Lent

February 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins. For they seek me from day to day, sad desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they […]

Prelate Hopes for Sufficient Security to Have Sunday Mass
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Christians in war-torn Iraq have been asked to add Lenten sacrifices to their daily privations as an offering to God.
Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Babylon explained this to the Italian bishops’ SIR news agency.
“They are renunciations that are added to the privations that […]

POLICE STATE, GERMANY
3rd Reich homeschool prohibition defended
Consul: State’s social training required to create ‘responsible citizens’

Posted: February 28, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Bob Unruh

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Homeschooling creates “parallel societies” that must be stamped out, according to the German government’s defense of its 3rd Reich homeschooling prohibition being used now to justify the imprisonment of a 15-year-old student, Melissa […]

The heralded discovery of Jesus’ tomb is a phenomenon “between invented archaeology, advertising and sales,” says a research center.
The Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem gave this assessment of James Cameron’s documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” produced in collaboration with Simcha Jacobovici.
The documentary is set to premiere on the Discovery Channel this Sunday. It asserts […]

Born in Italy into a large family and baptized Francis, he lost his mother when he was only four years old. He was educated by the Jesuits and, having been cured twice of serious illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him to the religious life. Young Francis wished to join the Jesuits but […]

Saint Leo the Great
Sermon XXXIX. On Lent, I.
(in Vol XII, NPNF (2nd))
I. The Benefits of Abstinence Shown by the Example of the Hebrews.
II. Use Lent to Vanquish the Enemy, and Be Thus Preparing for Eastertide.
III. Fights are Necessary to Prove Our Faith.
IV. The Christian’s Armour is Both for Defence and for Attack.
V. Abstinence Not Only […]

St. Pio of Pietrelcina Still Draws a Crowd
By Elizabeth Lev
Even some of the most devout visitors to St. Peter’s Basilica get thrown for a loop when they see the bodies of Popes Innocent XI, Pius X or even John XXIII exposed for veneration.
Modern Christians, particularly from the United States, often view relics as a superstitious […]

 
Let us pray for this poor young girl who was forced to have an abortion despite her own wishes…..God have mercy on her !  God have mercy on her parents ! God have mercy on Italy as well - if they are forcing children to abort - their chastisement cannot be far away! 
  February 22,2007 […]

“I have ascended to the highest in me, and look!
The Lord is towering above that.
In my curiosity I have descended to explore my lowest depths,
yet I found God even deeper.
If I looked outside myself,
I saw God stretching beyond the furthest I could see;
and if I looked within,
God was yet further within.
Then I knew the truth […]

New Zealand Is Asked to Keep Restrictions
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, FEB. 21, 2007 - Bishops have asked Parliament to avoid putting profit over people, as legislation aiming to lift work restrictions on Good Friday and Easter Sunday is soon to be debated.
“We believe that if restricted trading on Easter Sunday — and Good Friday — is […]

COMMONLY CALLED
Ash Wednesday
Matt 6:16
A Sermon of St John Chrysostom on the Gospel
(a portion of Homily XX in Vol X, NPNF (1st))
Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 16
“And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.”
Here it were well to sigh […]

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness-these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens.”
~ George Washington’s Farewell Address, 19 September 1796  […]

by Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B.
The fundamental rule of Christian life is, as almost every page of the Gospel tells us, that we should live out of the world, separate ourselves from the world, hate the world. The world is that ungodly land which Abraham, our sublime model, is commanded by God to quit. It is […]

LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO THE CAMALDOLESE ORDER
FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT PETER DAMIAN
To Rev. Fr Guido Innocenzo Gargano, Superior of the Monastery of San Gregorio al Celio
Today’s Feast of St Peter Damian offers me the pleasant opportunity to address a cordial greeting to all the members of the worthy Camaldolese Order, as well […]

 From California Catholic Daily—Cardinal Roger Mahony words are to say the least, disturbing if not from the very pits itself…..
No priest that has a love for the Catholic Church and for the sanctity of the priesthood would utter such blasphemies about God’s love…. Our Lady of Good Success prophesized that there would be a great […]

Authentic religion must never be a pretext to fuel conflicts, hatred and violence, said the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Cardinal Renato Martino said this when addressing youth of Aloysius College in Malta, in the context of three days of study on the social doctrine of the Church, according to a communiqué […]

SEOUL, South Korea - Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk welcomed the accord that officials hope will result in North Korea shutting down its main nuclear faculty.
The archbishop of Seoul and apostolic administrator of Pyongyang said he “welcomes with joy and satisfaction the signing of the agreement for North Korean disarmament” and thanks the nations who contributed […]

Rebirth
God has created the human soul
like an immense jewel box
which is able to hold God Himself,
in order that the person might become like Him
by means of the good deeds which must break up
the hardness and the disharmony of decadent nature.
It is preceisely the aim of the monastic art
to lead us to discover the treasure
which we […]

KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, FEB. 13, 2007 - The Church in the Czech Republic faces the double challenge of a lack of priests and a crisis of the family, says one of its bishops.
On a recent visit to the international charity Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Vojtech Cikrle of Brno said: “After the fall of […]

LYON, France, FEB. 13, 2007 - Leaders of various faiths in France have signed a statement which speaks out against same-sex unions, and calls the institution of marriage a fundamental reference point for humanity.
The statement, dated Feb. 6, is signed by Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders from Lyon. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, is […]

The United Nations has issued a report stating that global warming is man-made and humans are to blame for the extreme weather conditions of recent years.But Marc Morano, communications director with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said the “scientific” report is bogus.
Appearing on Fox News, Morano told John Gibson:
“The first thing you […]

KATMANDU, Nepal, FEB. 11, 2007 - Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Prefecture of Nepal to the rank of apostolic vicariate, which means that the country will now have a bishop.
The Vatican press office announced Saturday that the Pope appointed Father Anthony Sharma, 69, as the first apostolic vicar of Nepal. He is currently the apostolic […]

On World Day of the Sick
Benedict XVI called for the development of treatments for the terminally ill, as the Church observed World Day of the Sick.
“It is necessary to support the development of palliative treatments that offer integral care and dispense to incurably sick people that human support and spiritual accompaniment they so need,” the […]

by the late Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

The story of Lourdes, where Our Lady appeared to St. Bermadette Soubirous, is rich in lessons for us. One lesson is about suffering. We see in Lourdes two attitudes of Divine Providence with regard to human suffering that can appear to be contradictory.
On one hand, the thing that attracts the […]

INDULGENCES FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
The Apostolic Penitentiary published a decree announcing the concession of indulgences to the faithful for the World Day of the Sick, which is celebrated every year on February 11, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. This year, the Day will be celebrated in Seoul, Korea.
“We must,” the […]

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