by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“The presence of Catholic schools is especially needed in some of the poorest areas of the country. By providing a quality education, the church helps young people in poor communities to realize their potential.”
… Jesus said to him,
“‘… Everything is possible to one who has faith.”
… Jesus … rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it,
‘Mute and deaf spirit, I command you:
come out of him and never enter him again!’
… He said to them, ‘This kind can only come out through prayer.'”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Feb. 20, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston [Click here for Mass Readings]
“War begins in a person’s heart, for this reason we are all responsible for caring for peace. This was #PopeFrancis’ message during his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.”
“Courage prayer, and humility: these are the traits that distinguish the great ‘heralds’ who have helped the Church to grow in the world, who have contributed to its missionary character. …”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 19, 2017, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Americans tend to reduce #Jesus’ preaching in the #Gospels to a series of thin moral maxims. Be nice and super kind. The risk of many readings of the Sermon on the Mount is that they encourage this kind of reduction, emphasizing the primacy of our behavior above #God’s activity. But this reduction is to misread Jesus’ remarkable teaching: We love one another because God first loved us.”
“Archbishop Charles Chaput and three other U.S. Catholic bishops urged support for an executive order on religious freedom from President Donald Trump in a statement they issued Feb. 16.”
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 19, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin [Click here for Mass Readings]
“The House voted Thursday to allow states to choose not to fund #PlannedParenthood and other #abortion providers with federal dollars, repealing an #Obama administration rule from December. …”