. Paul has been given Vatican permission to observe it locally.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2020 | Accompaniment of Mary, Blessed Mother, feast day, News, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Season of Renewal, U.S. & World News, visitation | 0 |
Never doubt for one moment that Our Lady of Guadalupe, a “dear woman of love and compassion, solace and healing, solidarity and hope for the future,” is with us at this time, Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen said on the vigil of her feast day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Faith & Spirituality, feast day, Featured, News, Transfiguration | 0 |
2020 has been a long, hard year for most of us. It is a running joke on social media that, at this point, nothing would be unexpected. Murder hornets? Of course. New flare-up of bubonic plague? Sure. We have all joked about the sheer overwhelm of this year, but the truth is — we want […]
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