Author: Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh
#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Feast Of Our Lady of #Lourdes – Homily Of His Holiness Saint John Paul II – 11 February 1979
“… #Christ of our sufferings, Christ of our sacrifices, Christ of our Gethsemane, Christ of our difficult transformations, Christ of our faithful service to our neighbour, Christ of our pilgrimages to Lourdes, Christ of our community, today, in St Peter’s Basilica, Christ our Redeemer, Christ our Brother! Amen.”
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: #Catholic #Mass Readings: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2.12.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… ‘You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your
» Read moreVIDEO: #Catholic #TV #Mass: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2.6.17 – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs, Monday Feb. 6, 2017, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston [Click here for Mass Readings]
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: #Catholic #Mass Readings: Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs, Monday 2.6.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized [Jesus]. … Whatever villages or towns or countryside He entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch only the tassel on His cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.”
» Read more#PopeFrancis Sends #SuperBowl Good Wishes and Plea for Friendship, Peace, Solidarity in #Sports
The Vatican reports, through News.Va, that #PopeFrancis, in a Spanish-speaking video message, has issued a good will message on the occasion of the 2017 #SuperBowl in Houston.: In a specially recorded video message for the event which holds the attention of much of the nation and commands a television audience larger than for any other event of the year, the
» Read moreVIDEO: #Catholic #TV #Mass: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2.6.17 – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)
#Catholic #TV #Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 5, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin [Click here for Mass Readings]
» Read more#CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “Catholic bishops see trouble in #Trump-backed LGBT executive order” – CNA
“… U.S. bishops are concerned by the #Trump administration’s decision to maintain a ‘troubling’ #Obama-era executive order that could demand federal contractors violate their religious beliefs on marriage and gender ideology. ‘In seeking to remedy instances of discrimination, it creates new forms of discrimination against people of faith. Keeping the executive order intact is not the answer,’ the U.S. Conference
» Read more#CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: February 8: International Day of Prayer and Awareness against #HumanTrafficking – USCCB
“The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General has designated February 8 as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery in Sudan and Italy. Once Josephine was freed, she became a
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2.5.17 – USCCB/NABRV
“… ‘… You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, … Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.’”
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