The scandal of Jesus ????????? ???????? - November 19, 2009 "[T]he Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath" ( Mark 2:28 ). After reading the pericope that ends the second chapter of Mark's Gospel and the one that begins chapter three, I am struck by how scandalous Jesus was to the scribes and Pharisees. This is all the more remarkable when ... http://scottdodge.blogspot.com/2009/11/scandal-of-jesus.html
He Saw the City and Wept YOUR DAILY TRIPOD - November 19, 2009 ... Cabrini, and Jesus. When Gospel of Luke is considered together with the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, we find that these books share many stories and sayings uttered by Jesus. However, Luke also stands out with much more unique content unique content not found in John or other well-known common ... http://yourdailytripod.blogspot.com/2009/11/he-saw-city-and-wept.html
Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time SERVANT OF THE WORD - November 19, 2009 ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gospel: Luke 19:45-48 Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, "It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of ... http://deacon-sailor.blogspot.com/2009/11/friday-of-thirty-third-week-in-ordinary.html
Celebrating the Feast of Christ the King with 20% off select titles INSIGHT SCOOP | THE IGNATIUS PRESS BLOG - November 18, 2009 ... by Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn: Behold, God's Son! Encountering Christ in the Gospel of Mark Christoph Schoenborn Cardinal Schonborn, former student of Pope Benedict XVI and well-known as a brilliant theologian, presents his second volume of reflections on the person of Christ, this time as found ... http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/11/celebrating-the-feast-of-christ-the-king-with-20-off-select-titles.html
ASIA/CHINA - Letter of Cardinal Bertone to Chinese Priests FIDES NEWS ENGLISH - November 17, 2009 ... that the Word of God "pervades our being, is the nourishment we live by, is what leaves a mark on our lives and shapes our thinking." It is up to the Bishops to promote this ongoing formation, so that the gift bestowed upon priests by the laying on of hands may be revived by them in their dioceses ... http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=25431&lan=eng
Why We Must Always Pray For Priests ACTS OF THE APOSTASY - November 17, 2009 ... by Bryn Weese (emphases mine) TORONTO -- Canada's first openly gay Catholic priest is to mark another milestone. Father Karl Clemens is getting married Saturday to his partner Nick. He says he'll be the first man of the Catholic cloth to enter into a same-sex marriage in Canada, and maybe even in ... http://actsoftheapostasy.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-we-must-always-pray-for-priests.html
Jesus Christ makes us clean and whole ????????? ???????? - November 17, 2009 ... part of the Nativity Fast (15 November-12 December), I am trying to pray my way through St, Mark's Gospel. In my reading this morning, specifically chapter two verse seventeen , Jesus says to those scribes and Pharisees who are scandalized by him eating with tax collectors and sinners: "Those who are ... http://scottdodge.blogspot.com/2009/11/jesus-christ-makes-us-clean-and-whole.html
Conforming To The World. ORTHOMETER - November 16, 2009 ... they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the Gentile custom. They covered over the mark of their circumcision and abandoned the holy covenant; they allied themselves with the Gentiles and sold themselves to wrongdoing. In those days, the People of God (of course not all) sold out to the ... http://orthometer.blogspot.com/2009/11/conforming-to-world.html
The Homily in B-flat Major VIDEO MELIORA, PROBOQUE; DETERIORA SEQUOR - November 16, 2009 ... us fear or hope? "Fear is useless, what is needed is trust," said Jesus, in the gospel of Mark. And yet so often I think I can use fear to my advantage, as preparation somehow. Similarly I can approach Christ with fear or trust. Fr. Jeff mentioned how the symbol of hope has long been an anchor. The ... http://poncer.blogspot.com/2009/11/homily-in-b-flat-major.html
Visiting the Past and Thinking of the Future SPIRITUAL WOMAN - November 16, 2009 ... through cemeteries also always reminds me of my own impending death. This week's Gospel (Mark 13:24-32) speaks of the end of time: "But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." The same holds true for our own personal deaths. None of us knows ... http://spiritualwomanthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/visiting-past-and-thinking-of-future.html