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Changing Hearts on Contraception
March 29, 2012 Yesterday I opened the subject of The Spiritual Malaise Behind Contraception. Sandro Magister called the dichotomy between Church teaching and behavior of observant Catholics proof of...
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Blessing of Church Bells
April 10, 2012 In early March the Latin Mass parish of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne in Kansas City, Kansas had the bell of their new parish church blessed by Bishop Emeritus James Patrick Keleher....
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A Child’s Witness to Jesus’ Love
April 25, 2012 This is a child Margaret Sanger would say should never have been born. What a loss to the world had he never been a part of it! “He always has His arms outstretched to me.” HT Patheos....
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The Pope of Hope , Again
May 7, 2012 In a previous post titled The Pope of Hope, I wrote about how the Holy Father connects well with young people and continually brings the message of life and hope in Christ. Every...
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St. Hildegard von Bingen, O.S.B.
May 16, 2012 Illumination from the Liber Scivias showing Hildegard receiving a vision and dictating to her scribe and secretary On May 10, Pope Benedict XVI extended the liturgical cult of St....
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Archbishop Chaput and the Test of Fire
May 28, 2012 Few bishops in the United States are so articulate regarding our duty as Christians as Archbishop Chaput, O.F.M. CAP. of Philadelphia. I’ve been watching and reading his public addresses...
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Ukrainian Catholic Liturgy – Sounds of Heaven
May 29, 2012 Someday before I die I would like to attend a liturgy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church or another of the Catholic Byzantine Rites, preferably sung in Old Church Slavonic. I find these...
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Service to Truth; Service to Christ
June 5, 2012 Recently I had occasion to take up a book I’ve owned for years but hadn’t finished, The Apocalypse Explained by H.M. Féret, O.P. In his conclusion he wrote things I just have to share...
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Discerning False Messiahs
June 7, 2012 The excellent Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington DC has written a post, Six Principles of Discernment which helps answer the question, “What would God have me do?” We are...
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Taking the Catholic Faith for Granted
June 19, 2012 I have always thought of myself as “born Catholic”, or Catholic from my mother’s womb. I hate the term “cradle Catholic”, although I don’t know why. Maybe because that phrase didn’t...
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The Three-Legged Stool
June 20, 2012 In today’s world with free access to a mix of information (sometimes factual and sometimes not) and opinion (private judgment), Catholics can easily be swayed into error and moral...
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Sts. Peter and Paul and the Fortnight for Freedom
June 29, 2012 Today we celebrate the two great apostle-martyrs of the Church, killed on the same day at Rome in A.D. 65. For much of the Church, it is a holy day of obligation, but not in the United...
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Interpreting the Medal of St. Benedict
July 16, 2012 Last week I wrote about the blessing for the medal of St. Benedict, and its use in the Blessing of St. Maurus for the Sick. Today I will explain the rich symbolism on the Jubilee Medal...
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Sabbath Moments
July 21, 2012 Awareness of God Thanks to Colleen at Thoughts on Grace for hosting this Saturday meme. All week long I’ve been thinking about and living in the worst drought Missouri has had in...
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Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., RIP
September 4, 2012 Last week Cardinal Martini, formerly Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, passed away. Most Catholics in America probably don’t know who he is or what he stood for unless they were involved...
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Best Images from Pope’s Visit to Lebanon
September 19, 2012 One of the great things about being Catholic is that we are united with the Mystical Body the world over. Rome Reports uploaded this video to YouTube where we can see another face...
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The Satanist Saint
September 26, 2012 Military issue of coin of Diocletian, Wikipedia Today the Church celebrates the more recent martyrs, St. Isaac Jogues and companions. But this day for centuries belonged, and still...
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Pearls of Grace
October 3, 2012 When we are in the greatest danger of giving up hope in our lives, hope for the future of our country, hope for the world, if we open our eyes we can see the loving hand of God at work,...
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Sabbath Moments
September 6, 2012 Awareness of God Welcome to Sabbath Moments, the Saturday meme hosted by Colleen at Thoughts on Grace. Pop over there for more Sabbath Moments. Teaching Teaching Latin and piano to...
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Two New Doctors of the Church
October 8, 2012 To open the Synod on Evangelization yesterday, Pope Benedict formally declared St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard von Bingen Doctors of the Church. The Pope announced at World Youth...
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