by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus
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“Made strong by the teachings [of Scripture] let us go forward without trembling towards our redeemer, Jesus …. Let us go forward without trembling to the Congregation of the Saints, to that great Concourse of the Just. We will be going to our fathers: those who taught us the Faith. Even if we lack works, may our Faith help us
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“… Beatitude is a work of God and results when we yield to His saving work in us. We are blessed when we accept and yield to the work that God alone can do. With this understanding, we see the beatitudes not as a prescription of what we must do per se, but as a description of what a human
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On Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass was broadcast on Catholic TV. Your browser does not support iframes.
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Pope Benedict XVI visited Ground Zero in New York City on April 22, 2008, the site of the terrorist attacks in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Videos of his visit follow below, as well as a transcript of the prayer he offered. The videos include an excerpt featuring his prayer of Blessing as well as a longer video.
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Catholic Sunday TV Mass for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 11, 2016, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [featured image is file photo]
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“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
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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
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“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,
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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
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