Month: April 2017

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The First Apology; [The first historical testimony of Christian baptism, in Rome in the middle of the second century]” – Saint Justin, Martyr/ DailyGospel

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“I will also relate the manner in which we dedicate ourselves to #God when we have been made new through #Christ … Those who believe that what we teach and say is true, and who undertake to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and entreat God with fasting for the remission of their past sins, we also praying and fasting with them. Then they are brought by us to where there is water and are regenerated in the same manner in which we ourselves were regenerated. In the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they are then washed with water. For Christ said, ‘Unless you be born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ ….”

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VIDEO: Catholic TV Mass: Monday of the Second Week of Easter 4.24.17 – Our Lady of Loretto Abbey (Toronto)

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Catholic TV Mass for Monday of the Second Week of Easter, April 24, 2017, from Our Lady of Loretto Abbey in Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Monday of the Second Week of Easter 4.24.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… Jesus answered … ‘Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.’
… ‘Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and Spirit
he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. …”

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CATHOLIC PRAYER & MUSIC VIDEO: Divine Mercy Chaplet in Song

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The Divine Mercy Chaplet in song, produced by Trish Short, and featuring scenes from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. More details follow below the video.

The primary prayers of the Divine Mercy Chaplet include:

Opening Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, The Apostles Creed …

Utilizing a Rosary, on each large bead starting a decade:
“Eternal Father, we offer You the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Your dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ … In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.”

On each of the ten small beads within a decade:
“For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion … have Mercy on us, and on the whole world.”

Concluding prayer:
“Holy God, Holy Might One, Holy Immortal One, have Mercy on us, and on the whole world.” (three times)

There are some additional optional prayers, and a closing Sign of the Cross

[provisional posting; please check back for more links and details]

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY DECREE: Indulgences attached to devotions in honour of Divine Mercy” – VaticanVa

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“… Duty of honouring Divine Mercy: The faithful with deep spiritual affection are drawn to commemorate the mysteries of divine pardon and to celebrate them devoutly. They clearly understand the supreme benefit, indeed the duty, that the People of God have to praise Divine Mercy with special prayers and, at the same time, they realize that by gratefully performing the works required and satisfying the necessary conditions, they can obtain spiritual benefits that derive from the Treasury of the Church. “The paschal mystery is the culmination of this revealing and effecting of mercy, which is able to justify man, to restore justice in the sense of that salvific order which God willed from the beginning in man, and through man, in the world” (Encyclical Letter Dives in misericordia, n. 7). …”

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VIDEO: Catholic TV Mass: Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday 4.23.17 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)

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Catholic TV Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “From Fear to Faith – A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter”

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“… Some people want Jesus without the Church. No can do. Jesus is found in His Church, among those who have gathered. There is surely joy to be found in a personal relationship with Jesus, but the Lord also announced a special presence whenever two or three are gathered in His name. It is essential for us to discover how Mass attendance is essential for us if we want to experience the healing and blessing of the Lord. This Gospel has a lot to say to us about the need for us to gather together to find the Lord’s blessing in the community of the Church, in His Word, and in the Sacraments. Let’s look at today’s Gospel in five stages. …”

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VIDEO: Catholic TV Mass: Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday 4.23.17 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)

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Catholic TV Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 23, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “DIVES IN MISERICORDIA” – Divine Mercy Encyclical by Saint John Paul II – VaticanVa

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“It is ‘#God, who is rich in #mercy’ Whom #Jesus #Christ has revealed to us as Father: it is His very Son who, in Himself, has manifested Him and made Him known to us. Memorable in this regard is the moment when Philip, one of the twelve Apostles, turned to Christ and said: ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied’; and Jesus replied: ‘Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me…? He who has seen me has seen the Father.’ These words were spoken during the farewell discourse at the end of the paschal supper, which was followed by the events of those holy days during which confirmation was to be given once and for all of the fact that ‘God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) 4.23.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’
When He had said this, He showed them His Hands and His Side.
The Disciples rejoiced …
… He breathed on them and said to them,
‘Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.’
… a week later … Thomas was with them.
… Jesus said to him, ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen Me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’ …”

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