Third Sunday of Advent – Dec 16, 2012
First Reading Zephaniah 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the judgment against you he...
View ArticleDec 12, Midday Prayer for Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 661 Proper of Seasons: 231 Psalter: Wednesday, Week II, 862 Midday Prayer for Wednesday in Advent, using Current Psalmody God, come to my...
View ArticleThe empty manger
by Fr. Frank Pavone During Advent, Christians gather around the Manger, as yet empty. “Come, Lord Jesus, do not delay,” the Church’s liturgy prays. Just as the Baby in the Manger represents for us the...
View ArticleIt’s the most wonderful time of the year
Don’t you just love this time of year? When atheists sue cities over Nativity scenes and atheist parents complain to prevent mentions of the Gospel via Charlie Brown. Just something about all this...
View ArticlePope on Twitter: I Bless All of You From My Heart
By Edward Pentin | The Pope has officially begun tweeting from his own Twitter account (@pontifex). At the end of his weekly general audience this morning in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father sent...
View ArticleGod’s Jester and Our Lady of Guadalupe
“If I meet any long-faced saints in Heaven I will cheer them up with a Mexican hat dance!” Blessed Miguel Pro I love Blessed Father Miguel Pro, SJ. He was always ready with a joke and a quip and the...
View ArticleDec 14, Office of Readings – Memorial for John of the Cross, P & D
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 649 Psalter: Friday, Week II, 890 Common of Pastors: 1431 (verse) Proper of Seasons: 242 (first reading) Proper of Saints: 1246 (second reading,...
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Conferences #200: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt4, Card. Burke, Saintly Priests
Conferences #200: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt4, Card. Burke, Saintly Priests Audio Only Cardinal Burke gives the the 4th talk at the Priest's Retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center in...
View ArticleNigel Baker: "The Family is at the Heart of Our Social and Moral Structure"
UK Ambassador to the Holy See Addresses Pontifical Council of the Family
View ArticleDec 16, Office of Readings for Sunday of the 3rd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 649 Proper of Seasons: 258 Psalter: Sunday, Week III, 924 Christian Prayer: Does not contain Office of Readings. Office of Readings for Sunday...
View ArticleDec 17, Office of Readings for Monday of the 3rd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 649 Proper of Seasons: 318 Psalter: Monday, Week III, 941 Christian Prayer: Does not contain Office of Readings. Office of Readings for Monday,...
View ArticleDec 18, Evening Prayer for Tuesday of the 3rd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 667 Proper of Seasons: 315 Psalter: Tuesday, Week III, 970 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 694 Proper of Seasons: 120 Psalter: Tuesday, Week III,...
View ArticleA Heart Of Gold
Theodore "Ted" Lindsay is one remarkable story. Born in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1925, this practicing Catholic (he attends daily Mass in suburban Detroit) was known as "Terrible Ted" during his...
View ArticlePapal preacher focusing on Church’s three big events
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2012 / 05:08 pm (CNA).- Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the Papal Household, is basing his reflections for the Pope and his staff on the Church’s three main events in...
View ArticleThe opening of the president’s heart toward the children
by Susan Michelle Tyrrell As long as I have been working in the pro-life movement, I have been praying for President Obama. Clearly he needs a heart change on the issue of abortion, but what disturbs...
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Conferences #203: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt7, Card. Burke, Sacred Heart
Conferences #203: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt7, Card. Burke, Sacred Heart Ave Maria! Cardinal Burke gives the the 7th talk at the Priest's Retreat at at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center in...
View ArticleO Antiphons – O King of all the Nations – O Rex Gentium
In our reflection on the O Antiphons once again we are reminded of Israel’s longing for an ideal king in the Antiphon: O Rex Gentium: “O King of all the nations, the only joy of every human heart; O...
View ArticleVIDEO: First ever Australia Crossroads pro-life walk begins
by Andrew Smith, LifeSiteNews Australian correspondent The first ever Australian Crossroads pro-life walk has set off after a final mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral in the heart of Brisbane. The...
View ArticleDec 21, Morning Prayer for Friday of the 3rd week of Advent
Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. I: Ordinary: 653 Proper of Seasons: 355 Psalter: Friday, Week III, 1016 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 689 Proper of Seasons: 128 Psalter: Friday, Week III, 906...
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