by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
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“‘… The Sower sows the Word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy. But they have no roots; they last only for a time. … when tribulation or persecution comes because of the Word, they quickly fall away. Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the Word, and it bears no Fruit. But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the Word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.'”
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Catholic televised Mass for the Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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”… If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself,
that house will not be able to stand. * * * … Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.’ For they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.'”
In the aftermath of Catholic high school children being accosted and harassed by adult men at the Lincoln Memorial following the March For Life, the Catholic News Agency has reported that one of the same adult protesters also led a group creating a disturbance and attempting to enter Mass across town at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
“While demonstrators chanted and played ceremonial drums, protesters at a rally led by Nathan Phillips attempted Jan. 19 to enter Washington, DC’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a Saturday evening Mass. The group of demonstrators was stopped by shrine security as it tried to enter the church during a Saturday evening Vigil Mass …. ‘It was really upsetting,’ the guard told CNA. ‘There were about 20 people trying to get in, we had to lock the doors and everything.’ … The guard told CNA the situation was ‘tense.’ …”
“‘Young people today need Catholic education more than ever. In a world where truth, beauty and goodness are considered all but subjective, the Way, Truth and Life offered us in Jesus Christ are our only source of direction, clarity and hope. Furthermore, being rooted in faith does not endanger the academic quality of Catholic schools, but in fact is their very motivation for excellence in all things.'”
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“World Youth Day 2019 Panama”
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