Lent NewsPopulation Research Institute 11/19/2009, by Steven W. Mosher 1 1111All the paid propaganda in the world can not hide the fact that birthrates have already fallen to historically low levels throughout the world. ... Saint Augustine on the Ascension Catholic Online 5/21/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier Out of compassion for us he descended from heaven, and although he ascended alone, we also ascend, because we are in him by grace. CHESAPEAKE (Catholic ... Bread on the Trail: Making Room for God Catholic Online 5/3/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier Cleaning out garages is a metaphor for so much more. Cleaning out the house within is an even greater challenge. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - “I ... Reflection: Divine Mercy , 'Doubting' Thomas and Disbelief Catholic Online 4/21/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier I suggest that Thomas the doubter became the Thomas the model believer, an example for each one of us. CHESAPEAKE (Catholic Online) - The Second Sunday of ... Pope: Risen Christ comes to us in the Eucharist Zenit News Agency 4/21/2009 It is in every Eucharistic Celebration that the Church and every one of her members experience his living presence and benefit from the full richness of ...  Catholic Online 4/19/2009, by Pope John Paul II The light of divine mercy, which the Lord in a way wished to return to the world through Sr Faustina’s charism, will illumine the way for the men and ...  Catholic Online 4/13/2009, by Pope Benedict XVI From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra – the resurrection of the Lord ...  Catholic Online 4/11/2009 St. John Chrysostom - whose name means "golden tongue" - was a great preacher from the fourth century. His words have lived on throughout the history of ... St. Maximus of Turin: Christ is Risen! Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by St. Maximus of Turin Christ is risen! His rising brings life to the dead, forgiveness to sinners, and glory to the saints. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - We offer this ... Easter Reflection: The Two at the Tomb Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by Randy Sly What was it like that first Easter morning? For Peter and John the Beloved, this was a day of discovery and a day of delight. WASHNGTON, D.C. (Catholic ... THE EXULTET: The Easter Proclamation Catholic Online 4/11/2009 Father, how wonderful your care for us! How boundless your merciful love! To ransom a slave you gave away your Son.
O happy fault, O necessary sin of ...  Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier Life reigns. Death dies, dealt a fatal blow at the hands of the Warrior of love. Nothing can separate us from that Love incarnated in the Crucified, Risen ...  Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by Randy Sly What would the scene at the tomb of our Lord be like from the vantage point of two angels from heaven? Join Randy Sly in an imaginary narrative about the ...  Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by Randy Sly Holy Saturday seems like a stark barrier between the awesomeness of Good Friday and the Glory of Easter. There is something to be said, however, for ...  Catholic Online 4/11/2009, by Bishop Melito of Sardis Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is ... Via Crucis: Jesus continues to suffer and die today Asia News 4/10/2009 In the meditations of Indian Bishop Menamparampil, the injustice, violence and persecution in society, but also the suffering that afflicts every man. The ... Good Friday: Behold the Wood of the Cross Catholic Online 4/10/2009, by Randy Sly Crosses come in all sizes, shapes and material. Some are jeweled, others are intricately carved. Good Friday brings us back to the reality that it is ...  Catholic Online 4/10/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier I now know a little more deeply why we call it 'Good' Friday - it is good because it reveals the heart of a Good God of boundless merciful love who ...  Catholic Online 4/10/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier This Cross of Our Savior frees us from the power of sin, transforms death into a friend and incorporates us into the communion of Trinitarian love which ...  Asia News 4/10/2009, by Pope Benedict XVI On the eve of my priestly ordination I wanted to receive once more a word from the Lord. 'Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth'. I realized the ... Holy Thursday: Pope Speaks on the Effects of the Eucharist Asia News 4/10/2009 Pope Benedict XVI opens the Easter Triduum with the celebration of the Mass commemorating the Last Supper. VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) - The Eucharistic ... Pope: Easter Triduum 'Fulcrum' of Liturgical Year Zenit News Agency 4/9/2009 Benedict XVI noted that the Easter triduum begins Thursday afternoon with the Mass of the Lord's Supper. VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - Benedict XVI reflected on ... Pope: Experience the Central Events of Redemption Vatican Information Service 4/8/2009 This is the most important week of the year, offering us the chance to immerse ourselves in the central events of Redemption, to relive the Easter ... Holy Thursday: The God who Washes Feet Catholic Online 4/9/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier This God, before whom all the Nations will one day bend the knee, bends His human knee and washes feet. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) – On this Holy ... Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Fix your Gaze on Jesus Zenit News Agency 4/7/2009 In this Holy Week God gives us the grace to relive the event of our salvation: with Jesus, and in Jesus, we pass from death to life. VATICAN CITY (Zenit) ...  Catholic Online 4/7/2009, by Jeri Holladay Whenever we pit ourselves against Church teaching and act as our own Magisterium, we reveal that we are in the grip of deadly pride. WICHITA, Kansas ...  Catholic Online 4/5/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier This week is Holy not only because of what we remember but because of what it can accomplish within each one of us as we give our voluntary “Yes” to ... Benedict XVI's Holy Week Schedule Zenit News Agency 4/1/2009 The Pope will preside at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 11, in St. Peter's Basilica, and at Easter Sunday Mass on April 12 at 10:15 in St. Peter's ... Pope's Preacher: Holy Spirit Speaks Through Conscience Zenit News Agency 3/31/2009 We should tend our ear toward the voice of the prompter that is hidden, so we can faithfully recite our part in the scene of life. VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - ...  Catholic Online 3/31/2009, by Jeri Holladay The Kingdom of God is not a zero-sum game in which we compete for limited love and respect. Each member of the Body of Christ is of infinite and unique ... Annunciation:The mystery of man's reconciliation with God Catholic Online 3/25/2009, by Pope Saint Leo the Great So he who in the nature of God had created man, became in the nature of a servant, man himself.Thus the Son of God enters this lowly world. CHESAPEAKE, ... Indian Bishop on Pope's Request for Way of the Cross Meditations Asia News 3/25/2009, by Nirmala Carvalho The Archbishop of Guwahati was invited personally by the Pope to compose Meditations on the Way of the Cross for this Good Friday. Mumbai (AsiaNews) - "I ... The Truth about Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday Catholic Online 3/25/2009, by Robert R. Allard Though it started out from a revelation that was made by Jesus to Saint Faustina, it is now an official feast in the Catholic Church. WASHINGTON, D.C. ...  Catholic Online 3/25/2009, by Jeri Holladay What drives anger? All the deadly sins work together, and anger, pride and envy form a particularly unholy alliance. WICHITA, Kansas (Catholic Online) ... Papal Preacher: Holy Spirit Empowers Us to Love Zenit News Agency 3/24/2009 This love is the love with which God loves us and by which, at the same time, we are made capable of loving him and our neighbor. VATICAN CITY (Zenit) - ... Entering the Silence of Good Friday The Catholic Herald (UK) 3/20/2009, by Archbishop Patrick Kelly Good Friday worship should reveal the face of God in Christ crucified. LONDON (UK Catholic Herald) - "Did a God
Indeed in dying cross my life that ... Reflection: The Silence of Joseph Catholic Online 3/19/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier The silence of Joseph draws us to our knees in worship of the Word made flesh in whose presence all words of men lose their meaning. CHESAPEAKE, Va. ... Pope Benedict on St. Joseph, the Just Man Catholic Online 3/19/2009, by Pope Benedict XVI His is a silence permeated by contemplation of the mystery of God, in an attitude of total availability to his divine wishes. ROME (Catholic Online) - On ... Cardinal George: Lent 2009, On the fast track The Catholic New World 3/18/2009 It often takes time to overcome the effects of sin. It’s like cleaning up after a hurricane, for sin sweeps away the moral pillars of our life with God. ... A Sign of Hope: Jesus, The Divine Mercy Catholic Online 3/18/2009, by Robert R. Allard The image of Christ is always an icon of the Eucharist, that is, it points to the sacramental presence of the Easter mystery. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic ...  Catholic Online 3/18/2009, by Jeri Holladay A sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in ... Pope: A pilgrim in Africa proclaiming Christ crucified Asia News 3/15/2009 Benedict XVI asks to be accompanied by the prayers of all, and by the help of St. Joseph, his patron saint. VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) - Benedict XVI is ... St. Basil the Great: Boast only of the Lord Catholic Online 3/15/2009, by St. Basil the Great Boasting of God is perfect and complete when we take no pride in our own righteousness but acknowledge that we are utterly lacking in true righteousness ... St. Ambrose: Hold fast to God, the one true good Catholic Online 3/15/2009, by Saint Ambrose, bishop Let us live in Christ, let us ascend in Christ, so that the serpent may not have the power here below to wound us in the heel. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic ...  Catholic Online 3/15/2009, by St. Augustine of Hippo Jesus answered her and said: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” perhaps you might have asked him and he ... 5th Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion Catholic Online 3/13/2009, by Jennifer Hartline Clearly, there’s no getting around it. Following You means dying.It means the death of my own will. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - “When they came ...  Catholic Online 3/11/2009, by Jeri Holladay Our culture worships “success”, often defined in avaricious terms. If gluttony is a socially acceptable sin, greed or avarice seems to be socially ... The Economy – Just in Time for Lent Catholic Online 3/10/2009, by Randy Sly In the midst of all that is happening in our world today, God is reminding us that He is on the throne and we can trust Him with our future. WASHINGTON ... The Transforming Power of the Cross Catholic Online 3/10/2009, by Fr James Farfaglia Carry your cross with generosity. Carry your cross with patience, love, and joy. See in your cross your sanctification, your eternal salvation. CORPUS ... Lent with the Fathers: 'Grace and Truth Came through Jesus' Catholic Online 3/7/2009, by Saint Leo the Great, pope No one should be ashamed of the cross of Christ, through which the world has been redeemed. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - One of only two to be ... St. Aelred: 'Christ, Model of brotherly love' Catholic Online 3/7/2009, by Saint Aelred, abbot If he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always fixed on the ... Lent with the Fathers: 'Be shepherds like the Lord' Catholic Online 3/7/2009, by Saint Asterius of Amasea Let us look more closely at the hidden meaning of this parable. The sheep is more than a sheep, the shepherd more than a shepherd. They are examples ... Lent with the Fathers: 'Circumcision of the Heart' Catholic Online 3/7/2009, by Bishop Aphraates Blessed, then, are those who are circumcised in heart, and have been reborn in water through the second circumcision. CHESAPEAKE (Catholic Online) - ... Moriah, Tabor, Calvary: Darkness Can Be Radiant Zenit News Agency 3/5/2009, by Father Thomas Rosica, CSB We must experience both mountains -- Tabor and Golgotha -- in order to see the glory of God. TORONTO (Zenit) - Moriah. Sinai. Nebo. Carmel. Horeb. Gilboa. ...  Catholic Online 3/4/2009, by Jeri Holladay Gluttony is a disordered appetite -- a relationship with food that is obsessive, either by excess or defect. WICHITA, Kansas (Catholic Online) - We are a ... Pope Benedict XVI Goes On Lenten Retreat Zenit News Agency 3/3/2009 Cardinal Arinze, retired prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, is preaching the retreat on the theme of "The Priest Meets ... Journey Through the Fast: Forgiveness Sunday Catholic Online 3/3/2009, by Fr. Deacon Daniel Dozier The beginning of a series of Lenten reflections from Fr. Deacon Daniel Dozier, a Greek Catholic Deacon in the Ukrainian Catholic Church. SOUTHERN PINES, ... Spending Lent in Christ Catholic Online 3/3/2009, by Father Santhosh Sebastian Cheruvally Lent is a time to listen to the voice of the conscience and to the whispering of the Spirit in the depth of our heart. Lent is a time to be oriented to ... Pope Speaks on the Angels, Sign of God's Presence Vatican Information Service 3/3/2009 'If we were to disregard these beings sent by God we would remove a considerable portion of the Gospel' said Pope Benedict. VATICAN CITY (VIS) - On the ... Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross Catholic Online 3/3/2009, by Jennifer Hartline 'Keep walking,' Jesus says to me. 'I will carry you when you are weak. I will never leave you. I have been to hell and back for you.' CHESAPEAKE, Va. ... After the Ashes: The Cross as the Splint for our Fractured Freedom Catholic Online 3/1/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier After the Ashes, let us apply the Cross as the Splint for our Fractured Freedom and walk as pilgrims through this 40 Days we call Lent. CHESAPEAKE ... The Crowning with Thorns Catholic Online 3/1/2009, by Jennifer Hartline Let this mystery teach us to accept mockery and scorn for being disciples of Jesus. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - 3rd Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning ... The Sorrowful Mysteries: Scourging at the Pillar Catholic Online 2/27/2009, by Jennifer Hartline Every agonizing moment of pain he endured was to secure my peace. His punishment, my freedom.My impurities are not beaten out of me; they were beaten out ... The Sorrowful Mysteries: Agony in the Garden Catholic Online 2/26/2009, by Jennifer Hartline There is so much to be gained from thoughtfully considering, and yes, dwelling on the events leading to Calvary. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - From ... Pope: Lent, a time for conversion and charity Asia News 2/26/2009 Lent should be marked by a more frequent listening to the word of God, "by more intense prayer, by an austere and penitential style of life." VATICAN CITY ... Seven Deadly Sins: Lust Catholic Online 2/25/2009, by Jeri Holladay Lust offers a beguiling counterfeit, a way to have the illusion of “love” without the surrender of real love. WICHITA, Kansas (Catholic Online) - When I ...  Catholic Online 2/24/2009, by Randy Sly During Lend, the Church gives us an opportunity each year to experience hardship, as minimal as it might be, in order to exercise our will and choose ...  Catholic Online 2/24/2009, by Jeri Holladay In the privacy of our own consciences, we admit that shadows lurk within our hearts. Like St. Paul, we lament, “I do not do the good I want, but I do the ...  Catholic Online 2/22/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier Lent is an invitation of God’s grace, which, if we enter into with our entire person, can draw us, especially at its’ closure, into a deeper embrace of ... REFLECTION: Jesus, the 'Yes' of God Catholic Online 2/22/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory. CHESAPEAKE, VA ...  Catholic Online 2/21/2009, by Pope Benedict XVI Fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves. ROME ... Remember You are Dust Catholic Online 2/21/2009, by Pope John Paul II "Memento, homo ... quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris" (cf. Gn 3:19). "Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return." ROME (Catholic ... Getting Ready for Lent Catholic Online 2/21/2009, by Father James Farfaglia Lent provides us an opportunity to open our personal maintenance schedule and take a close look at ourselves as we journey towards eternal life. CORPUS ... The Precious and Life-Giving Cross of Christ Catholic Online 2/21/2009, by Saint Theodore the Studite CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - Throughout our Lenten observance we will be publishing treasures from our 2000 year history. This excerpt entitled ... Fourteen Questions on the Paschal Triduum Catholic Online 1/15/2009 Each year, the Secretariat for Divine Worship receives numerous calls concerning preparations for the celebration of the Paschal Triduum. The following ... Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Catholic Online 1/14/2009 Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy Principles and Guidelines. VATICAN CITY - Lent
124. Lent precedes and prepares for Easter. It is a time to ... Reflections for Living the Fifty days of Easter Catholic Online 3/25/2008, by Randy Sly During the Season of Easter, Catholic Online will be publishing excerpts of the Fathers taken from the Office of Readings. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic ... |
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