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PENTECOST AT PACHACAMAC MONASTERY We ran an experiment this Pentecost ... MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 20, 2013 ... much for the kids, and they withdrew their application, leaving us with only one firm person in our book. This number grew to three in the next few days, and there it stayed. "What will happen if we only have three retreatants?" asked one of the monks. " We shall go ahead; and it will be so good that more people will come next year," I replied. One of the monks phoned a friend of the monastery. She is a charismatic and was going to go to a charismatic jamboree in another part of Lima. She ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/pentecost-at-pachacamac-monastery-we.html
Love One Another, As I Have Loved You (John 13:34) GOD IS AT WORK IN YOU! - May 19, 2013 "Love lives only by sacrifice." ~ Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus and the Holy Face Don't try to do it on your own! God will help you. (smile) Uncle Jeff, who has passed on to the eternal embrace of our most loving God, was an American serviceman during World War II. He had so many stories to tell, and I sure wish he could tell us more. Uncle Jeff survived the brutal Battle of the Bulge, and was for a time stationed in Germany. One day he and some other soldiers heard about ...http://godisatworkinyou.blogspot.com/2013/05/love-one-another-as-i-have-loved-you.html
The Holy Spirit - Pope Francis DIES IRAE - May 16, 2013 ... life." The Holy Spirit , as Jesus promised, "'guides us to all truth'. He guides us not only to the encounter with Jesus, the fullness of Truth, but He guides us 'within' Truth, that is, makes us to enter into an ever deeper communion with Jesus, giving us knowledge of the things of God. … The Church's tradition affirms that the Spirit of truth acts in our hearts, arousing that 'sense of the faith' (sensus fidei) through which, as Vatican Council II ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dayofwrathdiesirae/~3/9jarmQ40H2g/the-holy-spirit-pope-francis.html
Pope Francis Does Not Administer Communion: New Policy Explained CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 15, 2013 There is one particular element in the Masses celebrated by Pope Francis that raises questions that have so far gone unanswered. At the moment of communion, pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio does not administer it himself, but allows others to give the consecrated host to the faithful. He sits down and waits for the distribution of the sacrament to be completed. The exceptions are very few. At solemn Masses the pope, before sitting down, gives communion to ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/pope-francis-does-not-administer.html
General Audience: The Holy Spirit's Action VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 15, 2013 Vatican City, 15 May 2013 (VIS) – The action that the Holy Spirit carries out, in guiding the Church and within each of us, was the theme chosen by Pope Francis for his catechesis in today's general audience, with Pentecost drawing near. " We are living in an age when we are rather sceptical regarding truth," the Holy Father said to the over 75,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square. "Benedict XVI spoke many times about relativism, that is, ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/general-audience-holy-spirits-action.html
Looking Towards Pentecost - 1: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 15, 2013 my source: The Crossroads Initiative BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT by Father Raniero Cantalamessa o.f.m (Cap) SUMMARY: The Baptism in the Spirit is not a sacrament, but it is related to several sacraments. The Baptism in the Spirit makes real and in a way renews Christian initiation. At the beginning of the Church, Baptism was administered to adults who converted from paganism and who, made on the occasion of Baptism, an act of faith and a free and mature choice. Today it ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/looking-towards-pentecost-1-catholic.html
Losing Latinos-Catholic Church Needs to Address This BROOKLYN BORN BELIEVER - May 14, 2013 ... have to convince people of that and give them prayer experiences and liturgies which help them to "feel"and experience that reality. If any denomination can put people in close relationship with Jesus it should be the Catholic Church with our ancient liturgies and traditions, variety of prayers and devotions that are offered, the sacraments and most especially Holy Communion. So what's wrong and what can be done? I'm convinced, good music is ...http://brooklyn-born-believer.blogspot.com/2013/05/losing-latinos-catholic-church-needs-to.html
Wednesday, 15 May – The Mystery of Faith OXYGEN - May 14, 2013 ... addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: 'Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves will invade you and will have no mercy on the flock. Even from your own ranks there will be men coming forward with a travesty of the truth on their lips to induce the disciples to follow them. ...http://thecatholicwriter.com/oxygen/2013/05/wednesday-15-may/
Pilgrims to Fatima Include Many Devoted Popes MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 10, 2013 ... to pray on Pope Francis' behalf this prayer of consecration, as he has asked them to do. Fatima, located in Portugal, is where three shepherd children had a series of reported apparitions of the Blessed Mother in 1917, beginning on May 13 and ending on Oct. 13 of that year. Our Lady Of Fatima Between May and October 1917, the Blessed Mother appeared six times to three young Portuguese children, who had been brought up in an atmosphere of piety and often would kneel and pray ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/DFK82xvSS94/pilgrims-to-fatima-include-many-devoted.html
WHY POPE FRANCIS DOESN'T GIVE COMMUNION by Sandro Magister MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 10, 2013 ... administer it himself, but allows others to give the consecrated host to the faithful. He sits down and waits for the distribution of the sacrament to be completed. The exceptions are very few. At solemn Masses the pope, before sitting down, gives communion to those assisting him at the altar. And at the Mass last Holy Thursday, at the juvenile detention facility of Casal del Marmo, he wanted to give communion himself to the young detainees ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-pope-francis-doesnt-give-communion.html
Historic Meeting Between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II, Head of Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt VIS NEWS - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE - May 10, 2013 ... theologians, holy monks, and faithful disciples of Christ, who have borne witness to the Gospel from generation to generation, often in situations of great adversity," said Pope Francis on receiving the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt this morning. The pontiff remarked on the memorable meeting that took place, 40 years ago, between the predecessors of both, Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III, which united them "in an embrace of peace and ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/historic-meeting-between-pope-francis.html
: Reflections on Orthodox Monasticism MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 8, 2013 ... degree, which he himself describes as the light of the Holy Spirit illuminating the dark parts of the soul of the other." I'm having a bit of difficulty comprehending this notion of the "light of the Holy Spirit." My novice discernment constantly leads me into making a complacent judgement of excessive abstraction. How is St John of Sinai so inspirationally guided by the inner acknowledgment of the Holy Spirit? Furthermore, I would like to ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/reflections-on-orthodox-monasticism.html
NOVENA in HONOR of OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT BATTLE BEADS BLOG - May 5, 2013 FIRST DAY THE TITLE OF OUR LADY OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine Blessed be the holy and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God! O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of Jesus and our tender Mother, we invoke thee under the title of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, because thou art the Mother of the Savior who lives in ...http://battlebeads.blogspot.com/2013/05/novena-in-honor-of-our-lady-of-blessed.html
First Saturday Devotion for May A CATHOLIC LIFE - May 4, 2013 First Saturdays Devotion On Saturdays, Catholics traditionally have taken part in the "First Saturdays Devotion" which entails going to Mass and receiving Communion for the first Saturday of the month for 5 consecutive months in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This devotion is not to be confused with the First Friday's Devotion , which is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of our ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/myST/~3/zAprbL27jFM/first-saturday-devotion-for-may.html
Sacramental Mushiness WITH A HOPEFUL HEART - May 3, 2013 See these smiles? These are pre-Sacrament smiles getting ready for Jonah's big day on Sunday, his First Holy Communion. How we love our faith and how we love us some sacraments at our house! Since we can't ever get enough of them, we celebrate their beauty and the anniversaries of those special days. Just this week we remembered Jonah's Baptismal Day (May 1st) eight years ago and Lily's First Communion ...http://withahopefulheart.blogspot.com/2013/05/sacramental-mushiness.html
May's First Friday Devotion A CATHOLIC LIFE - May 3, 2013 Today is the First Friday of January. Because today is the first Friday of the Month, many Catholic parishes will have special Masses today for the First Friday Devotion. Beginning on December 27, 1673, through 1675, Our Lord appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque asking her to receive Him in Holy Communion on the first Friday of every month and to meditate on His passion from 11:00 PM to ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/myST/~3/ujdBNZ5yb-g/mays-first-friday-devotion.html
Greek Catholic Archbishop Stefan of Philadelphia Interviewed BYZANTINE, TEXAS - May 3, 2013 ... is the same as that of the larger Catholic Church, but we convey our faith, our spirituality, in a different way. For example, there are differences in the way our liturgy is celebrated and in our liturgical vestments. There are differences in the architectural style of the churches. When our church, the Ukrainian Catholic Church, came back under the Holy Father in 1596, there was a provision in the agreement which stated that the Ukrainian Catholic Church's rites and ...http://byztex.blogspot.com/2013/05/greek-catholic-abp-stefan-of.html
4th Sunday After Easter 28 Apr 2013 Sermon LUX VERA - May 1, 2013 4th Sunday after Easter 28.4.13 Christ within us We are disciples of Jesus Christ. We are supposed to resemble Him in the way we live, the way we think, speak and act. We are immediately conscious that we are not enough like Him as we should be. How can we be like Him? It is not enough that we imitate Him. We should imitate Him certainly, but we will not be able to do that just by our own strength. We need Him to be inside us, in the control room, thinking for us, acting in ...http://luxvera.blogspot.com/2013/05/4th-sunday-after-easter-28-apr-2013.html
QUAERITUR: Eucharistic Fast… AFTER Communion? Wherein Fr. Z Rants. FR. Z'S BLOG (OLIM: WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY?) - April 30, 2013 From a reader: I heard recently that there is a rule that after receiving Holy Communion, a person should not eat for fifteen minutes (I think because that's how long the Body of Christ is in us after Communion). Most of the time, this wouldn't pose an issue because with the prayers after Communion and after Mass it would be longer than ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wdtprs/DhFa/~3/tj9EDOlc8oY/
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B SUNDAY HOMILIES FROM AUSTRALIA - April 29, 2013 ... of us is beautifully expressed in the prayer of commendation at the time of death: Go forth, Christian soul, from this world ... May you live in peace this day, may your home be with God in Zion, with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with Joseph, and all the angels and saints... May you see your Redeemer face to face. How happy will that moment be when our soul's longing is fulfilled and we enter: the state of supreme and definitive happiness, the goal of the deepest longings ...http://homiliesfromaustralia.blogspot.com/2012/09/26th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b.html
