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Whitsunday VULTUS CHRISTI - May 19, 2013 ... wine, courses through the streets of Jerusalem. God arises and His enemies are scattered; those that hate Him flee before his face, and those that love Him sing: Alleluia! Today He who came down to see Babel's tower and confused the speech of the proud visits the Upper Room. He unties the tongues of the humble and unites into one holy people those long divided by sin. Amazed at what she sees and hears, the Church intones her birthday song: Alleluia! Today He ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/2013/05/whitsunday.html
Sunday Word, 12 May 2013 TO FIND FRUIT - May 12, 2013 ... symptomatic of something troublesome. Let's worry about them together. "Perhaps it is just a kink peculiar to elderly bachelors, but I find myself musing often about the erotic." Wait before you decide. It may help to know a few facts: those words came from a friend; who happens to have been one of my teachers; who was a monk until his death! An erotic monk? Would you care to know more? I thought so. That's the point with the ...http://findfruit.blogspot.com/2013/05/sunday-word-12-may-2013.html
Holy Spirit Teaches Us to See With Christ's Eyes VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 8, 2013 ... the third Person of the Trinity; the Holy Spirit. " In the Creed," Francis said, "we profess with faith: 'I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life'. The first truth that we adhere to in the Creed is that the Holy Spirit is 'Kyrios', that is, Lord. This means that He is truly God as are the Father and the Son … but I want to mainly focus on the fact that the Holy Spirit is the inexhaustible source of God's life in us." " Men and women of all times and all ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/holy-spirit-teaches-us-to-see-with.html
Praying 10 Minutes Today: WEDNESDAY 5/8 A CONCORD PASTOR COMMENTS - May 7, 2013 ... pray... take a few deep breaths... be still... and know that God is near... A word to reflect on: As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My being thirsts for God, the living God. When can I go and see the face of God? - Psalm 42 (Before moving on to the reflection below, spend some quiet time with the scripture verse above...) Th is psalm makes me sound too holy, Lord, certainly holier than I think I am. But the image of the ...http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2013/05/praying-10-minutes-today-wednesday-58_7.html
Reconciliation Lectionary: Revelation 21:1-12 CATHOLIC SENSIBILITY - May 5, 2013 ... are a longer passage provided in Appendix II of the Rite of Penance, a sample penitential service for the season of Advent. A shorter version, just the first eight verses are to be found in the main seciton of the rite, number 175. The light colored text below indicates the extra verses. Here's the start of it: Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy ...http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/reconciliation-lectionary-revelation-211-12/
St John Omitted Down to Size... COUNTERCULTURAL FATHER - May 4, 2013 ... John's Gospel. Where they are not featured in another Gospel read during the three years, they are in bold. Chapter 1 43 ff Calling of Phillip, Nathaniel under the tree; you will see heaven laid open. (St Mark's account of the calling of the 12 used: very different and omits Nathaniel etc) Chapter 2 12 Stayed with his mother and his brethren (Only in St John) Chapter 3 1-13 Nicodemus (Only in St John) 22ff St John the Baptist He must increase ...http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2013/05/st-john-omitted-down-to-size.html
Bless Us and Splash Us! COUNTERCULTURAL FATHER - May 2, 2013 ... favourite jokes, to which the kids have been conditioned to respond appreciatively) is this: Ben: Knock, knock Unsuspecting Child: Who's there? B.: John U.C.: John who? B: (splashes U.C. with water from concealed source) John the Baptist! U.C.: (Appreciative laughter) Or something like that. But the Thirsty Gargoyle pointed out another, rather sadder, joke involving St John the Baptist, on Twitter last night. More of an irony ...http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2013/05/bless-us-and-splash-us.html
On Spiritual Thirst and Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches MAKING ALL THINGS NEW - April 28, 2013 ... Samaritan Woman from ten years ago. I'm glad I saved all these! ] Christ is risen! Today's gospel (Jn. 4:5-42) is a gospel for the thirsty. If you are not thirsty, if you're self-satisfied and complacent, and think that everything in your life is just as it should be—especially in your spiritual life—well, you can go home now. The rest of you can stay and listen, ...http://wordincarnate.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/on-spiritual-thirst-and-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwiches/
DIY Mass and Liturgical Abuse in the Old Rite THE MUNIMENT ROOM - April 28, 2013 . In a discussion with The Thirsty Gargoyle this morning on Twitter, I said that it would be hard to imagine a priest saying Mass in Latin messing about with the rubrics. I was thinking as I wrote about NO Mass, but he typed back: "Now, no, but there's plenty of anecdotal data of DIY Latin Masses back in the day". He makes a very interesting point, for there was, of course, liturgical abuse by priests celebrating the Mass before the post-VII changes. I am going to post ...http://ttonys-blog.blogspot.com/2013/04/diy-mass-and-liturgical-abuse-in-old.html
Where Does the Water of Life Flow From? FAITHBOOK NZ - April 19, 2013 We need water to survive, there is nothing better than a big glass of water when your thirsty right? Is your faith hydrated? Are you drinking from the ever flowing river of life given to us by Christ? Are you wondering where to find this river? How about we take a look at scripture…. In Exodus 17:6 God gives his people flowing water through Moses "I ...http://faithbook.co.nz/2013/04/20/where-does-the-water-of-life-flow-from/
{pretty, Happy, Funny, Real} - The Kite Flying Edition CATHOLIC WIFE AND MOTHER - April 18, 2013 ... sun was intense and though it wasn't hot we were thirsty. Sunflower became our resident water girl. (Gotta love her windblown hair.) Go visit Like Mother, Like Daughter for more ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWifeAndMother/~3/hPz2H47lsrI/pretty-happy-funny-real-kite-flying.html
Leaving Nothing to Waste IN SPIRITU ET VERITATE - April 11, 2013 Homily; Friday of the Second Week of Easter (C) Leaving Nothing to Waste There a group of women I know, good friends, who have taken on Jen Hatmaker's "seven" challenge. Her book, "7" is the true story of how Jen (along with her husband and her children to varying degrees) took seven months, identified seven areas of excess, and made seven simple choices to fight back against the modern-day diseases of greed, materialism, and overindulgence. That's a challenge in this ...http://inspirituetveritate.blogspot.com/2013/04/leaving-nothing-to-waste.html
From the Friars ELetter 4/4/2013 MARY, OUR MOTHER - April 4, 2013 Letters of hope and consolation #22 Scripture gives us many interesting images of what union with God looks like. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the water that stretches out its roots to the stream" (Jeremiah 17:7-8, emphasis added). In a very similar fashion the Psalmist writes that blessed are those for whom "the law of the Lord is their joy; God's law they study day ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/CGrv1F7VZzA/from-friars-eletter-442013.html
The Bravery of Little Sam - Part 33 KRISTEL WRITES.. - March 31, 2013 ... still existed, or not. He remembered how he could feel thirsty after a long drive with his parents in the car. "Mummy," he would say, "if we get home, I will drink empty the whole water tap!" A deeper Thirst had now entered his entire being. He felt as if he had become older, and all the things that he'd seen and experienced, made him grow up. 'Grow up into what?' Sam thought. 'If I am dead, how can I grow older? If the number of years of my body don't count ...http://kristelwrites.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-bravery-of-little-sam-part-33.html
Endless Love A PENITENT BLOGGER - March 30, 2013 ... And we know that, despite what we as individuals and as a race have done to ourselves and to the rest of God's creation, deep down the goodness of God still dwells in all things – somehow, somewhere – needing God's redemption. *** The story of that redemption begins to be heard in the second reading ( Genesis 22:1-18 ) in the account of Abraham and the near death of his beloved son Isaac. On a basic level, this reading demonstrates that obedience and faithfulness ...http://penitens.blogspot.com/2013/03/endless-love.html
I Thirst THE CANON'S STALL - March 29, 2013 homily I preached in St David's Cathedral, Cardiff, two weeks ago as part of a series "Seven Words for the 21st Century." Over these weeks of Lent we are hearing the extraordinary words of Jesus from the Cross. This Friday, we are invited once more to stand there at Calvary with Our Lady, St Mary Magdalen and the other women, and St John. It is John who tells us in the nineteenth chapter of his Gospel that at this last stage of his Passion Jesus ...http://thecanonsstall.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-thirst.html
Good Friday, Cycle C (Seven Last Words of Christ) LORD, IF YOU WILL (SUNDAYS AND SOLEMNITIES) - March 29, 2013 ... are careful, they are cautious and deliberate with their final words here on earth. And, in the case of Jesus, each word He spoke was even more important because each word He uttered became more difficult than the one before it. He could barely breathe, so each breath He took was a feat, and, given His pain, each word had to be deliberate; it had to be necessary it had to be important. In fact, that is why Jesus' dying words have been so thoroughly ...http://lordifyouwill.blogspot.com/2013/03/good-friday-cycle-c-seven-last-words-of.html
Where's Your Rice Bowl? CRS VOICES - March 26, 2013 ... are you collecting CRS Rice Bowl donations? Tell CRS Rice Bowl on Facebook . Need ideas for making your community's CRS Rice Bowl collection fun and easy? Check out our guide to collecting rice bowls . Whether you collect your donation in a water jug, the traditional cardboard bowl, or give to CRS Rice Bowl online , you are providing food for the hungry, clean water for the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicReliefServicesBlog/~3/4LpvaUzJy9U/
Jeremiah 20:10-13, Psalm 18:2-6, John 10:31-42 WHOM SHALL I SEND? SEND ME LORD - March 22, 2013 33rd Day in Lent Do not tire of asking - be persistent in prayer. I want to give you all you need but I want you to pray without ceasing. Which father does not delight in being able to provide all the good things their children need? So ask and it will be given to you a full measure, pressed down and running over. Abouna, (our Father) s h ow me how to receive all that You desire to give me. Isaiah 44:2-3, 5 ...http://whomshallisend.blogspot.com/2013/03/jeremiah-2010-13-psalm-182-6-john-1031.html
Thirsty for You- In Response to Pope Francis' Exhortation LIONESS - March 20, 2013 Jesus, Everyday, everyday, everyday, Fall upon my tongue As dew upon the obedient grass, Which yields to Your Wind, To be proclaimed anew. Holy One, Forever, forever, forever, Go forth from my mouth, As spring rains To water the parched earth, Thirsty for You.http://lionessblog.com/2013/03/20/thirsty-for-you-in-response-to-pope-francis-exhortation/
