CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: World Youth Day in Panama, 2019 – USCCB
“Celebrate World Youth Day as a Digital Pilgrim! …”
Month: January 2019
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1.27.19 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)
Catholic televised Mass for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 27, 2019, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1.27.19 – USCCB/ NABRE
“Jesus returned to Galilee in the Power of the Spirit … He came to Nazareth and went … into the synagogue … [and] stood up to read … a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me … He has Anointed Me to bring Glad Tidings to the poor. … to Proclaim Liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free … to proclaim a Year Acceptable to the Lord. … He said to them, ‘Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.'”
CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “Welcome to Catholic Schools Week 2019!” – NCEA
“Sponsored by NCEA, CSW is an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. Schools typically observe the week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to Church, local communities and the nation. …”
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Thursday 1.24.19 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)
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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “St. Francis de Sales” – CNA
“Jan. 24 marks the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers and Christian unity whose role as a priest and bishop helped bring thousands of Protestants back to the Catholic Church. … St. Frances de Sales conducted spiritual direction both in person and in written correspondence. This inspired his famous work ‘Introduction to the Devout Life.’ … “
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Thursday 1.24.19 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)
Catholic televised Mass for the Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales” – CCEL
COUNSELS AND PRACTICES SUITABLE FOR THE SOUL’S GUIDANCE FROM THE FIRST
ASPIRATION AFTER A DEVOUT LIFE TO THE POINT WHEN IT ATTAINS A CONFIRMED
RESOLUTION TO FOLLOW THE SAME.
I. What True Devotion is . . . 1 II. The Nature and Excellence of
Devotion . . . 5 III. Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and
Profession . . . 8 IV. The Need of a Guide for those Who Would enter
upon and advance in the Devout Life . . . 11 V. The First Step must be
Purifying the Soul . . . 15 VI. The First Purification, namely, from
Mortal Sin . . . 18 VII. The Second Purification, from all Sinful
Affections . . . 20 VIII. How to effect this Second Purification . . .
22 IX. First Meditation–Of Creation . . . 24 X. Second Meditation–Of
the End for which we were Created . . . 27 XI. Third Meditation–Of the
Gifts of God . . . 30 XII. Fourth Meditation–On Sin . . . 32 XIII.
Fifth Meditation–On Death . . . 35 XIV. Sixth Meditation–On Judgment
. . . 38 XV. Seventh Meditation–Of Hell . . . 41 XVI. Eighth
Meditation–On Paradise . . . 43 XVII. Ninth Meditation On the Choice
open to you between Heaven and Hell . . . 45 XVIII. Tenth
Meditation–How the Soul chooses the Devout Life . . . 48 XIX. How to
make a General Confession . . . 51 XX. A hearty Protest made with the
object of confirming the Soul’s resolution to serve God, as a
conclusion to its Acts of Penitence . . . 53 XXI. Conclusion of this
First Purification . . . 56 XXII. The Necessity of Purging away all
tendency to Venial Sins . . . 57 XXIII. It is needful to put away all
Inclination for Useless and Dangerous Things . . . 60 XXIV. All Evil
Inclinations must be purged away . . . 62
CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Thursday 1.24.19 – USCCB/ NABRE
“Jesus withdrew toward the sea with His Disciples. A large number of people followed …. He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon Him to touch Him. And whenever unclean spirits saw Him they would fall down before Him and shout, ‘You are the Son of God.’ He warned them sternly not to make Him known. …”
CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time 1.23.19 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)
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