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Conservative Anglicans to announce schism

June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

(CWNews.com) – Conservative Anglican prelates, meeting in Israel next week in an alternative to the Lambeth Conference, will announce that they can no longer remain in communion with the Church of England, the London Daily Telegraph reports.The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), convened by African Anglican bishops, will essentially announce a schism in the Anglican [...]

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Ascension Catholic Community

June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Fr. Charles arrives this coming Tuesday from Malta.
Fr. Eamon leaves for Spokane, Washington.
Fr. Charles will be giving a retreat over the weekend and will stay on there for a week. Father Eamon will be back July 8th.

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Prayer

June 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

“…let us love to practice solitary and secret prayer, prayer in which we are absolutely alone with him, when no one knows we are praying.”
“constant prayer all the rest of one’s time. That is to say, that during the many occupations that fill the day our minds must be constantly fixed on God, and our [...]

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The Psalms

June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“The Psalms are honest. They invite us into ‘radical self-honesty’ ,
into humility. Humility as ‘radical self-honesty’ is a hallmark of
monastic *askesis* and a key teaching of the desert fathers and
mothers—unflinching disclosure of ‘thoughts’ and the determination
not to judge, ultimately not even oneself. The word ‘humility’ comes
from humus meaning ‘ground’, ’soil’, ‘earth’; and so do the
words [...]

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Have Fear But Do Not Be Afraid

June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gospel Commentary for 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM CapThis Sunday’s Gospel contains a number of ideas but they all can be summarized in this apparently contradictory phrase: “Have fear but do not be afraid.” Jesus says: “Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the [...]