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A Crusader for the Holy Spirit IN GOD'S COMPANY 2 - May 13, 2013 ... one made any mention of the Holy Spirit. "I was crestfallen on Pentecost Day," he recalls. The next year it was the same as Pentecost fell on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday and the following year it was drowned out by Mother's Day. Randall made up his mind: "I vowed I would spend the rest of my life as a crusader for the Holy Spirit." "The missing ingredient in the Church is the Holy Spirit," he told about 120 people at an April 30-May 1 conference at St. Andrew's Centre auditorium. "When the ...http://ingodscompany2.blogspot.com/2011/06/fr-john-randall-says-incredible-things.html
Badwolfcomplex: Pet Peeve: "I Like the Latin Mass, but I Love Getting to Participate in The... WE'RE MORE THAN FLESH AND BONE - May 8, 2013 ... to eat for lunch, or a problem that's bothering you, or whatever? Participation has nothing to do with external actions. Participating in Holy Mass means praying the Mass. This is the mind of the Church. Prayer is aided by outward motions—kneeling, positioning your hands, gazing at holy objects, the Eucharist, or closing your eyes—but those external actions, b y themselves, are not prayer . External actions also take away from ...http://bannerofthecross.tumblr.com/post/49955673540
Year C Fifth Sunday of Easter Καθολικός διάκονος - April 28, 2013 ... mystery of Christ's Resurrection from the dead. It is important to note that while faith certainly includes belief, believing does not exhaust faith, is not synonymous with faith. The first step of faith is not necessarily to believe, but to trust and then to obey. In St. Mark's Gospel, Jesus begins His ministry with these words: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel" ( Mark 1:15 ). If we were to translate the last sentence of this ...http://scottdodge.blogspot.com/2013/04/year-c-fifth-sunday-of-easter.html
No One Can Take You From My Hand YOUR DAILY TRIPOD - April 22, 2013 ... offered to the leaders of the Synagogue. It is the choice offered to me and to you. Last Sunday, I attended Closing for the Men's 126 th Weekend. My heart was stirred with this community which chooses to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart. Like the community in Antioch, according to the promise of Jesus, those who choose to follow him will never be taken out of the hand of God. The continued grace I receive by committing to be a follower of Jesus, buoyed up and ...http://yourdailytripod.blogspot.com/2013/04/no-one-can-take-you-from-my-hand.html
Swimathon 2013 for Marie Curie Cancer Care DE LA MENNAIS BROTHERS: WEAVING A TAPESTRY OF RELATIONSHIPS - April 20, 2013 ... Southampton are gradually clearing out unwanted stuff from our 4-storey, 22 bedroom community house - and its cellar - in preparation for closing the community and moving back to our Liverpool community in August (another 2 skips filled during the Easter holidays). There's a lot of history here for the congregation as well as for each of us personally: we are both former pupils and Francis is also a former Head... not easy. The house will be given over to our ...http://brojames.blogspot.com/2013/04/swimathon-2013-for-marie-curie-cancer.html
Doors CROOKED LINES - April 18, 2013 ... took note of the door. A keypad on the outside. Then carefully, slowly, closing the door behind me as I entered, so as not to disturb the others. It reminded me of the way I enter the confessional, minus the keypad. Stepping inside and quietly closing the door behind myself. And in both cases, it is Jesus who waits on the other side of the door. In the Chapel in the Eucharistic Presence. In the confessional, in Persona Christi – the priest in the person ...http://crooked-lines.blogspot.com/2013/04/doors.html
Grandpa Brunelle: May His Soul Rest in Peace! RAMBLES - April 12, 2013 ... to help us on our journeys to Heaven. Now, let me close with two parting thoughts. First, and I already alluded to it: Grandpa loved the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist is God, Jesus Christ. Heaven itself consists of adoring this same God. If Grandpa is in heaven, and we pray he is, he adores this same God. That means when we attend Mass we are in his company. If Grandpa's in Heaven, he's at Mass. So if we miss Grandpa, we can go to a Catholic Church and chances are he's right there with us. ...http://jsignal.com/b2/index.php/2013/04/12/grandpa-brunelle-may-his-soul-rest-in-pe
Divine Mercy Sunday Reflection THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN - April 7, 2013 ... beforehand as long as we had school (Easter weekend was usually a three-day weekend). So, what is Divine Mercy? A saint and mystic named Faustina Kowalska wrote about her visions regarding God's mercy. Her main message was that God loves us regardless of our sins. We just need to be open to His boundless mercy and that mercy would overflow in us to the world around us. We need to trust His mercy unreservedly. Our sins and petty issues are nothing in the shadow of His love and ...http://syrophoenicianwoman.blogspot.com/2013/04/divine-mercy-sunday-reflection.html
The Evangelizing Power of Eucharistic Adoration DA MIHI ANIMAS - April 5, 2013 ... time before the Lord, exposed in the Eucharist, transformed me even if I did not yet fully realize the implications for my family. The Catholic Church offered something that would fulfill an immediate need I had in my life. Looking back I realize now how Christ was working on my heart in those silent moments. In speaking about the Eucharist Benedict XVI said: "Christ's death on the Cross is the culmination of that turning of God against Himself in which He gives Himself in order to raise man ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-evangelizing-power-of-eucharistic.html
Just What Is Being Saved Here? SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - April 4, 2013 ... about Catholic schools (or parishes, for that matter) closing. In short, a sad but typical case of life in the New Springtime of the post-Vatican II world. We live in a society that contracepts and aborts its babies out of existence. We belong to a Church that has done more than any other institution in the West to oppose this-- which sounds great until you realize that it has done practically nothing at all, and only stands in relief to everyone else, who did absolutely ...http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2013/04/just-what-is-being-saved-here.html
Quick Takes MEDICAL MATINS - April 4, 2013 ... whatever person(s) consent).... But you know what's interesting? My Catholic faith is strengthened by the fact that we couldn't leave the block without someone talking about the Catholic Church. One lecturer in particular, who was supposed to teach about the specific healthcare needs of the LGBT community, spent most of his time talking about the Church. At one point, I doodled in my notes, "why are we talking about women priests?" We also covered how Pope Francis would be so much better than ...http://medicalmatins.blogspot.com/2013/04/quick-takes.html
Praying 10 Minutes Today: SPY WEDNESDAY A CONCORD PASTOR COMMENTS - March 26, 2013 AN INTRODUCTION TO TODAY'S PRAYER... Today's installment of Praying 10 m inutes is a little different than other days. * The scripture is a longer passage and not just a verse. * It picks up the theme of betrayal from yesterday's Midday Prayer. * Before the guided reflection, you'll find some commentary on betrayal to help us locate the experience in our own lives. * After the guided reflection, you'll find a widget with a recording of a very ...http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2013/03/praying-10-minutes-today-spy-wednesday.html
'Long Ago I Used to Be a Young Man and Dear Margaret Remembers That for Me.' National Week of Prayer and Awareness of De ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN BLOGGERS - March 9, 2013 ... arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of ...http://associationofcatholicwomenbloggers.blogspot.com/2013/03/long-ago-i-used-to-be-young-man-and.html
No Tours/No Golf DTF DEFEND THE FAITH - March 9, 2013 ... Pleasant St. Worc. The Washington Times published an online commentary about 40 Days for Life written by Shawn Carney and national director David Bereit. This article refers to the HUGE campaign -- in 261 locations -- that is going on in this, the year that marks the 40th anniversary of legal abortion in the United States. The message we deliver is that "God is listening and He does hear us." Mar 16 Sat 13th annual Diocese of Worcester Catholic Men's Conference, DCU Center Mar 16 Sat 8am Mass ...http://dtf-jayg.blogspot.com/2013/03/no-toursno-golf.html
The Last Supper: Germany's Great Church Sell-Off CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 17, 2013 ... that there's little point in heating a church that has no thermal insulation and high-arched ceilings every Sunday for just 10 churchgoers, these critics of closing churches are also left at a loss for what to say. And so the demolition continues. In the eastern part of the country, more than 200 village churches are gradually crumbling. In the city of Wiesbaden, even a church that was listed for historic preservation was recently torn down. But every cloud has its silver ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-last-supper-germanys-great-church.html
Today Is Ash Wednesday - Le Mercredi Des Cendres 2013 - Lent 1C: The Temptations of Jesus THE JOURNEY OF A BISHOP - February 13, 2013 ... Word is very near you, on your lips and in your heart" (Deuteronomy 30.14). Grasping God's Word inwardly, then, helps disciples not only to face temptations but also to meet the challenges to believe that come with each one's struggle to be faithful to God's way. The closing of the temptation account noted Satan's departure "when the devil had finished every test". This suggests that the three tests mentioned were simply typical of other temptations. As well, we learn that the ...http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2013/02/today-is-ash-wednesday-le-mercredi-des.html
Pope Benedict's Ash Wednesday Reflection on the Meaning of Lent ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - February 13, 2013 ... whom we give the first place in life. Conversion means not closing in on oneself in the pursuit of one's own success, one's own prestige, one's own position, but making sure that every day, in the small things, truth, faith in God and love become the most important thing. Thank ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/pope-benedicts-ash-wednesday-reflection-on-the-meaning-of-lent/
Benedict XVI: To Whom Do You Belong?; Asks for Prayers for Himself and Future Pope COMMUNIO - February 13, 2013 ... occurs several times in the Bible. In particular, it recalls the forty years that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness: a long period of formation to become the people of God, but also a long period in which the temptation to be unfaithful to the covenant with the Lord was always present . Forty were also the days of the Prophet Elijah's journey to reach the Mount of God, Horeb; as well as the time that Jesus spent in the desert before beginning his public life and where he was tempted by ...http://communio.stblogs.org/2013/02/benedict-xvi-to-whom-do-you-be.html
'…Then, in a Rare Gesture and Sign of Respect, the Bishops Removed Their Mitres.' 1CATHOLICSALMON - February 13, 2013 ... responded, "Grazie. Now let us return to prayer" — his words bringing to an end several minutes of thundering applause. Then, in a rare gesture and sign of respect, the bishops removed their mitres. The Pope is no fan of applause at Mass, because it reveals a focus on man rather than the God who is to be worshipped at Mass. Nevertheless, he acknowledged the need of the faithful assembled to make a gesture of gratitude and affection, given the short notice leading up to ...http://1catholicsalmon.com/2013/02/13/then-in-a-rare-gesture-and-sign-of-respect-the-bishops-removed-their-mitres/
Beautiful Churches in Milwaukee IMPRISONED IN MY BONES - January 31, 2013 ... Old St. Mary in downtown Milwaukee. This lovely old church is only a few blocks away from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Fairly large crowds attends the daily 7 AM and 12 noon Masses. It's one of my favorite places for daily Mass and for praying the Stations of the Cross. Old St. Mary interior-photo credit: Badger Catholic Old St. Mary Photo Credit: Wikipedia The Basilica of St. Josephat I will never get over the awe I feel when I think about the poor Polish immigrants who ...http://annebender.blogspot.com/2013/01/beautiful-churches-in-milwaukee.html
