The Lord’s Prayer

October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

“The Lord’s Prayer – The Prayer of the Church”
 
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
#2767  “This (the Lord’s Prayer) indivisible gift of the Lord’s words and of the Holy Spirit who gives life to them in the hearts of the believers has been received and lived by the Church from the beginning.  The first communities [...]

Prelates from Connecticut lamented what they called a situation of just four people choosing to redefine the institution of marriage for their whole state.
The bishops decried a 4-3 Connecticut Supreme Court vote on Friday that opens the state to becoming the third to allow same-sex marriages. Massachusetts and California already have redefined the legal understanding [...]

Had a Short “Weekend”
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
We survived the first week of the synod! I remain in admiration of the “Padri Sinodali” and all the rest of the synod participants who ended their deliberations on Saturday evening at 6:55 p.m. (We were released five minutes early last night.) Previous synods always included Saturday morning [...]

A Bible-reading marathon on Italian television, which was kicked off by Benedict XVI, drew to a close with his secretary of state reading the final passages of Revelation.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone read the last chapter of Revelation on “Bibbia Giorno e Notte” (Bible Day and Night), a program broadcast by RAI where the Bible was read [...]

Following this morning’s Mass during which he canonised the Blesseds Gaetano Errico, Maria Bernarda Butler, Alfonsa of the Immaculate Conception and Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran, and before praying the Angelus, Benedict XVI greeted the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
The Pope gave assurances of his prayers “during this difficult time” for Christians in India, [...]

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