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Pope’s Sunday Angelus: ‘Offer Tenderness and Steer Clear of Hypocrisy’…
Angelus Angelus Dómini nuntiávit Mariæ.Et concépit de Spíritu Sancto.Ave Maria… Ecce ancílla Dómini.Fiat mihi secúndum verbum tuum.Ave Maria… Et Verbum caro factum est.Et habitávit in nobis.Ave Maria… Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei génetrix.Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi. Orémus.Grátiam tuam, quǽsumus, Dómine,méntibus nostris infunde;ut qui, Ángelo nuntiánte, Christi Fílii tui incarnatiónem cognóvimus, per passiónem eius et crucem, ad resurrectiónis glóriam perducámur. Per eúndem Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Gloria Patri… (ter)Requiem aeternam… Benedictio Apostolica seu Papalis Dominus vobiscum.Et cum spiritu tuo.Sit nomen Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus,Pa ter, et Fi lius, et Spiritus Sanctus. Amen. The Angelus Prayer The Angel of the Lord d...
John Paul II: Communism fell because people under its yoke took ‘the risk of freedom’…
Thirty-five years ago, the son of a great historian helped make history when he asked the question that triggered the demolition of the most grotesquely expressive artifact of the Cold War. My friend Daniel Johnson, son of the author of Modern Times and then a reporter for London’s Daily Telegraph, flew to Berlin on November 9, 1989. East Germans were engaging in mass protests against their oppression while others were feeling the oxymoronic German Democratic Republic through a newly opened border with Hungary. Chaos reigned, and the East German regime held a televised press conference to try to get the situation under some sort of control. The communist party spokesman, Günter Schabowski, began by announcing that the party’s central committee had decided that East Germans could both trave...
How you can get a plenary indulgence by praying for the faithful departed this week…
By Jennifer Gregory Miller ( bio – articles – email ) | Oct 31, 2023 | In The Liturgical Year One of my favorite traditions during the Liturgical Year is remembering and praying for the faithful departed during November, particularly through November 1-8. While we can pray every day for those who have died, the Church gives us a special gift that can really unite us with our departed brothers and sisters and feel like we are tangibly helping them. This October 31 marks the anniversary of my father’s funeral, with in-laws also bearing the loss of other parents. And lately our news feeds are filled with the loss of many lives, due to wars, terrorism and violent acts. We can’t all go and physically help and comfort these people, but again, the Church illustrates how connected we i...
What Hath Commonweal Wrought? Catholic Lay Opinion Journalism 100 Years Later…
By Peter Wolfgang ( bio – articles – email ) | Nov 02, 2024 Commonweal Magazine turned 100 years old this year! Can you believe it? Do you care? I don’t blame you if you don’t care. Those of us who read (or write for) Catholic Culture are not exactly Commonweal’s target audience. As the New York Times writes in its laudatory piece on Commonweal’s centennial: Commonweal Catholics were educated, liberal-minded and middle-class, and aspired to assimilate into elite culture while bringing their Roman Catholic faith, education and sensibility with them. I don’t know that many of us identify as liberal or aspire to “assimilate into elite culture.” And I’m guessing a lot of us might question to what extent the dissident writers of Commonweal actually did bring “their Roman Catholic fa...
If He Only Had a Heart: Tesla’s Tin Man and the Love of Christ…
The Optimus robot may walk, but only in Jesus can we follow the narrow road to our true home. Tesla has released the prototype of Optimus (also known as the Tesla Bot). According to its website, this robot is “a general purpose, bi-pedal, autonomous humanoid robot capable of performing unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks.” Taking in the mail, doing the dishes, folding laundry and countless other tasks will now be able to be completed for you. Other promotional videos and material have referred to Optimus as a “friend” as well as a robotic task-completer. “It will basically do anything you want,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “It can be a teacher. It can babysit your kids, walk your dog, mow your lawn, get the groceries, just be your friend, and serve drinks. Whatever you can think of, it will d...
Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?
VATICAN CITY — One of the persistent criticisms of the final assembly of the Synod on Synodality has been that, despite its frequent emphasis on listening and dialogue, several relevant and important voices went unheard. In his final assessment of the synod, George Weigel identified some of these voices as happily married couples, Catholic educators resisting today’s “woke” culture, and healthcare professionals living a culture of life. But another group conspicuous by its absence were those faithful who value the traditional liturgy and apostolic tradition — a small but flourishing group both in terms of vocations and Church attendance but currently the subject of sweeping Vatican restrictions since Pope Francis’ 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. During the worldwide consultation ph...
‘Profoundly Relieved’: Major Abortion Amendment in Florida Fails to Pass…
A proposed pro-abortion amendment in Florida failed to pass on Tuesday, bringing an end to an effort to enshrine broad abortion access in the state constitution and serving abortion advocates with a major defeat in the 2024 election. The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into Florida in an effort to enshrine abortion in the state constitution and negate the state’s Heartbeat Protection Act, one of the most pro-life laws in the country. Prior to the Tuesday vote there were indications that the measure might fail. Less than a week before Election Day, polling indicated that support for the ballot measure was just short of the requisite 60% it needed to pass. By 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with roughly 90% of the ...
Embracing Courage
“I can find courage through remembering who You are— pondering Your awesome Power and Glory, delighting in Your unfailing Love. I rejoice in knowing I’m on an adventurous journey with You and my ultimate destination is heaven!” – Jesus Listens,August 18th Are you ready to embrace a more confident and courageous life? Is it time for you to set aside your doubts, reservations, and hesitations, and step into a more courageous faith? Then let today be the day you begin implementing seven practical steps that can set you on a brand-new course, one that is directed and empowered by our Heavenly Father. For most of my life, I considered myself to be strong and courageous. I believed that courage centered solely around the ability to face challenges and conflicts with personal strength and stern d...
Do not underestimate what a resentful attitude can do to your relationship with Jesus Christ…
At one time or another many of us have expressed a desire for something or someone. Whether the desire entails a specific food, location, time to pray, or attention from another person, the need to have these desires met is part of our human condition. We are created to experience both spiritual and physical desires that when properly ordered express genuine gratitude toward God our Father. The sense of gratitude further expands in the proclamation of faith in the Son Jesus Christ who as the second person of the Trinity is the source and summit of our Christian life. The idea that our spiritual and physical desires are inherent by nature reflects the dynamic of how God envisioned our creation. Our first parents were made without the inclination to deviate from God’s love and thus experienc...
10 Things You Should Know About the Prophet Isaiah…
By Clement Harrold November 1, 2024 1) He is the first and greatest of the four major prophets. Standing at the head of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, Isaiah’s writings constitute the single most important prophetic book of the Old Testament. His theological vision is expansive, and it has exerted an enormous influence over subsequent Jewish and Christian theology. 2) His book is known as the fifth Gospel. While this title is often applied to the Holy Land, the Church Fathers also used it to describe the book of Isaiah! More than any other prophet, Isaiah points forward time and again to Christ. Appropriately, therefore, the book of Isaiah is second only to the Psalms in being the biblical book most quoted in the New Testament. 3) His writings can be split into two (or three) parts. The au...
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob Named Next Archbishop of Milwaukee…
Show Caption Hide Caption Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki signs his retirement letter Now 75, Listecki sending retirement letter to pope. But he will go on as Milwaukee’s archbishop. Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey S. Grob, who grew up on a farm just west of Madison in Cross Plains, will be installed as the 12th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the Vatican announced Monday. Grob, 63, will succeed Jerome E. Listecki, who gave his notice of retirement on March 12, as bishops are required to do when they turn 75. Listecki has been Milwaukee’s archbishop since 2010. Ordained a bishop in the Archdiocese of Chicago in November 2020, Grob (pronounced “Graab”) will be installed as archbishop of Milwaukee on Jan. 14. Listecki will continue in his position...
