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Thought of the Day: Speaking Evil ABOUT.COM CATHOLICISM - March 21, 2013 ... harms our neighbor. Later on in the same chapter, he quotes St. John Chrysostom , one of the four original Eastern Doctors of the Church : Do not tell me, "I would be a slanderer only if I lied. I am committing no slander if I tell the truth." Error! Speaking evil of others, even if the evil be true, is always a crime. Surely the publican was really a publican and a sinner; but he left cleansed of all his defilements because he was scorned by the Pharisee. You want to correct ...http://catholicism.about.com/b/2013/03/21/thought-of-the-day-speaking-evil.htm
If I Don't Make the Cut in the Catholic Church, Maybe the Episcopalians Will Have Me . . . THE DIGITAL HAIRSHIRT - March 10, 2013 ... period of time and people vote for their favorite saint. 16 saints make it to the Round of the Saintly Sixteen; eight advance to the Round of the Elate Eight; four make it to the Faithful Four; two to the Championship; and the winner is awarded the coveted Golden Halo. The first round consists of basic biographical information about each of the 32 saints. Things get a bit more interesting in the subsequent rounds as we offer quotes and quirks, explore legends, and even move ...http://digihairshirt.blogspot.com/2013/03/if-i-dont-make-cut-in-catholic-church.html
Lenten Reflections by Our Superior General DE LA MENNAIS BROTHERS: WEAVING A TAPESTRY OF RELATIONSHIPS - March 7, 2013 The Superior General of my congregation, Frère Yannick, has been offering some very useful Lenten reflection material on his blog (see here ). Each day he takes a quote from one of the day's Mass readings and links it to similarly-themed quotes from our Founder (Fr. Jean-Marie De La Mennais) and passages from other sources, including the writings of Pope Benedict XVI, suggesting a time of prayer with these texts as meditation material. Here are the ...http://brojames.blogspot.com/2013/03/lenten-reflections-by-our-superior.html
The Italian intellectual: Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi The Cardinal ... BENEDICT NOTES AND MY WORLD TODAY - March 7, 2013 ... World War II and disappeared for eighteen months . His mother was a schoolteacher. In a comment that is at once personally revealing and a mark of humility and self-knowledge, Ravasi suggests that his father's absence at a crucial stage in his life may be one of the factors that drew him to a search for permanence and security in God the Father and religion. At the university , he decided to head for the priesthood rather than teach classical languages, and since then his career has combined ...http://thebenedictnotes.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-italian-intellectual-gianfranco_7.html
Get to Know Your Papabile: Gianfranco Ravasi GONE WALKABOUT - March 5, 2013 Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (Italian 70). President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Asked by Pope Benedict to lead his Lenten retreat this year, which occurred last week. Benedict afterwards called the talks "brilliant"; others in attendance also commented on Ravasi's prodigious intellectual ability. John Allen in NCR notes that in December 2010, he offered an impromptu welcome for a lecture at the Vatican by a Cambridge cosmologist. In the course of fifteen ...http://jimmcdermott.blogspot.com/2013/03/get-to-know-your-papabile-gianfranco.html
Dom Guéranger: A Prophet TEA AT TRIANON - March 1, 2013 I love Dom Guéranger's fifteen volume masterpiece, The Liturgical Year . Father Mark quotes the following prophetic words of the holy abbot : One must study that people's degree of fidelity to the laws of the Church. If its public law is based on the principles and institutions of Christianity, a nation may carry some germs of sickness, but its temperament will be robust. Revolutions make shake it, but will not bring about its dissolution. If the greater number of ...http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/03/dom-gueranger-prophet.html
Culling, Cultural Consumption & The Myth of Eternal Boredom FRESHLY PRESSED: EDITORS' PICKS - March 1, 2013 I just happened upon "The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going to Miss Almost Everything" by Linda Holmes. It struck me as Lenten in tone, in the sense of learning to choose one good thing over another and learning to live in the balance of healthy grief and letting go. It also fits with what I try to articulate in my book about approaching cultural goods and literacy as a Christian. I'll pull in some significant quotes, but it's worth reading here in ...http://homespunresources.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/culling-cultural-consumption-and-the-myth-of-eternal-boredom/
Saintly Wisdom SO MUCH TO SAY, SO LITTLE TIME - February 27, 2013 Darkness (Photo credit: Roberto F.) For your Lenten Wednesday: a couple of Thomas Merton quotes from The Seven Storey Mountai n that have really resonated with me recently: Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity. And my father was in a fight with this tumor, and none of us understood the battle. We thought he was ...http://kathleenbasi.com/2013/02/27/saintly-wisdom/
Classic Lenten Reads CATHOLICMOM.COM - February 22, 2013 ... because they seemed to be a given.) I'm sure, though, that given the time constraints I was under when I wrote this that there are at least 5 more books that I could find on my own bookshelves. So go ahead, add away in the comments! Be sure to check out our Book Notes archive . Copyright 2013, Sarah ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/E7O_SLSpm8k/
First Sunday of Lent – We Called on the Lord GODZDOGZ - February 17, 2013 ... bread in the desert would be a refusal to live according to God's providence, of which the Psalmist sings: 'The eyes of all creatures look to you, O Lord, and you give them their food in due season.' (Ps. 144:15) Sometimes we feast, sometimes we must fast; but always we must live by the word of the Lord. The second temptation, to grasp power, is similarly corrupting: no Faustian bargain could ever satisfy our deepest needs, because power is empty without love. Without a true relationship to ...http://godzdogz.op.org/2013/02/first-sunday-of-lent-we-called-on-lord.html
Raising the Bar for Lent CATHOLICMOM.COM - February 15, 2013 ... Initiation of Adults), they had been married 17 years. "I wish I had spent the first fifteen years of that initiation process praying more fervently for my husband, just as he was, than judging myself and not truly appreciating the depth of his quiet, unassuming spirituality." Lisa also shares the pain and feeling of failure when one of her sons kept getting his name on the board for talking in class. But along the way, Lisa learned that it's not about perfection, it's about reaching for God ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/VIKX9L4wy4Q/
New Books for Lent CATHOLICMOM.COM - February 14, 2013 ... maybe my Lenten reading isn't as set as I thought … Note: except as noted links are affiliate links and benefit the work we do here at CatholicMom.com. Thanks for your support! Totally Catholic! A Catechism for Kids and Their Parents and Teachers , by Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND (Pauline Books & Media, 2013) *not an affiliate link Containing extensive information on what Catholics believe and how they live as members within the community of believers, this manual not ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/YcDFXIyTjKw/
Lent Calendar 2013 – Xt3 CATHOLIC HOMESCHOOL AUSTRALIA - February 13, 2013 The Xt3 Lent Calendar is a Catholic resource suited for youth groups, parishes, schools, or for one's personal Lenten journey. Each day you will be provided with a new feature, including the daily mass readings, scripture quotes, and a small act of penance that you may chose to add to your Lenten commitments. In addition, [...]http://catholichomeschoolaustralia.com/2013/02/13/lent-calendar-2013-xt3/
Online Lenten Retreats Gather Seekers for Contemplation CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 13, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/online-lenten-retreats-gather-seekers.html
The Biblical Basis of Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving QUIET, DIGNITY, AND GRACE - February 13, 2013 ... these practices aren't supposed to be limited to merely the Lenten season. They ought to be regular, year-round practices. Lent is merely a time to redouble our efforts in the spiritual life, and these practices offer a very salutary way to enter more deeply into this holy season of preparation for the joy of Easter. A Biblical Jigsaw Puzzle I once tried to teach this lesson to a group of high school students a couple of years ago. Two of my students, who were actually ...http://lukearredondo.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-biblical-basis-of-prayer-fasting.html
Our Lenten Journey A CATHOLIC MOM IN HAWAII - February 12, 2013 ... "...When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.." St. Paul's Letter to the Corinthians 13-8. The sacrifices we make for Lent must come from the heart. Lent is a time of cleansing or purification of heart, mind and soul. We will filled with numerous graces from God and we will grow closer to Him if we deny ourselves more than we usually do during these forty days.. We will accompany our Blessed Lord, ...http://hicatholicmom.blogspot.com/2013/02/our-lenten-journey.html
Fat and Happy on Fat Tuesday ARE WE THERE YET? - February 11, 2013 ... festival has been an excuse for debauchery for hundreds of years. We all know how in New Orleans and Rio deJanero and other places in the Latin world especially, the day before Ash Wednesday has become a free-for-all, an excuse to flout the Commandments -- and good common sense.... Shame on them! It's especially irritating when people who don't even sacrifice for Lent have the nerve to celebrate during Shrovetide! They're missing the whole point. Montgomery Clift in I Confess -- Great movie! ...http://arewethereyet-davisfarmmom.blogspot.com/2011/03/fat-and-happy-on-fat-tuesday.html
Lent & Easter: Wisdom From G.K. Chesterton --- A Review HEART OF A MOTHER - January 31, 2013 ... quotes, incredibly deep by themselves, lead to even deeper meditations by the addition of Scripture and prayer. For example, we read how God created "a play he had planned as perfect but which...left to human actors...made a great mess of it," from Chesterton's Orthodoxy , identifying the reality of free will. Yet 1 Corinthians 15:22 reminds us "all will be made alive in Christ." Then, in prayer, we are reminded that God "sent [His] son to...do what no human could," to cover ...http://heartofamother.blogspot.com/2013/01/lent-easter-wisdom-from-gk-chesterton.html
