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On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation (Orationis Formas)

August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church
On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation
Orationis Formas

Issued by
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
on October 15, 1989
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Many Christians today have a keen desire to learn how to experience a deeper and authentic prayer life despite the not inconsiderable difficulties which modern culture places in [...]

Aug

8

Christianity in Greater China

August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Christianity finds a fulcrum in Asia
By Spengler
Ten thousand Chinese become Christians each day, according to a stunning report by the National Catholic Reporter’s veteran correspondent John Allen, and 200 million Chinese may comprise the world’s largest concentration of Christians by mid-century, and the largest missionary force in history. [1] If you read a single news [...]

Aug

8

The Feast of St. Dominic

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O glorious Holy Father Dominic, you who were the untiring preacher of the faith by word and even more so by purity of life and ardor of charity: by the tears, vigils and the austere and lasting penances which merited for you the grace to lead sinners and heretics back to God: obtain for us [...]

Aug

8

Brian Mershon on the SSPX and Schism

August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

South Carolina pastor warns flock SSPX attendance “morally illicit” and “gravely sinful”.  SSPX in schism? You can believe Fr. Newman… or you can believe the Church. This article has a Roundup of Official Statements.  The motu proprio freeing the Traditional Roman rite of Holy Mass was issued the day before this article was published.

Aug

8

Prayer to use Before Connecting to the Internet

August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

composed by Father Zulsdorf
Latin:
Orátio ante colligatiónem in interrete:
Omnípotens aetérne Deus,
qui secúndum imáginem Tuam nos plasmásti
et ómnia bona, vera, et pulchra,
praesértim in divína persóna Unigéniti Fílii Tui
Dómini nostri Iesu Christi, quáerere iussísti,
praesta, quaésumus,
ut, per intercessiónem Sancti Isidóri, Epíscopi et Doctóris,
in peregrinatiónibus per interrete,
et manus oculósque ad quae Tibi sunt plácita intendámus
et omnes quos convenímus cum caritáte [...]

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