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PENTECOST AT PACHACAMAC MONASTERY We ran an experiment this Pentecost ... MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 20, 2013 ... could sleep on the available beds. However, this offer fell through. When they heard that we specialise with only silent retreats, they realised that this would be too 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 ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/pentecost-at-pachacamac-monastery-we.html
Praying — Not Saying — Our Prayers CATHOLICMOM.COM - May 16, 2013 The language of prayer intimately reflects our hearts. Do we "say" our prayers, or do we pray in intimate communion and conversation with our greatest love? The former is like saying, "I said words to my husband," while the latter compares with, "My husband and I had a wonderful evening together." Prayer, when impersonal, reflects and perpetuates a distant relationship, and taken to its extreme, isn't prayer at all, but only a string of ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/30Y3xJ_ZrEo/
New Vatican Religious Leader to US Sisters: 'Keep Hope' CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 13, 2013 ... never lose hope" about their role in the church, the new second-in-command of the Vatican office that oversees them said Tuesday. The difficulties of the moment, said Franciscan Fr. Jose Rodriguez Carballo, the new secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Religious, "can never take us to despair." "In the moment of least hope, the sun could shine -- and I can see it," Rodriguez said. "I invite [the sisters] to prayer, discernment and dialogue -- communion. ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-vatican-religious-leader-to-us.html
The Cure of Mass Attendance Decline SKY VIEW - May 11, 2013 ... desks. The emphasis is more on the office than it is on the mission field. However, during times of adversity, church leaders are more likely to be out there, in the mission fields, as shepherds with the people. And as for the laity, when talking about the Sacrament of Confirmation in a different address, Bishop Sheen reminded his listeners of the following: "The laity will have to come to a comprehension that our blessed Lord was not crucified in a cathedral between two ...http://catholic-skyview-tremblay.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-cure-of-mass-attendance-decline.html
Cardinal Says Dialogue Was Missing From Vatican's Look at LCWR CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 10, 2013 ... Christians over what was required of pagans who wanted to join the church. The matter was resolved through a dialogue in a spirit of prayer and an invocation of the Holy Spirit, he said. "This is what we always must do in the church; we must constantly discern in order to move forward," he said. It is essential "to have this constant dialogue about our lives as consecrated men and women and as people who live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus." In the video interview later, he ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/cardinal-says-dialogue-was-missing-from.html
3 Popes at the Vatican Today (Benedict, Francis, & Tawadros) BYZANTINE, TEXAS - May 10, 2013 ... is believed to have been brought to Egypt by the evangelist Mark in the first century. Tawadros invited Francis to visit Egypt, but he would need a parallel invitation from the Egyptian government to made such a trip. And also... VATICAN CITY ( Washington Post ) — Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches. Pope Francis welcomed the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church ...http://byztex.blogspot.com/2013/05/3-popes-at-vatican-today-benedict.html
Morning Roundup - Vigil of the Ascension - Missa 'Vocem Iucunditatis or Rogation Mass - Missa 'Exaudívit' - May 8th TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - May 8, 2013 ... > ;> ; Unlearning the Errors of Our Secular Age (James Kalb) HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) > ;> ; Laptops in the Msgr Edward Arsenault case HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) > ;> ; Father Gordon J MacRae: Mother's Day Prison Promises (Talk about *Yikes!*) LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) > ;> ; Head of St. Luke's Banished Amid Sexual and Financial Scandals Meeting Christ in the Liturgy > ;> ; " ... you unknowingly worship ... " Musings of ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/05/morning-roundup-vigil-of-ascension.html
Pope John Paul II Affirms the Charismatic Renewal IN GOD'S COMPANY 2 - May 8, 2013 ... Her to Renew the Church Audience with Cardinal Suenens and the Council Members of the International Charismatic Renewal Office. This quote is from the special hour and a half audience with the Pope in Vatican City on December 11, 1979: This is my first meeting with you, Catholic charismatics . . . I have always belonged to this renewal in the Holy Spirit. . . . I am convinced that this movement is a sign of his action. The world is much in need of this action ...http://ingodscompany2.blogspot.com/2013/05/pope-john-paul-ii-affirms-charismatic.html
Former OFM General Minister to US Sisters: 'Keep Hope' NCR Online A FRIAR'S LIFE - May 8, 2013 ... umbrella group, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which represents about 80 percent of some 57,000 U.S. sisters. Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the head of Rodriguez's new Vatican office, told the approximately 800 sisters gathered for the international meeting Sunday that the doctrinal congregation never consulted him on its investigation of LCWR and said the lack of communication caused him "much pain." In his interview Tuesday, ...http://afriarslife.blogspot.com/2013/05/former-ofm-general-minister-to-us.html
Vatican Official Says Curia Reform Needs Time, Dismisses Bank Rumors CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 4, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/vatican-official-says-curia-reform.html
The Moynihan Report: Letter #66: Benedict Returns to Vatican MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 2, 2013 May 2, 2013, Thursday -- "Above all in prayer" Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, 86, has returned to Vatican City two months after renouncing the papacy on February 28. So, for the first time in history, two Popes will be living at the same time in the Vatican, one (Benedict) retired, the other (Francis) elected on March 13. Benedict "is happy to return to the Vatican" and he will now dedicate himself "to the service of the Church above all in prayer," the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/T_TpsSLZKtQ/the-moynihan-report-letter-66-benedict.html
Morning Roundup - St. Catharine of Siena, Virgin - S. Catharina Senensis Virgine - Missa 'Dilexisti' - April 30th, 2013 TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - April 30, 2013 http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/04/morning-roundup-st-catharine-of-siena.html
It Opened CROOKED LINES - April 25, 2013 ... her (and so have the first 3 days of this week). Monday she was out (interviewing our replacements at a job fair). Monday, after speaking to my sister-in-law the night before, I had posted the St. Michael prayer as my Facebook status. St. Michael and I are pretty good friends - he has gotten me through some tough times before. On Tuesday, I woke up like any other day. I went to Mass at the church near my school. The first reading caught my ...http://crooked-lines.blogspot.com/2013/04/it-opened.html
Morning Roundup - Sts. Soter and Caius, Popes & Martyrs - SS. Soteris Et Caji Paparum Et Martyrum - Missa 'Si Diligi TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - April 22, 2013 ... Movsesian) Insight Scoop The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) > ;> ; Christianity and Islam: Cooperation or Conflict? JIMMY AKIN.ORG > ;> ; What year was Jesus born? The answer may surprise you Meeting Christ in the Liturgy > ;> ; " ... the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God" New Liturgical Movement > ;> ; Liturgical Guidelines for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham Orbis Catholicus Secundus (John Sonnen) > ;> ; What It's All About ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/04/morning-roundup-sts-soter-and-caius.html
A 17th Century Prayer for Today LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW - April 18, 2013 ... live in a world where the treadmill pace increases daily and where the hubbub of humanity drowns out the opportunity, for many, to speak at length to Our Lord. This is a prayer that you can say as you board your train or take your seat at the office team meeting. In particular, I like the final line that is often not included in what has become known as 'Astley's Prayer' - "March on boys!" A brief history of Lord Astley may be ...http://linenonthehedgerow.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-17th-century-prayer-for-today.html
Morning Roundup - Feria of Paschaltide - Feria Tertia Infra Hebdomadam II Post Octavam Paschae - Missa 'Misericordia Dom TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - April 16, 2013 ... Republicans Abandon Pro-Lifers? (George J. Marlin) The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) > ;> ; "Inhale as a believer, exhale as an atheist" VIS news - Holy See Press Office > ;> ; POPE EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRIEF FOR ATTACK IN BOSTON What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) > ;> ; Boston's Wake What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) > ;> ; Happy Birthday Benedict XVI! Whispers in the Loggia > ;> ; "In the Darkness of This ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/04/morning-roundup-feria-of-paschaltide_16.html
Divine Office Factoid #5 - The Perenniel Psalm Prayer Question COFFEE AND CANTICLES - April 16, 2013 ... your breviary. They are meant to be aids to understanding the preceding psalm. Many of the psalm prayers are based on traditional, even ancient prayers that have been used liturgically or devotionally over the course of the Church's history. Other psalm prayers bear the stamp of more modern composition. Beginners often find them very helpful in explaining how the Church interprets or uses a particular theme or image from the psalm. Psalm prayers often point out the christological meaning of a ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoffeeAndCanticles-TheDivineOfficeInYourLife/~3/ahi15V6mLX4/divine-office-factoid-5-perenniel-psalm.html
Divine Mercy- Part I THIS CROSS I EMBRACE - April 9, 2013 Our meeting with the adoption lawyer was scheduled for last Friday. Adoption . The word alone brings up all of the memories of all of the previous times in our marriage we tried to grow our family this way, and all of the emotions surrounding it, both good and bad . Lent and Holy Week were tough. By the time Easter arrived, we were so overjoyed to be out of the darkness, we didn't even realize our meeting was less than a week away. And the week went ...http://thiscrossiembrace.blogspot.com/2013/04/divine-mercy-part-i.html
Bishops Offer Prayers After Death of Britain's Margaret Thatcher CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 8, 2013 ... bring hope pledging to bring harmony were there was discord." While in office, Thatcher strove to "roll back the frontiers of the state" by privatizing state-owned sectors of British industry and by giving people in social housing the right buy their homes from local authorities. She reduced the powers of the trades unions, lowered taxes and introduced monetary policies to lower inflation. But deindustrialization of the 1980s also saw rising unemployment and rioting in major ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/bishops-offer-prayers-after-death-of.html
Pope Francis Prays at John Paul II's Tomb on Anniversary CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 6, 2013 Pope Francis spent a "long time" kneeling in silent prayer before the tomb of Blessed John Paul II on April 2, the eighth anniversary of his death. The visit "this evening in the Vatican basilica expresses the deep, spiritual continuity of the Petrine ministry shared by the Popes. "It is precisely this Petrine ministry that Pope Francis so deeply feels and shares, and which he has also shown in his meeting with and repeated telephone calls ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-prays-at-john-paul-iis.html
