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Reconciliation Lectionary: Psalm 36 CATHOLIC SENSIBILITY - May 15, 2013 The 36th Psalm doesn't appear at all in the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Sundays and feasts. It makes but one appearance among the daily readings, Thursday of the 16th week of Year 2. It's a special text for me (because of the setting I composed for my brother's funeral ), and I hope you will find it fruit for prayer and reflection, also. How precious is your mercy, Lord. O LORD, your mercy reaches to heaven; your faithfulness, to the clouds. Our justice is like the ...http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/reconciliation-lectionary-psalm-36/
Blind Singer-Pianist Says He Relies on God to Be His Eyes CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 14, 2013 ... through him when he plays and ... sings," Sharon Shafer, the parish's music director, said. "He ... encourages folks to respond ... (and) doesn't overwhelm the congregation," said Father Jerry Pokorsky, pastor. Music is Ibay's passion. Ibay, 33, has been blind since soon after birth. He has used his love of music to inspire others to see the good works of God. "I want to see God's creation, to see his goodness," he told CNS in a recent interview. "(But) the Lord deprived me of my sight." Born ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/blind-singer-pianist-says-he-relies-on.html
Evening Roundup - Feria of Paschaltide or St. John Before the Latin Gate or Finding or Rogation Mass - May 6th, 2013 TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - May 6, 2013 Aggie Catholics > ;> ; How To Talk To Atheists? Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) > ;> ; 10 Reasons Why It's Hard to Become Catholic Catholic Answers > ;> ; The Theology of the Bottle (Todd Aglialoro) Catholic Education Resource Center > ;> ; 2013: 6th Sunday of Easter - mp3 (Father John Horgan) Catholic Education Resource Center > ;> ; The necessity of the Church (Father George W. Rutler) Catholic World Report - Blog > ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/05/evening-roundup-feria-of-paschaltide-or_6.html
Fifth Sunday Easter 2013 Love One Another BLUE EYED ENNIS - April 27, 2013 ... who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. — Matthew 5:43-48 This is a useful article on why we need to end dualistic thinking This extract from Dickens reminds me that e very age has its own worries and tribulations and yet .... and yet, and yet , and yet again, Christ give us His immortal mandate ...http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/2013/04/fifth-sunday-easter-2013-love-one.html
Peter Accepts Love: Third Sunday of Easter (C) THE ALTERNATE PATH - April 12, 2013 ... Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection" by Eugene Burnand Recently I was asked to list some good books written by Catholic authors. The names that immediately came to my mind were Georges Bernanos, Flannery O'Connor, Shusaku Endo and Graham Greene. Each of these authors wrote fiction and each one in his or her own way courageously delved into the psychology of sin, grace and faith. These authors did not seek to present faith in simplistic black and white ...http://thealternatepath.blogspot.com/2013/04/peter-accepts-love-third-sunday-of.html
Active Participation and Singing ROMA LOCUTA EST - April 8, 2013 ... got the impression that the procession itself was incidental and could be eliminated if need be. You see the problem? We actually had less understanding of the liturgy because of the preference of singing over watching . By reducing our understanding we were less capable of actual participation in the liturgy. (The other issue, peripheral to this discussion but not at all a minor problem, is the awkward transition that occurs between the sing-a-long and the penitential rite. I am convinced ...http://causafinitaest.blogspot.com/2013/04/active-participation-and-singing.html
Holy Week With the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT - April 4, 2013 ... in 1845, Newman spoke about the authenticity and continuity of the Catholic Church compared to Anglicanism, saying "To my mind the overbearingly convincing proof is this - that were S. Athanasius or S. Ambrose in London now, they would go to worship, not at S. Paul's Cathedral, but to Warwick Street...". This point was alluded to by the Ordinary, the Right Reverend Monsignor Keith Newton, in his Chrism Mass homily in the church on Fig Monday. Warwick Street remains a parish of ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNewLiturgicalMovement/~3/4a6azIbaUeM/holy-week-with-personal-ordinariate-of.html
Easter Vigil, Cycle C LORD, IF YOU WILL (SUNDAYS AND SOLEMNITIES) - March 31, 2013 ... because the Cross is not just a symbol of the sacrifice we have recalled these past couple of days, it is the very marriage of Heaven to earth, of the divine to the human as it says in the Exultet. The Cross, therefore, was and is the bridge from this world to the next, the Cross joined our universe to God's so that Heaven was not just opened by the Cross, but became the very road to our salvation That is why the Cross still exists, not just as a reminder of the violence that was done, of the ...http://lordifyouwill.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-vigil-cycle-c.html
Mass Etiquette SOUTHERN FRIED CATHOLICISM - March 20, 2013 ... entering and leaving the church. This is a reminder of our Baptism, which made us members of Christ's Church. Dress modestly and appropriately. Dressing up in your "Sunday Best" is also acceptable! Cell phones should never be used in Mass for calls or texting. No exceptions. Even if you are waiting on that call that your liver is in at the hospital, take the call outside of the church! When we enter and leave Church, genuflect toward the Tabernacle . Christ is present for our sake and we ...http://www.southernfriedcatholicism.com/2013/03/mass-etiquette.html
2013 Retreat Reflection - If Love Is Who I Am.... ALWAYS A JOY... - March 19, 2013 Whenever I sing the lyrics of the hymn. "As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longs after Thee", I am always reminded that my heart is always yearning for more. It has made me often wonder - more of what? This year our annual Divine Volunteers Retreat was held from 14-17 February 2013. The start date brought back many intense memories for me. It was on that day that I attended my very first retreat in Divine Retreat Centre 15 years ago - 14 ...http://alwaysajoy.blogspot.com/2013/03/2013-retreat-reflection-if-love-is-who.html
Into the Water With Naaman VULTUS CHRISTI - March 4, 2013 Water We hear in today's Lesson how Naaman the Syrian was cleansed of leprosy in the River Jordan. Naaman descended into the very water that Our Lord Jesus Christ would sanctify in the mystery of His Holy Baptism so that we too might be cleansed of the leprosy of sin and recover the innocence of new-born lambs. Psalm 50 Saint Benedict, in his disposition of the Divine Office, places Psalm 50 at the beginning of Lauds seven days a week. Why does the ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/2013/03/into-the-water-with-naaman.html
Church Helps Fill a Void in Africa CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 28, 2013 ... hymn-singing light in a blacked-out neighborhood. Six Masses are celebrated here each Sunday for up to 10,000 people, and 102 people were baptized last Saturday. The parish priest, the Rev. Ikenna Ikechi, dreams of building a multistory community center to accommodate his growing flock. "Our only limitation is space," he said. The Roman Catholic Church's explosive growth here and across Africa has led to serious talk of the possibility of an African cardinal ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/church-helps-fill-void-in-africa.html
Lessons From the Liturgy Committee ROMA LOCUTA EST - February 19, 2013 ... pamphlet does it mention that those in the state of mortal sin should refrain from communion. The second mistake, however, is more important. Canon 919 clearly asks us to abstain not just form sold food, but from everything but water and medicine. The incorrect wording in the pamphlet is very misleading for those reading the pamphlet. Second, while people are encouraged to "provide a quiet, prayerful atmosphere before and during Mass, what comes next is, "Of course, we welcome ...http://causafinitaest.blogspot.com/2013/02/lessons-from-liturgy-committee.html
St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal: Part 6 NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT - February 5, 2013 ... briefly on what is sometimes called the "Mother Dear, Oh Pray for Me" syndrome . Others refer to it as the "Bring Flowers of the Rarest" syndrome. Summarized briefly, a significant portion (many would say "a majority") of devotional hymns sung in the vernacular at Catholic Masses before the Second Vatican Council were of a very low quality. Although theologically sound, they were uninspired and saccharine. Fr. Fortescue was not using hyperbole when he said, "The real badness ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNewLiturgicalMovement/~3/IQLwjD304HE/st-edmund-campion-missal-hymnal-part-6.html
Love (Not Optional) Binds the Body DEVIL, DOES YOUR DOG BITE? - February 1, 2013 ... remembers the subject matter of chapter twelve of First Corinthians? The unity of the Church can be compared to the unity of… Right! The parts of the human body . To summarize the Apostle's point in chapter twelve: We each individually have different roles to play in fulfilling our particular mission as Christians. But the differences among our roles should be compared to the difference between an eye and an ear, or a hand and a foot, or between the large intestine and the small ...http://frmarkdwhite.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/love-not-optional-binds-the-body/
