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Houses and light. Preparation and transformation. Peace and salvation.
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by bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Advent, Advent Week 1, Advent week one, Featured, light, Light of Advent, News, Picks | 0 |
Houses and light. Preparation and transformation. Peace and salvation.
Read MoreIt is a terrible thing to lose a virtue. We need all the virtues to be a fully moral person just as we need all the parts of the body to be working properly if we are to be in full health. If certain muscles in the legs do not work, for example, we may […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News | 0 |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Maria Grace De Lallo. Expectation Do you think of those late autumn days, When the world was dust and faded gold, And you, in sunlight, outside your door, The sun of heaven, warm on your face, Th…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Book Review, fear, Featured, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, News, Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
The recently republished The Seven Steps to Sanctification, How to Awaken the Gifts of the Holy Spirit within You outlines the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the “Divine Will in Christ’s priestly prayer: “Sanctify them in truth” (John 17:17).” Written by two priests, Walter Farrell, O.P., and Dominic Hughes, O.P. the chapters take readers […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2022 | Best of Week, Featured, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God, to praise His goodness, to thank Him for His kindness, to acknowledge our sins and plead for pardon, to ask His aid for our salvation, and to give glory to Him. Note the words mind and heart. Not every thought of God is […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Archdiocesan synod, Featured, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Reflect on the pastoral letter, Upper Room, You Will be My Witnesses | 0 |
Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Williams sat down with The Catholic Spirit to discuss the archbishop’s post-synodal pastoral letter, “You Will Be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent from the Upper Room,” that grew out of the Archdiocesan Synod.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | COVID-19 Anointing Corps, COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry, COVID-19 pandemic, Featured, Local News, News | 0 |
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a wealth of new protocols and programs, including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry. Since its inception in April 2020 and as of early November, the specially trained corps of priests has provided the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for 1,636 people in hospitals, nursing homes and other settings.
Read MoreSt. Cecilia, one of the saints named in the Roman Canon (the First Eucharistic Prayer) and in the Litany of Saints, was a Roman virgin martyr from the third century. Many churches and schools have been named in her honor, and she has been one of the most beloved women saints for several centuries. After […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Benedictine, Benedictine Order, Featured, hospitality, News | 0 |
As the holidays approach, there are numerous discussions about hospitality and all that is needed to be a gracious host, hostess, and guest. As a Benedictine oblate, I was recently asked to speak about Benedictine hospitality. This exercise was a wonderful opportunity to reflect deeply about my experience as an oblate and my relationships with […]
Read MoreI don’t know about your neighborhood, but in mine, Christmas decorations are starting to appear. The orange Halloween lights and spooky lawn displays that decorated lawns all through the month of October have given way—already, just in mid-November—to the green trees and red-and-white Santas of Christmastime. We’re sliding seamlessly to the next color palate, the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Anderson Lee Aldrich, Archbishop Aquila, Club Q, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Featured, LGBTQ, LGBTQ nightclub, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Catholic leaders have condemned the Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that killed at least five people and injured at least 25.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | 2022 Synod, archbishop bernard hebda, Featured, Gathered and Sent, Holy Spirit, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Pastors introduce pastoral letter, Post-synodal pastoral letter, Upper Room, You Will be My Witnesses | 0 |
Some held up commemorative copies of Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s post-synodal pastoral letter, and many showed an introductory video at Masses as pastors and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis encouraged parishioners to read “You Will be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent from the Upper Room.”
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