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Daily Archives: 1 June 2012
June and the Sacred Heart of Jesus
June is a month dedicated especially to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Is this part of your discipline of prayer?
I’m SHOCKED! LCWR rejects the Holy See’s reform
From CNA: LCWR accuses Vatican investigation of using ‘flawed process’Friday, June 01, 2012 4:42 PMWashington D.C., Jun 1, 2012 / 09:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious is arguing that the Vatican’s recent … Read More
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Great Pentecost sermon on the signs of the times (e.g., the Obama’s HHS mandate and his war on the Church)
It is the Octave of Pentecost. We can should and review Pentecost during the Octave. A friend of mine, Fr. Richard Jacobs, OSA, gave this sermon for Pentecost Sunday: One of the Fathers of the Church, St. Cyril of Alexandria, … Read More
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Poor Green Lantern.
A while ago I posted the terrible news of the “queering” of a major DC comic superhero. The news is now “out”. Poor Green Lantern. Poor poor Carol Ferris. In my first post on this, there was a poll. … Read More
Of wastelands and scones and magnets
I am, even as I write, at the British Library, where I took in the exhibit: Writing Britain – Wastelands to Wonderlands. Some clever boots did the title to reflect the lament of many of the loss of more pristine … Read More
CNS: Catholic Colleges Urge HHS to Rescind ‘Direct Violation’ of Religious Liberty
From the Cardinal Newman Society: Faithful Catholic Colleges Urge HHS to Rescind ‘Direct Violation’ of Religious Liberty Joined together by their firm commitment to strong Catholic identity and fidelity to Catholic teaching, 19 Catholic colleges, universities and online programs partnered … Read More
“The last insult to our human nature.”
The distinguished translator of Dante, Anthony Esolen, has a good piece on Public Discourse about aging and euthanasia. Here is the first part. I hope you will go read the rest. My emphases: One Human Heart: Wordsworth’s Old Cumberland Beggar … Read More
Fishwrap’s advocacy of dissent continues in a chat with Sr. Theresa Kane
The National Catholic Fishwrap, pipe for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns) continues lapdog-like in its tail-wagging support of dissident women religious. A case in point: Former LCWR leader gives take … Read More
Spirit in the City
One of the interesting things I have learned about here in London has to do with an “annual Catholic faith festival in the West End” called Spirit in the City. At four parishes in the West end, on different evenings … Read More
The future and our choices
I posted this before (HERE) but it is worth a review: I continue to marvel that this from Catholic News Service.
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE Vatican City, 31 may (VIS).- Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for June is: “That believers may recognize in the Eucharist the living presence of the Risen One who accompanies them in daily life”. His … Read More
