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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 words choking any real encounter with ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/30Y3xJ_ZrEo/
Why Are You Standing There Looking at the Sky? DOMINE, DA MIHI HANC AQUAM! - May 12, 2013 ... with him. He is here with us by his divinity, his power and love. We cannot be in heaven, as he is on earth, by divinity, but in him, we can be there by love." How? Why was the Son made flesh? Why did he become sin for us? Why did he suffer and die? To make good theatre? To fulfill some mythical Jewish prophecy? Entertainment for a cruel god? How can we down here be up there with Christ in love? Who have you been? Who are you becoming? And who will you be at last? Let's remember where we are ...http://hancaquam.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-are-you-standing-there-looking-at.html
DIY Mass and Liturgical Abuse in the Old Rite THE MUNIMENT ROOM - April 28, 2013 ... a notable extent (especially prayers not found in the Missal), would be a grave violation of liturgical law. To add the Gloria (on days when it should be omitted), or Collects not allowed by the rubrics, or ejaculatory prayers would not, ordinarily, be grave. In general, private (vocal) prayers may not be introduced into the rite of Mass, except where the rubrics provide for it, e.g., at each Memento after the reception of the Sacred Host. ...http://ttonys-blog.blogspot.com/2013/04/diy-mass-and-liturgical-abuse-in-old.html
Sabbath Moments SUFFERING WITH JOY - April 27, 2013 ... and ever shall be. Everyone died confessing Christ. For me, it is like having an army of victorious soldiers behind, before, and all around me who beat the devil all to hell, and I know through Christ that I can do it too. They root for me and you in voices a lot louder than Satan's useful idiots. We just have to open our ears to hear them. The martyrology isn't simply a list of names. It mentions the awful ways these soldiers of Christ were killed. It mentions other interesting things where ...http://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/2013/04/27/sabbath-moments-125/
Wrestling Out What I Want NARU HODO - April 21, 2013 ... And what I'm muddling through today seems an obvious sort of down-pulling too. See, I couldn't help but think that I can't ask the Lord for anything any more, at least not for me, because I only seem to want impossible things. Just give up. Stop praying. Listen to people who tell me it is all hopeless. Focus on all the sin, the problems, the never-ending weakness/mistake/imperfection muck that we all live in and around. Seems the only thing I could think of that would make me happy is being in ...http://lift-up-your-hearts.blogspot.com/2013/04/wrestling-out-what-i-want.html
Pope Ordains 10 New Priests, "Build the House of God, Which Is the Church, With Word and Deed" CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 21, 2013 ... with the Father, and this is eternal life. Jesus wants to establish a relationship with his friends that is a reflection of His relationship with the Father, a relationship of mutual belonging in full trust, in intimate communion. To express this deep understanding, this relationship of friendship Jesus uses the image of the shepherd with his sheep: he calls them, and they know his voice, they respond to his call and follow him. How beautiful this parable is! The mystery of ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-ordains-10-new-priests-build-house.html
What Is a Vocation? MOUNT CARMEL - April 9, 2013 ... prophet. The story of any religious vocation is always a personal one. God calls each of us by name and no two stories are exactly alike. Each person has different life experiences which form our image of God and how we relate to Him. Our personalities are different and they contribute a lot to how we perceive the different realities which form our life stories. If you listen to vocation stories, you will understand what I mean, because the differences are striking. Some are called from a very ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MountCarmel/~3/H6AY55DhgYY/what-is-vocation.html
Easter Sunday PRINTED AS PREACHED - March 31, 2013 ... prayers, our worries, our hopes and even our fears. This is where our souls can be fed, not with food for thought, but with food from heaven. Here is where saints and sinners sit on the same bench. And even though any one of us might have a thousand reasons not to be here, it only takes one reason to come home. I am not going to preach at length on what the day of Easter truly means. If you are even a nominal Christian, you know, at least intellectually, that today marks, in a ...http://printedaspreached.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-sunday.html
The Sin-Eater: A Breviary AN FOCAL BEAG AGUS BOG - March 25, 2013 ... Week…or any week. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lynch uses a word I had not ever heard "swithering", a Scots word, he says, which means to be of two minds, in two realities at once. His book and his poems worked away at me as I sat thinking about them: SWITHERING The church of the dead has no roof over head unless the clouds and the stars; no walls but trees, nor windows but the wind, no incense, ...http://peadarban.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/the-sin-eater-a-breviary/
The God Who Strips Himself Naked TEN THOUSAND PLACES - March 16, 2013 ... prophecy, about the Lord Jesus Christ that seems to belong to a condition of lowliness unworthy of God, we must not hesitate to ascribe this conditon to one who did not hesitate to unite himself with us... Our thoughts then must be awakened to keep their vigil of faith. We must realize that the one whom we were contemplating a short time before in his nature as God took to himself the nature of a servant; he was made in the likeness of men and found to be a man like others; he humbled himself ...http://frdenis.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-god-who-strips-himself-naked.html
A Faith-Finding App Like No Other CATHOLICMOM.COM - March 6, 2013 ... belonging. Each ends with "Find it in your Catholic faith." To quote a popular movie, "You had me at hello." The strength of this "Catholic-to-the-max" application is there is just nothing else like it on the market , at least none that I've discovered – and I'm really looking! The abundance of information available to the user to learn about their Catholic faith, and really grow in their faith is astounding! I will try to it justice in this review – but since the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/gANyQU_hDpY/
Belonging, Blessing and God's Extravagance BLUE EYED ENNIS - March 5, 2013 ... is stronger than death and who empowers us to be in the world while already belonging to the kingdom of joy. Henri Nouwen - From Return of the Prodigal Son Eric Bibb I Want Jesus To Walk With Me H e also speaks about his faith. The Place of Blessing Where you are (however unchosen) is the place of blessing. How you are (however broken) is the place of grace. Who you are, in your becoming, is your place in the Kingdom. Margaret Silf Eric Bibb In My Father's House A Purification ...http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/2013/03/belonging-blessing-and-gods-extravagance.html
German Bishops Have Plenty to Talk About CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 25, 2013 ... Trier will be a mixture of uncertainty, diagnosis and prayers. Following Pope Benedict XVI's recent announcement of his resignation at the end of the month, the election of a new leader of the church is high on the agenda. Four of the 66 members of the Bishops' Conference will travel to Rome to elect the new pope: 76 year-old Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Cologne Cardinal Joachim Meisner (79), Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx (59) and Berlin Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (56). They are ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/german-bishops-have-plenty-to-talk-about.html
Reflection on Prayer A JOURNEY OF RENEWAL - February 23, 2013 ... on earth as it is in heaven". God can and does enter our world if we surrender to him. God led me back through his compassion towards my soul, never by condemnation, I had condemned myself. When I encountered Jesus the Christ I found my heavenly Father who had already forgiven me for not having surrendered sooner. I found a loving Father who had been touched by my lamentations, who had cried with me, suffered for me, and loved me anyway. He had heard everyone one of my ...http://carmensdrejourney.blogspot.com/2013/02/reflection-on-prayer.html
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 2/13/13, Ash Wednesday CATHOLICMOM.COM - February 13, 2013 ... acceptable time." In Matthew, Jesus addresses us as disciples (plural) not as individuals. We give to others, we fast with others, we pray with them remembering that Jesus is in our midst when we pray with others. One of our tasks is to help the other feel part of the Lenten season. We are in it together. Let us be open to the call of Joel, David, Paul, and Jesus as we being this new season of Lent. Amen. Copyright 2013 Fr. Bertrand Buby, ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/0PnfiTMN2Tk/
Are You Part of the Great Catholic Migration of the 21st Century? CANTERBURY TALES BY DR. TAYLOR MARSHALL - January 30, 2013 ... to talk about this, but it's the elephant in the living room. There are those cardinals, bishops, priests, religious, and laity who are 100% supportive of the Holy Father and Catholic Tradition and then there is another group that is not 100% supportive. My experience, and the experience of others, confirms that Group B is not sympathetic or helpful to the lay people belonging to Group A even though Group A. I realize that this is a controversial analysis. I'm avoiding the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/taylormarshall/~3/x7pTq0AN4wE/are-you-part-of-great-catholic.html
Remembering Blessed Laura Vicuña DA MIHI ANIMAS - January 22, 2013 ... the 22nd January 1904. Her body lies in the chapel belonging to the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Bahía Blanca. At the centenary of Don Bosco's death, this chosen daughter, who had given her life for the virtue dearest to the Master, was proclaimed Blessed by John Paul II, on the 3rd September ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/01/remembering-blessed-laura-vicuna.html
ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Lahham: The Church Prays for All the Election Candidates, but Does Not Sponsor Anyone FIDES NEWS ENGLISH - January 21, 2013 Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Jordan offers its prayers for all candidates, but says it does not support any one in particular. This is what Archbishop Maroun Laham, Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, summarizes for Fides Agency with regards to the ecclesial's approach before the Jordanian parliamentary elections scheduled for January 23. "The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal," recalls Archbishop Lahham "has ...http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=33091&lan=eng
Some Texts for Unity CATHOLIC COMMENTARY - January 19, 2013 ... attention to the significance of Baptism as a first, and in the view of Pope Benedict when he addressed leaders of other Christian denominations in Cologne in 2005 underestimated, foundation for unity among Christians: Almighty ever-living God, who gather what is scattered and keep together what you have gathered, look kindly on the flock of your Son, that those whom one Baptism has consecrated may be joined together by integrity of faith and united in the bond of charity. Another echoes the ...http://rccommentary2.blogspot.com/2013/01/some-texts-for-unity.html
