Author: Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh
FAITHLINK Catholic Philly: “#MotherTeresa Remembered for Her Holiness and Persistence”
FAITHWATCH: “Pope Francis Canonizes Mother Teresa – Woman of Mercy” – News.Va
Mother Teresa was ‘a generous dispenser of Divine Mercy’ among the ‘abandoned and discarded”. … Pope Francis thus described Mother Teresa during his homily on Sunday, 4 September, in the Canonization Mass for the Foundress of the men and women Missionaries of Charity. More than a hundred thousand people gathered in St Peter’s Square for the solemn right, one of
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FAITH WATCH: CATHOLIC MASS: Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist – Tuesday 8.29.16 – Video, Scripture, Links
“Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias … Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man … he liked to listen to him.” … “Lord, I love Your Commands” … “… my message … were not with persuasive words …but with a demonstration of spirit
» Read moreFAITHLINK CATHOLIC MASS: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 8.28.16 – TV, Scripture, Links
‘… every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.’” … “… an attentive ear is the joy of the wise” … “God, in Your Goodness, You have made a home for the poor” … “God, in Your Goodness, You have made a home for the poor.”
» Read moreFAITHWATCH DailyGospel.org/ Saint Gregory Nazianzen Gospel commentary: “When you give a banquet, invite the poor”
Let us keep an eye on our neighbor’s well-being, whether in good health or struck by sickness, with as much concern as we do our own. For ‘we are all one in the Lord’ (Rom 12:5) …. What the members of a body are for each other, every one of us is for each of the others. So we shouldn’t
» Read moreFAITHWATCH CATHOLIC MASS: Tuesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time – 8.23.16 – Video, Scripture, Links
“The Lord comes to judge the earth.” … “You pay tithes …and have neglected the weightier things … judgment and mercy and fidelity. … Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!” … “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father,who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and Good Hope through His Grace,
» Read moreFAITH WATCH: “‘I am Sending Timothy’ – A Brief Summary of St. Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians” – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington
In this blog-piece, Msgr. Charles Pope from the Archdiocese of Washington covers some major aspects of Saint Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians, during a week featuring Readings from 2 Thessalonians at Mass. … preaching of the Gospel – In evangelization … God … causes the preaching of the Gospel to bear fruit. God chooses us and saves us from the
» Read moreFAITHLINK: CATHOLIC MASS: Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Monday 8.22.16 – Video, Scripture, Links
“… your Faith flourishes ever more… the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater. … we … boast of you in the churches of God regarding your endurance and faith in all your persecutions ….” “Proclaim God’s marvelous Deeds to all the nations” … “‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees …. You traverse sea and
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