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Sabbath Moments SUFFERING WITH JOY - May 18, 2013 ... patient when we're working with nature, just as God is patient with us. Pentecost – Veni Sancte Spiritus Tomorrow's Mass has the very beautiful sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus. Except for the Dies Irae in the Requiem Mass, this is my favorite. Being a member of the grade school choir, I had plenty of opportunity to sing them both. Gregorian chant transports the soul when we hear it and even more so when we are able to sing it. I am jealous of the Benedictine monks and all religious who ...http://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/2013/05/18/sabbath-moments-128/
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, ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/pope-francis-does-not-administer.html
Pope Francis: "Let's Ask Ourselves: Are We Open to the Holy Spirit?" DA MIHI ANIMAS - May 15, 2013 ... ask ourselves: are we open to the Holy Spirit, do I pray to him to enlighten me, to make me more sensitive to the things of God? And this is a prayer we need to pray every day, every day: Holy Spirit may my heart be open to the Word of God, may my heart be open to good, may my heart be open to the beauty of God, every day. But I would like to ask a question to all of you: How many of you pray every day to the Holy Spirit? Eh, a few of you I bet, eh! Well, a few, few, a few, ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/05/pope-francis-lets-ask-ourselves-are-we.html
"Let's Ask Ourselves: Are We Open to the Holy Spirit?" WHISPERS IN THE LOGGIA - May 15, 2013 ... Dogmatic Constitution. Lumen gentium, 12). Let's ask ourselves: are we open to the Holy Spirit, do I pray to him to enlighten me, to make me more sensitive to the things of God? And this is a prayer we need to pray every day, every day: Holy Spirit may my heart be open to the Word of God, may my heart be open to good, may my heart be open to the beauty of God, every day. But I would like to ask a question to all of you: How many of you pray every day to the Holy Spirit? Eh, a ...http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2013/05/lets-ask-ourselves-are-we-open-to-holy.html
Our Lady's Requests at Fatima CATHOLICSEEKING - May 13, 2013 ... again stressed the importance of the daily recitation of the Rosary. In the final apparition in October, Our Lady identified herself as the Lady of the Rosary, again urging its daily recitation. Why did she repeatedly insist on the praying of the Rosary? First of all, we should note that praying this devotion is much more than the automatic repetition of words (the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be); it is primarily a mental prayer. This is why one of the 20 ...http://catholicseeking.blogspot.com/2013/05/our-ladys-requests-at-fatima.html
1st Sunday of Advent - Year A SUNDAY HOMILIES FROM AUSTRALIA - May 13, 2013 ... change is Pope John Paul II. In his Apostolic Letter NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE, at the beginning of the new millennium, he exhorted the whole Church to start afresh from Christ and to begin our 'starting' by contemplating the Face of Christ. What a wonderful task he set us! To contemplate the face of Christ is not just to contemplate the physical details of his face, his external appearance, his looks as they are suggested to us from images such as the Shroud of Turin or the Veil of Veronica. Nor ...http://homiliesfromaustralia.blogspot.com/2013/04/1st-sunday-of-advent-year-a.html
Mary TV Daily Reflection 5/11/2013 MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 11, 2013 ... will show themselves to us in astounding ways. In order to pray to the Holy Spirit today, let's pray the Litany to the Holy Spirit, spending time with each title of the Third Person of the Trinity. Litany of the Holy Spirit (For private use only) Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Father all-powerful, have mercy on us. Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us. Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/q0QmKIspc4I/mary-tv-daily-reflection-5112013.html
WHY POPE FRANCIS DOESN'T GIVE COMMUNION by Sandro Magister MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - May 10, 2013 Because, he says, unrepentant public sinners could slip in among the faithful, and he does not want to back up their hypocrisy. The case of Catholic politicians who support abortion. my source: Sandro Magister ROME, May 9, 2013 – There is one particular 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 ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-pope-francis-doesnt-give-communion.html
Popes of Rome and Alexandria Meet: Francis and Tawadros COMMUNIO - May 10, 2013 ... Christian Church in the Middle East. The first meeting between the two churches happened 40 years ago to the day with the Servant of God Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III; at that meeting a Christological agreement was signed and a hope expressed to find a path to unity. Tawadros is on his first pilgrimage outside of Egypt since becoming the head of the Coptic Church in November. He is in Italy for 5 days. Pope Tawadros proposed that 10 May each year should ...http://communio.stblogs.org/2013/05/popes-of-rome-and-alexandria-m.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 ... 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 fraternity, after centuries of mutual distance." The ...http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2013/05/historic-meeting-between-pope-francis.html
Pope Francis Welcomes Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros NEWS.VA - May 10, 2013 ... due to hold talks with Vatican and Italian officials, as well as celebrating together with the various Coptic communities here in Italy. Friday's meeting between the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox popes comes 40 years to the day after the first historic encounter between Pope Paul VI and Tawadros' predecessor, Shenouda III, who signed a joint statement pledging the two Churches to the search for reconciliation and unity. In his speech to Pope Francis, Tawadros proposed that ...http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-welcomes-egypts-coptic-orthodox-pope
Keeping Your Faith When Someone Is Wrong on the Internet REAL CATHOLIC LOVE AND SEX: MORE THAN JUST MISSIONARY - May 9, 2013 ... sacraments, find good priests to help you, and get to know your neighbors, you'll be in far better spiritual shape than following internet theological debates. - ...http://realcatholicloveandsex.blogspot.com/2013/05/keeping-your-faith-when-someone-is.html
Catechism for the Year of Faith FAITH AND REASON - May 9, 2013 ... men, to build up the Body of Christ and, finally, to give worship to God. Because they are signs they also instruct. They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects they also nourish, strengthen, and express it. That is why they are called 'sacraments of faith.'" 1127 Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the grace that they signify. They are efficacious because in them Christ himself is at work: it is he who baptizes, he who acts in his sacraments in order to ...http://faithandreasonblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/catechism-for-year-of-faith.html
Two Ascensions MAKING ALL THINGS NEW - May 9, 2013 ... one was witnessed by nobody. The second was witnessed by the apostles. Now the first one, which we could perhaps call his theological or spiritual Ascension, happened shortly after He rose from the dead. If you remember when He met Mary Magdalene outside the tomb, He said to her, "Don't touch me, because I am not yet ascended to my Father." Then a week later He said to Thomas, "Touch me." So, by then He had already ascended to his Father. This is something that is invisible to ...http://wordincarnate.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/two-ascensions/
Cardinal Bergoglio on the Liturgy CATHOLIC AND LOVING IT! - May 8, 2013 ... social events, they lose force. A good example is the celebration of marriage, which in some cases might lead someone to ask what is religious about that ceremony, because the minister preaches values, but many people are tuned in to a different frequency. They get married because they want God's blessing, but that desire seems hidden and does not become visible. In some churches - and I do not know how to cure it, honestly - in the weddings there seems to be a ferocious competition between ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lovingit/~3/Ld1jzqnwrRo/cardinal-bergoglio-on-the-liturgy.html
LCWR Head to Global Sisters: 'Serious Misunderstandings' With Vatican CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 8, 2013 ... about the formation program of individual congregations." "LCWR has no authority over the formation programs of an individual congregation," she said. "That is their responsibility." "We are a leadership development organization, a networking organization," she continued. "Our goal is not set up as an organization to teach church teaching." Deacon said LCWR particularly noted that the Vatican mandate for her group's reform asked it to "give a place of priority" to celebration of the Eucharist ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/lcwr-head-to-global-sisters-serious.html
May 7, 2013: Saint Rosa Venerini A YEAR OF PRAYER: 365 ROSARIES - May 7, 2013 On May 7, we celebrate a recently canonized saint, Saint Rosa Venerini (1656-1728), who Pope Benedict XVI referred to as an "example of a faithful disciple of Christ, ready to give up all in order to do the will of God." Saint Rosa is a model of obedience and service, dedicating her life to the education, care, and Christian formation of young women in service of Our Lord. Rosa was born in Viterbo, Italy, the daughter of a talented and prestigious doctor. At age seven, ...http://365rosaries.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-7-2013-saint-rosa-venerini.html
Revival of the Catholic Church in the West CONTEMPLATIVE CHARISMATIC - May 7, 2013 ... reign, travelling widely and he was popular among the young. He also significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church , and the Anglican Communion and it was in his time that the faithful were told what they needed to do to evangelise and that we had to start 'afresh from Christ'. His successor Pope Benedict XVI explained how to evangelise – there needed to be a return to traditional Christian values ...http://christopherjmoorewriter.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/revival-of-the-catholic-church-in-the-west/
Oremus Pro Pontifice Nostro Francisco SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - May 6, 2013 ... Pope Francis has, in the last couple of weeks, called for Bishops to deny Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians , has publicly rebuked a Cardinal who retired under serious allegations, advising him to leave the country wherein he was involved in scandal, has expressed the shock of the world at the inhuman working conditions suffered by the workers in the building collapse in Bangladesh , and has maintained the official stance of his predecessor regarding the wayward ...http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2013/05/oremus-pro-pontifice-nostro-francisco.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 the Eucharist, and because it was from ...http://battlebeads.blogspot.com/2013/05/novena-in-honor-of-our-lady-of-blessed.html
