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Online This Week
Online This Week is a selection of current Catholic
resources, information
and opinions available online. Our purpose is to provide a
cross-section of theological opinions which are consistent with
Catholic teaching and reflect the legitimate diversity of
Catholic thought.
The inclusion of references here does not constitute
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by the pastors or
staff of the Catholic
Parishes or the Archdiocese of Dubuque.
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Online This Week
May 13, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450908-gospel-for-sunday-23-may-2012.html?cat=&maincat=
…what we can learn from the disabled
(Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/may-11-2012/churches-and-the-disabled/10968/
…the rosary and why Catholics pray it (Salt
& Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/perspectives/is-it-necessary-to-pray-the-rosary.php
…an interview with the secretary of the
Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life (Salt & Light
Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/witness/archbishop-joseph-tobin.php
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—faith seeks us (Catholics
on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/faith-seeks-us
...a fisherman's evangelization lesson (DailyEthics):
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/a-lesson-in-encouragement-from-the-fishing-hole-cms-19588
…“seven things I learned from Mary”
(Everyday Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/EDC/preview.aspx?id=252
…incredible mothers of the bible
(BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Galleries/Incredible-Mothers-of-the-Bible.aspx
…meekness, the third lively virtue
(Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0095.htm
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…how we are transformed by the Eucharist
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/transformed-in-the-eucharist
…what women should tell their husbands
about a past abortion (National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/when-couples-struggle-with-the-deep-dark-secret-of-past-abortions/
…celebrating the feminine genius (Our
Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9378/In-celebration-of-the-feminine-genius.aspx
…St. Athanasius, the “father of orthodoxy”
(St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/father_of_orthodoxy_st._athanasius/
…the Acts of the Apostles (Thinking
Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120509_1.htm
DISCOVER…
…what babies needs—what you should know
(Moral Landscapes):
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201204/babies-are-needy-does-bug-you
…tips for couples raising a special needs
child (For Your Marriage)
http://foryourmarriage.org/marriage-and-a-special-needs-child/
…the best collections of religious stories
(Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/features.php?id=22848
…the real St. Paul, a man of surprises
(U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/church/scripture-and-theology/2012/04/putting-paul-his-place
FOCUS ON…
…Hildegard of Bingen, newest saint and
doctor of the church (Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/ildegarda-di-bingen-chiesa-church-iglesia-15084/
…the real St. Paul, a man of surprises
(U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/church/scripture-and-theology/2012/04/putting-paul-his-place
REMEMBER…
…10 things every graduate needs to remember
(BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Love-Family/Life-Events/Graduation/Galleries/10-Things-Every-Graduate-Needs-to-Remember.aspx?utm=Homepage_Lead
STUDY…
…what the U.S. Catholic statistics mean
(Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate):
http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2012/05/microscoping-view-of-us-catholic.html
PREPARE FOR… the election
…Catholic issues: immigration reform (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/05/catholics-care-catholics-vote_11.html
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1380
…a discussion of women in the bible and
Mary’s Magnificat (America Podcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1337
…the importance of silence and nature’s
last quiet places (On Being):
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/last-quiet-places/
…an interview with theologian Michael Paul
Gallagher on imagination and faith (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=586697
PRAY...
...a blessing for a child in the womb (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/prayers/pro-life-blessings.cfm
CONSIDER...
…what’s wrong
with gossip (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-33-gossip
…why we need
to create safe places for soldiers (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13426
…the Church’s teaching on homosexuality
(Vox Nova):
http://vox-nova.com/2012/05/07/could-the-catholic-church-ever-approve-of-homosexuality/
PERSPECTIVES ON... the campaign for
religious liberty
…Bishop Serratelli’s explanation (The
Beacon):
http://www.patersondiocese.org/archives.cfm
... a view of the bishops’ campaign from Australia
(EurekaStreet)
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=31197
...Tom Roberts on the bishops' religious liberty campaign
(National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/bishops-are-picking-fight-election-year
PERSPECTIVES ON… the principle of
subsidiarity
…Steve Schneck (Catholics in Alliance for
the Common Good)
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf5212schneck.php
…Jeff Mirus (Catholic Culture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/articles.cfm?id=532
IN THE NEWS…
...bishop reiterates concerns about the Ryan budget (Catholic
News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20120509.htm
...survey shows large number of unaffiliated Catholics (Catholic
News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/survey-suggests-churches-need-to-catch-up-with-unaffiliated-catholics/
…new questions about easy annulments (Our
Sunday Visitor
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9374/Questions-raised-about-easy-annulments.aspx
…controversy over a gay Catholic student’s
scholarship in Davenport (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201886.htm
…overview of reaction to the LCWR
controversy (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9375/Making-sense-of-assessment-of-sisters-group.aspx
OPINIONS…
…Fr. Thomas Reese on what’s remains to be
done about sex abuse in the church (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5118
...Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea on the hierarchy and mourning
(National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/hierarchys-inability-mourn-thwarts-healing-church
…Beth Haile on the bishops and public policy (Catholic Moral
Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/are-the-bishops-distracting-us/
…James Kalb on
liberalism and the human good (Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1328/liberalism_catholicism_and_the_good.aspx
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…what’s a
parent to do when adult children get married (St. Anthony
Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=91&IssueID=36
...about interfaith marriages (Faith & Leadership):
http://www.faithandleadership.com/features/articles/quiz-rise-interfaith-marriages-presents-new-challenges?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=FL_feature
…the veracity
of personal experience (Dating God):
http://datinggod.org/2012/05/10/veracity-mistaken-for-arrogance/
…the injustice of inequality (First
Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/05/occupy-and-the-injustices-of-inequality
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Wednesday catechesis on
the imprisonment and release of St. Peter (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34752?l=english
…Cardinal
Dolan’s response to President Obama’s support for gay marriage
(U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/cardinal-dolan-president-obama-remarks-on-marriage-deeply-saddening.cfm
…why saying
“I’m against racism” is not enough (The Jesuit Post):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/04/why-i-am-not-trayvon-martin/
…Fr. Robert
Barron’s perspective on how to address bullies (Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/Written-Word/articles-commentaries/April-2012/How-to-Solve-the-Bully-Problem.aspx
WORTH QUOTING…
“…[I]f
the policies [the] extremists support were ever to be adopted,
more would be at risk than our economy. We all recall the
biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man. Lazarus begs for
the scraps that fall from the rich man’s table, but is denied
even this. Both men die, and Lazarus is brought to ‘the bosom of
Abraham’ while the rich man is consigned to Hades…. You do not
need to be a scripture scholar to grasp the meaning of this
parable. In both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament,
God is not shy about telling us human beings that we must care
for the poor. God is not shy about warning against avarice and
its power to corrupt the soul.”
-- Fred Rotondaro, chair of Catholics in Alliance for the Common
Good, in a blog posted here:
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf5912rotondaro.php
• • •
Online This Week
May 6, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450890-gospel-for-sunday-6-may-2012.html
...persevering in prayer (University of Notre Dame):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZNR8khUa38&feature=player_embedded#%21
…Fr. Robert Barron and faith and reason
(Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-Faith-and-Reason.aspx
…Fr. Thomas
Reese SJ on the Colbert Report (America):}http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5099
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—staying connected
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/staying-connected-recharge-batteries
...Father Arthur Poulin's Breath of Spring (Catholic Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/food_fun/catholic_art/2012/04-11/may-2012-prayer-and-reflection
...who's to blame for natural disasters (EthicsDaily):
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/should-we-blame-god-for-tragedies-deaths--cms-19539
…21 reasons to smile (BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Galleries/21-Reasons-to-Smile.aspx
…marriage as an all-consuming mystery
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/marriage-pinnacle-god%E2%80%99s-love-us
…abuse and redemption (The Jesuit Post):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/05/chosen-people-on-abuse-redemption/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the origin and meaning of the Creed
(Catholic Update):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/preview.aspx?id=267
…Mary’s special role (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/devotionals/mary-and-the-saints/frequently-asked-questions-about-blessed-virgin-mary.cfm
…the Catholic intellectual tradition
(Boston College C21):
http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/top/church21/pdf/Catholic%20Intellectual%20Tradition%20cropped%20pages.pdf
…immortality and life after death (Fr. Ron Rolheiser):
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=927
DISCOVER…
…how to pray the rosary (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/devotionals/rosaries/
…how to “grade” your marriage (For Your Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/grade-your-marriage/
...resources on the environment (U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/environment
FOCUS ON…
…how Christians institutions serve the
residents of Gaza (Catholic Near East Welfare Assn.):
http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=3605&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1
ENJOY…
…a performance of “Castle of the Soul”
(DatingGod):
http://datinggod.org/2012/05/03/castle-of-the-soul-is-a-must-listen-collection/
REMEMBER…
…the Armenian genocide (Ekklesia):
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16594
PREPARE FOR…the election
…Catholic issues: international peace (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/05/catholics-care-catholics-vote.html
…government stimulus and the principle of
subsidiarity (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/faithful-citizenship-friday-krugmans-confidence-fairy-and-the-role-of-the-state/
…religion in
public affairs (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13411
LEARN HOW TO…
…celebrate May as Mary’s month
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/may-is-for-mary
…discuss abortion with pro-choice friends
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/how-to-discuss-abortion-with-pro-choice-friends1/
…learn from your dreams (ExploreFaith):
http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/learning_from_dreams/index.php
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1379
…a summary of this week’s events in Rome
(Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=585153
…why Confirmation is important (Boston
College C21):
http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/church21/webcast.html?03.08.12_Bergin_MP4_480p_%2816x9%29.mp4#feature-area
…an interview with David Rider on the
beauty of dance (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=583447
MEET…
…Fr. Loris Capovilla, Pope John
XXIII’s personal secretary (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201848.htm
JUST FOR FUN…
...ten things people mean when they say "I liked that sermon"
(EthicsDaily):
http://ethicsdaily.com/10-things-people-mean-when-they-like-the-sermon-cms-19553
PERSPECTIVES ON... Rome and the Sisters
...background to the LCWR controversy (The Tablet):
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162647
...John L. Allen's analysis of the controversy (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/women-religious/lcwr-crackdown-more-complicated-rome-vs-america
…David Gibson on the “crackdown” (SojoNet):
http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/05/04/are-americans-rome-behind-nuns-crackdown
…Ann Cary and Mary Hunt/Audio
(InterfaithRadio):
http://interfaithradio.org/2012/Show19
IN THE NEWS…
…Pope cautions against social inequality
(Catholic News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-benedict-cautions-against-increasing-social-inequality/
OPINIONS…
...John L. Allen on the "real Ratzinger" (National Catholic
Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/has-real-ratzinger-come-out-play
…Phil Lawler on the bishops’ campaign for
religious liberty (CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=909
…Fr. Robert
Barron on why Catholics leave (Catholic Education Resource
Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0158.htm
…Steven
Schneck on subsidiarity and distributive justice (Catholics in
Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf5212schneck.php
…R.R. Reno on
the angry Catholic left (First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/04/paul-ryan-and-the-angry-catholic-left
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…how lay
people serve the church and the world (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/how-do-i-serve-the-church-as-a-lay-person
…being virtuous in a not-so-virtuous world
(Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0093.htm
…the ecclesial nature of theology
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/religione/2012/103q12-Nella-comunione--della-Chiesa.html&title=In%20the%20Communion%20of%20the%20Church&locale=en
…the pope’s message about the environment
(Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9370/Understanding-Pope-Benedicts-message-on-the-envir.aspx
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Wednesday catechesis on
the prayer of St. Stephen (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34708?l=english
…the Pope’s address on forgiveness in
international relations (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34695?l=english
…an interview with Manfred Spieker on the
relevance of Vatican II (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34728?l=english
…Bishop
Blaire’s response to the Ryan Budget (National Catholic
Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishop-blaire-discusses-the-ryan-budget-and-catholic-social-doctrine/
…a review of Henri Nouwen and Spiritual
Polarities (Catholic Book Review):
http://www.catholicbooksreview.org/2012/hernandez.htm
…a review of
Beauty Will Save the World (Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1306/can_beauty_save_the_world.aspx
WORTH QUOTING…
“[T]he Catholic University [is] a place in which the
educational relationship is placed at the service of the
person…; a place in which the relationship of care is not a job
but a mission; where the charity of the Good Samaritan is the
first chair, and the face of suffering man the very Face of
Christ: 'you did it to me'…. The Catholic University…is called
today to be an exemplary institution which does not restrict
learning to the functionality of economic success, but widens
the extension of the project in which the gift of intelligence
investigates and develops the gifts of the created world,
exceeding a productive and utilitarian vision of existence,
because ‘the human being is made for gift, which expresses and
makes present his transcendent dimension’….”
-- Pope Benedict XVI, in an address at Sacred Heart University
in Rome, May 3, 2012, online at:
http://www.zenit.org/article-34718?l=english
• • •
Online This Week
April 22, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450826-gospel-for-sunday-22-april-2012.html
…John
Gehring’s discussion of the federal budget and social teaching
(Faith in Public Life):
http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/john-gehring-talks-moral-budgets-on-thom-hartmann-show/
…the Vatican’s concerns with the LCWR
(Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-20-2012/vatican-report-on-us-catholic-nuns/10824/
…religion’s role in a secular society (Salt
& Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/catholicfocus/religion-a-language-of-hope.php
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Easter eyes (Catholics on
Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/easter-eyes
…Harry Potter and the Holy Spirit (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=1&entry_id=5054
…faith’s unscripted moments (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/god-as-my-improv-partner
…the amazing power of music (Archdiocese of
Washington):
http://blog.adw.org/2012/04/where-words-fail-music-speaks-amazing-video-of-musics-power-to-awaken-a-sleeping-soul/#comments
…being ourselves and becoming perfect
(JesuitPost):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/04/born-this-way-on-being-becoming-and-moral-perfection/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the U.S. Bishops’ conscience protection
campaign (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/
…the stages of marriage (For Your
Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/everymarriage/stages-of-marriage/
…why the church encourages Natural Family Planning (Catholic
News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/supporters-say-natural-family-planning-celebrates-sexuality-life/
…the Acts of the Apostles (Word Among Us):
http://wau.org/resources/article/re_the_acts_of_the_holy_spirit/
DISCOVER…
…where you can make a Ignatian retreat this
summer (Ignatian Spirituality):
http://ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/retreats/
..."Making a Difference," a new social justice column (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/making-difference/surprise-catholic-social-teaching-churchs-best-kept-secret
...a new website for married couples (Together For Life Online):
http://togetherforlifeonline.com/
...the Catholic Wedding Guide (Catholic Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/family/marriage_relationships/2010/02-01/the-catholic-digest-wedding-guide---more-frequently-asked-questions
FOCUS ON…
…why people leave the church—inside the
Trenton study (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13347
…one person’s
reasons for coming back to church (SojoNet)
http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/03/26/four-reasons-why-i-came-back-church
…the need for dialog with the world
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/vatican-ii-and-the-new-evangelization/
OBSERVE…Earth Day
…what we need is more awareness
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-integrity-of-creation
...Catholic perspectives (St. Anthony Messenger Archive):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Oct2007/default.asp
…a moral imperative (Maryknoll Magazine):
http://www.maryknollmagazine.org/index.php/magazines/323-taking-care-of-gods-creation
…children’s books for Earth Day
(Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/#childrensbooks
…
Br. Joseph Rozansky’s
Franciscan perspective (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=581306
PREPARE FOR…the election
…how the issues shape up now (Our Sunday
Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9302/Election-2012-issues-begin-to-come-into-focus.aspx
…why Catholic choices don’t fit political
categories (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/faithful-citizenship-fridays-the-american-political-system-as-mirror-of-the-church/
LEARN HOW TO…
…build Catholic character in children
(Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/education/ed0491.htm
…respond to a depressed loved one
(BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/OvercomingDepression/Gallery/10-Things-You-SHOULD-Say-to-a-Depressed-Loved-One.aspx
…teach kids about sports (Our Sunday
Visitor)
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9307/Teaching-kids-to-play--and-behave--like-champion.aspx
REGISTER FOR…
...a free webinar, "7
Keys to Spiritual Wellness" April 24, 7:00-8:00pm (Loyola
Press):
http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/webinars-2/
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1377
…the week’s events in Rome (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=581429
…a discussion of With God in Russia
(AmericaPodcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1333
PRAY...
...a novena for social justice and peace (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/novena-for-faithful-citizenship.cfm
CONSIDER...
…the Church in Ireland—belonging and unbelieving (Catholic World
Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1284/belonging_without_believing.aspx
MEET…
…(Catholic) classical guitarist Kevin
McCormick (CatholicVote):
http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=28862
JUST FOR FUN…
…check out these church sign messages
(SojoNet):
http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/04/15/more-church-sign-epic-fails
IN THE NEWS...
…Vatican seeks changes in womens’
leadership group (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201584.htm
…U.S. Bishops oppose budget cuts for the
poor and vulnerable (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201597.htm
…Pope Benedict’s papacy, seven years on (Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/benedetto-xvi-benedict-xvi-benedicto-xvi-14293/
OPINIONS…
...John L. Allen on the "ironies" of Pope Benedict XVI (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-xvi-pope-ironies
...Ross Douthat on the social effects of contraception (Slate):
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_book_club/features/2012/ross_douthat_s_bad_
religion/bad_religion_book_the_world_that_contraception_has_made_.html
…Ernest
Zampelli on health care mandates (Institute for Policy Research
& Catholic Studies):
http://ipr.cua.edu/blogs/post.cfm/the-mandate-debate
…Nicholas
Cafardi on Rep. Ryan’s budget (Catholics in Alliance for the
Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf41812cafardi.php
…Jo McGowan on
contraception (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/simplifying-sex
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
...Persistence and change among American Catholics (Boston
College Magazine):
http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2012/c21_notes/questioning-authority-keeping-the-faith.html
…the Pope’s critique of Western culture
(MercatorNet):
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/still_soldiering_on
…the hookup culture (Catholic Moral
Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/have-we-accepted-the-hook-up-culture/
…and one person’s personal response
(SojoNet):
http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/04/16/spirituality-and-sexuality-deconstructing-boundaries
…the evidence for why religion makes a
difference (The Tablet):
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162620
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Wednesday catechesis
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34630?l=english
…U.S. Bishops’ letters on federal budget
cuts (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-063.cfm
…the U.S.
Bishops’ document, Disciples Called to Witness (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/disciples-called-to-witness/
…ten major faith issues of our age (Fr. Ron
Rolheiser):
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=894
…an excerpt from
Andrea
Monda’s Benedetta umiltà--Le virtù semplici di Joseph Ratzinger
(Chiesa):
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350221?eng=y
WORTH QUOTING…
“Because of the charism of inspiration,
the books of Sacred Scripture have a direct and concrete force
of appeal. However, the Word of God is not confined to what is
written. If, in fact, the act of Revelation ended with the death
of the last Apostle, the revealed Word has continued to be
proclaimed and interpreted by the living Tradition of the
Church. For this reason the Word of God fixed in the sacred
texts is not an inert deposit inside the Church but becomes the
supreme rule of her faith and power of life. The Tradition that
draws its origin from the Apostles progresses with the
assistance of the Holy Spirit and grows with the reflection and
study of believers, with personal experience of the spiritual
life and the preaching of Bishops (cf. Dei Verbum, 8, 21).”
-- Pope Benedict XVI, in a message to the Pontifical Biblical
Commission, online at:
http://www.zenit.org/article-34639?l=english
• • •
Online This Week
April 15, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450809-gospel-for-sunday-15-april-2012.html
…Harold Dean Turlear on religious issues
behind the Trayvon Martin case (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/april-13-2012/harold-dean-trulear-extended-interview/10776/
…videos about how “Obamacare” is helping
people now (Catholic Health Association):
http://www.youtube.com/user/HealthReformWorks/feed?feature=context
…Fr. Robert Barron’s response to the
Newsweek article (Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr--Barron-comments-on-Andrew-Sullivan-s-Non-Threa.aspx
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—coming to faith, finally
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/coming-faith-finally
...Chinese artist He Qi's image of the empty tomb (Catholic
Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/food_fun/catholic_art/2012/03-26/april-2012-prayer-and-reflection
...Christianity in six words: "He is risen from the dead" (Faith & Leadership)
http://www.faithandleadership.com/sermons/catherine-caimano-christianity-six-words?
…Bruce Springsteen on the road to Emmaus
(Daily Theology):
http://dailytheology.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/the-road-to-emmaus-and-bruce-springsteens-wrecking-ball-the-journey-back-to-community/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
...Divine Mercy Sunday (Marians of the Immaculate Conception):
http://www.thedivinemercy.org/
...the spirituality of the Millennial Generation (Evangelization
Exchange):
http://www.pemdc.org/ee0412-ryan/
...what the Church believes about extraterrestrial life (U.S.
Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/church/contemporary-issues/2012/04/do-catholics-believe-life-other-planets
…the Church’s teaching on
homosexual persons (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9282/Overlooked-teaching.aspx
DISCOVER…
…ten good reasons to attend a Catholic
college (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9294/Match-This.aspx
…tens songs of hope (Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/OvercomingDepression/Gallery/10-Songs-of-Hope-for-the-Depressed-Heart.aspx?utm=Homepage_Lead
…an untold story about the Titanic
(Thinking Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120412_1.htm
…the good news about poverty (San Antonio
Express-News):
http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/The-Good-News-of-Easter-Are-Things-Better-3468785.php
PREPARE FOR…the November election
…Faithful Citizenship—A Matter of
Conscience (Catholic Update):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/preview.aspx?id=263
…ugly assumptions about the Church’s role
in public life (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=35
…distinguishing what we know from what we
think we know (CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=956
…what the facts show about income
inequality (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=18475
LEARN HOW TO…
…wait patiently (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-52-waiting-patiently
… find hope in tough times (Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Galleries/10-Ways-to-Find-Hope-During-Tough-Times.aspx
…meet people where they are at along the
way (Catholic News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=2102
REGISTER FOR…
...Br. David Steindl-Rast online retreat, "Trusting in Life"
(Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/ecourses.php?id=127&key=grf
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1376
…a summary of the past week’s events in Rome (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=579303
…what defines an “Islamist”? (InterfaithRadio):
http://interfaithradio.org/2012/Show16
…poet Christian Wiman on the hunger for
faith (On Being):
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/remembering-god/
CONSIDER...
…the legacy of Vatican II—neither disobedience or fossilization
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/editoriali/2012/direttore/081q12-Nel-solco-del-concilio-Vaticano-II.html&title=In%20the%20wake%20of%20the%20Second%20Vatican%20Council&locale=en
…current trends in vocations to the
priesthood (CARA):
http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2012/04/data-in-context-new-ordinations-and.html
ON A LESS SERIOUS NOTE…
…think about the difference between
Protestant and Catholic drinking (Catholic Education Resource
Center ):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0558.htm
…imagine Stephen Colbert dancing as an image of Easter
(Jesuit Post):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/04/what-does-easter-look-like/
...take a quiz about sermons (Faith & Leadership):
https://duke.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5umIlqR6pkZBIfW
IN THE NEWS...
…U.S. Bishops' religious liberty
campaign (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201486.htm
…latest audit of American dioceses’ child
protection measures (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-059.cfm
… what Americans think about the impact of
Christian faith (GreyMatterResearch):
http://www.greymatterresearch.com/index_files/Impact.htm
…the bishops on a preventive
strike against Iran (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicregister.org/news/international/item/14266-us-bishops-see-preventive-strike-on-iran-as-lowering-the-bar-on-waging-war
OPINIONS…
…David Cloutier on the bishops’ religious
liberty campaign (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/faithful-citizenship-friday-whats-a-fortnight/
…the editors on the bishops and religious
liberty (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=18431
…Ansel Augustine on how we stereotype black
males (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/i-am-trayvon-martin
…Peter Brown
on the limits of subsidiarity (The Catholic Thing):
http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/the-limits-of-subsidiarity.html
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
...how to measure the morality of tax plans (National Catholic
Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/moral-measurement-candidates-tax-plans
…trusting the
Church (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/blogs/simple-faith-trusting-the-church/comment-page-1#comment-22330
…women of the resurrection then and now
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/resurrection-women
…a “common good” feminism (Catholics in
Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/thecommongoodforum.html
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Easter Vigil homily
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34598?l=english
…the U.S. bishops’ statement on religious
liberty (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm
…Theology
Today—Perspectives, Principles and Criteria (International
Theological Commission):
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_20111129_teologia-oggi_en.html
…an interview
with the author of The Meaning of Sex (Catholic World
Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1261/sex_sanity_and_eternity.aspx
WORTH QUOTING…
“And lo, on the dawn of the day after the
Sabbath, the tomb is found empty …. Faith is born anew, more
alive and strong than ever, now invincible since it is based on
a decisive experience: ‘Death with life contended: combat
strangely ended! Life’s own champion, slain, now lives to
reign’…. Dear brothers and sisters! If Jesus is risen…something
truly new happened, something that changes the state of humanity
and the world. Then he, Jesus, is someone in whom we can put
absolute trust; we can put our trust not only in his message
but in Jesus himself, for the Risen One does not belong to
the past, but is present today, alive.”
-- Pope Benedict XVI in his Easter Urbi et Orbi
Greeting, online at:
http://www.zenit.org/article-34601?l=english
• • •
Online This Week
April 8, 2012
CELEBRATE…Easter
…reflections on the Easter Gospel
(audio/Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=577159
…St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Homily (Crisis):
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/easter-sermon-of-st-john-chrysostom
…the joyful emptiness of Easter (Catholic
Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/joyful-emptiness-easter/
…God will not leave us (Catholics In
Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/thecommongoodforum.html
…You can’t divorce Good Friday and Easter
(National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/soul-seeing/good-friday-and-easter-sunday-are-one
…how to be an Easter people (Our Sunday
Visitor):}http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9243/How-we-can-be-Easter-people.aspx
…how to practice resurrection in our lives
(Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/days/features.php?id=10963
…resurrecting broken hearts (ExploreFaith):
http://www.explorefaith.org/faith/explore_christianity/holy_days/easter/jesus_is_
here_resurrecting_broken_hearts.php
…what Jesus did after the Resurrection
(BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/JesusDaily/Features/What-did-Jesus-do-after-His-resurrection.aspx
…how people celebrate Easter (BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/JesusDaily/Features/Easter-Traditions.aspx
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450791-gospel-for-sunday-8-april-2012.html
…a tour of the
holy sites in Jerusalem (America):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgXE6Jncv-Y&feature=player_embedded
…a report on where Jesus was buried
(Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-30-2012/where-was-jesus-buried/10645/
…a video about the relationship between
happiness and gratitude (On Being):
http://blog.onbeing.org/post/20168341305/the-relationship-between-happiness-and-gratitude
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—a call to action
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/call-action
…God’s mercy (Friar Jack):
http://www.americancatholic.org/e-news/friarjack/Newlayout.aspx?id=84
…our need for forgiveness (U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=33
…the story of the cracked pot (On Being):
http://blog.onbeing.org/post/19950139131/the-story-of-the-cracked-pot-by-trent-gilliss
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the
connection between faith and action (Every Day Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/EDC/preview.aspx?id=250
…the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/floating-sacrament
…how to “get a (Christian) life” (Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451:get-a-life&catid=20:spirituality&Itemid=27
…a Catholic understanding of biblical
inspiration (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/inspiration_of_scripture_in_the_catholic_tradition/
DISCOVER…
…how to cope with change (Patheos):
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Resist-Change-Let-Be-and-Let-See.html
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1375
…a summary of last week’s events in Rome (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=577981
CONSIDER...
…changing the culture of violence against
women in Latin America (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201381.htm
…what The Hunger Games teaches
us about dealing with reality (Martin Marty Center):
http://divinity.uchicago.edu/martycenter/publications/sightings/archive_2012/0405.shtml
…the seven deadly sins on film—wrath
(Thinking Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120405_1.htm
…what’s wrong with us—we’re
over-stressed (Moral Landscapes):
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201203/adults-out-control-the-spread-stress-reactivity
MEET…
…the couple who wrote the Pope’s Way
of the Cross (National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/long-married-catholic-couple-writes-meditations-for-popes-stations-of-the-c/
IN THE NEWS...
…Pope Benedict challenges dissident
Austrian priests (Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/papa-el-papa-pope-14119
…seeking dialog, not sanctions (Vatican
Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/austria-14134/
…what the bishops find wanting in the
contraception mandate (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201359.htm
…who’s joining religious orders (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-058.cfm
…priestly heroes aboard the Titanic
(Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9268/Priestly-heroes-of-the-Titanic.aspx
OPINIONS…
… E.J. Dionne on what’s happening to
conservatism (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/hard-right
…James
Fitzpatrick on an acceptable health care compromise (First
Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/04/a-compromise-that-would-have-cost-obama-nothing
…John Allen on
why Pope Benedict is disappointing the “hawks” (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedict-xvi-and-lament-hawks
…Russel Shaw
on the Supreme Court’s health care decision (Our Sunday
Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9274/Longawaited-test.aspx
…Henry Karlson
on power and the poor (Vox Nova):
http://vox-nova.com/2012/04/04/is-this-what-christ-died-for/#more-22238
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…the vocation
of business leaders (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace):
http://www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/cst/conferences/Logic%20of%20Gift%20Semina/Logicofgiftdoc/FinalsoftproofVocati.pdf
…how to deal with Castro’s Cuba (Catholic
News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201289.htm
…how Catholics should approach campus
ministry (Daily Theology):
http://dailytheology.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/empowering-apostles-of-joy-rethinking-our-approach-to-campus-ministry/
…the growth of contemplative practices in
the West (Patheos):
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Future-of-Contemplative-Practice-in-America-Buddhism-in-the-West.html
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Palm Sunday homily
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34554?l=english
…the Pope’s homily at the Holy Thursday
Chrism (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34551?l=english
…the Pope’s homily at the end of the Via
Crucis on Good Friday (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34551?l=english
…Vatican’s message for World Autism Day
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34551?l=english
…an interview with Archbishop Chaput on
religious liberty (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/politics/pg0287.htm
…a review of
Vatican II—The Battle for Meaning (The Tablet):
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/issue/1000304/booksandart
…a chapter
from Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Catholic Education
Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0556.htm
WORTH QUOTING…
“'Christ died for our sins' means that he died in
solidarity with–and in loving communion with–all human failure,
mistakes, and absurdity–and thus made them non-absurd! All human suffering and even our failures can
henceforth be seen as part of the entire mystery of
transformation into God. Thus he rightly renamed
('redeemed'?) the dark side of everything, which is what
always discourages and defeats us. Now we can be both grateful
and highly motivated. Life and death are both good! We are
now participants instead of spectators. We are still very
grateful but now gratitude is the very ground floor of our
universe, because nothing, absolutely nothing is wasted in the
Divine Economy of Grace. All of your life and all of your dyings are indeed part of the deal!"
-- Fr. Richard Rohr OFM, in a blog post online at:
http://richardrohr.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/what-does-it-mean-that-christ-died-for-our-sins/
• • •
Online This Week
April 1, 2012
OBSERVE…Holy Week
…get a quick overview of Holy Week
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/video/holy-week-in-two-minutes
…and spend more time learning about these
days (ExploreFaith):
http://www.explorefaith.org/faith/explore_christianity/holy_days/holy_week_and_good_friday/ehrich_holy_week/holy_week.php?ht=
…reflect on Bible quotes for Palm Sunday
(Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Easter/Amazing-Bible-Verses-About-Palm-Sunday.aspx
…read Scott Hann’s reflection for Passion
Sunday (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/darkness_at_noon_reflections_on_passion_sunday/
…listen to Fr. Robert
Barron’s commentary on the Gospel for Palm Sunday (Word on
Fire):
https://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-Palm-Sunday.aspx
…study the four Gospel accounts about the
death of Jesus (Boston College C-21):
http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/c21online/resources/deathofjesus.html
…find out more about the Paschal mystery
(Catholic Update):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/preview.aspx?id=265
…reflect on
the songs of the Suffering Servant (U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/lent/seven-penitential-psalms-songs-of-suffering-servant.cfm
…view a
virtual “Way of the Cross” (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/video/virtual-stations-of-the-cross
…listen to the
Way of the Cross on tape (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/devotionals/stations-of-the-cross/index.cfm
…listen to
Holy Week reflections with a peace and justice theme
(JustPeace):
http://www.justpeace.org/hlywk.htm
…helping
children understand the cross (Word Among Us):
http://wau.org/resources/article/re_embracing_the_cross_with_little_ones/
…perspectives
on the Triduum liturgy (Salt & Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/perspectives/holy-week.php
…living in a
wounded world (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13354
VIEW...
…Fr. Robert
Barron’s review of The Hunger Games (Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-The-Hunger-Games-SPOILERS.aspx
…the question
of where Jesus was buried (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):}http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-30-2012/where-was-jesus-buried/10645/
…Archbishop Mokrzycki’s memories of John
Paul II (Salt & Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/witness/mietek.php
…a report on the shrine of Our Lady of
Aparecida (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/155-Mary%20of%20Nazareth/224450769-the-shrine-of-our-lady-of-aparecida-in-brazil.html?cat=&maincat=
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—a life-giving death
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/life-giving-death
…who’s being judged by the Gospel
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5026
…following Christ with small steps (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=86&IssueID=35
…one of the seven deadly sins on
screen—gluttony (Thinking Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120330_1.htm
…the extravagance of God’s mercy (Catholic
Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/palm-sunday-an-ethic-of-extravagance/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…how people misunderstand papal
infallibility (Homiletic & Pastoral Review):
http://www.hprweb.com/2012/03/papal-infallibility-a-symbolic-yet-problematic-term/
…the mystery of the annunciation (Ignatius
Insight):
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2012/03/the-mystery-of-the-annunciation-is-the-mystery-of-grace-by-joseph-cardinal-ratzinger.html
…health care reform (The Jesuit Post):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/01/the-supreme-issue-health-care-reform/
…how the Church integrates faith and
science (National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/god-created-the-heavens-and-the-earth1/
DISCOVER…
…a series about St. Benedict and
Benedictine spirituality (Integrated Catholic Life):
http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/category/1faith/spiritual-life-prayer/benedict-for-beginners/
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1374
... a guided reflection on Jesus, the Mandate for Our Mission
(Renew International):
http://blog.renewintl.org/2012/03/guided-meditation-the-love-of-jesus-our-mandate-for-mission/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheOfficialBlogByRenewInternational+%28The+Official+Blog+by+Renew+International%29
REMEMBER…
...the 800th anniversary of St. Clare’s entry into
the Franciscan life (Dating God):
http://datinggod.org/2012/03/30/800th-anniversary-of-st-clares-entrance-into-franciscan-life/
PRAY...
...Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for April (Vatican
Information Service):
http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2012/03/benedict-xvis-prayer-intentions-for_30.html
CONSIDER...
...a Christian approach to shopping (Faith & Leadership)
http://www.faithandleadership.com/content/michelle-gonzalez-shopping-sinful?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=headline&utm_campaign=FL_feature
…the difference the pill has made (First
Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/03/the-differences-the-pill-has-made
…Pope John Paul II’s impact on Catholic
moral theology (Journal of Moral Theology):
http://www.msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/theology/department-of-theology/jmt/docs/JMTv1i1Grabowski.pdf
IN THE NEWS...
…Challenge to health care plan at the Supreme Court (Catholic
News Agency)
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/conscience-concerns-could-prove-decisive-in-health-care-ruling/
…the Pope’s schedule for Holy Week
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/holy-weeks-solemnities/
…end of the road for talks with
traditionalists (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9240/Talks-with-traditionalist-group-hits-end-of-road.aspx
OPINIONS…
… Mark Gray on the rise of voters who are
not religiously affilliated (CARA):
http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-catholic-vote-quiet-rise-of.html
…Hadley Arkes
on the “social issues” in American politics (The Catholic
Thing):
http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/in-praise-of-a-polarized-politics.html
…Ernest Zampelli on the health care mandate (Institute for
Policy Research & Catholic Studies):
http://ipr.cua.edu/blogs/post.cfm/the-mandate-debate
…Michael
Sean Witners on Jerry Falwell’s contribution to American politics
(Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf31412msw.php
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…why Catholics
leave the church (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/unusual-study-asks-former-catholics-why-they-left-church
…Augustine,
faith and reason (Catholic Culture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=952
…the meaning of sexual differences
(Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0234.htm
…the distinction between prudential issues
and moral absolutes (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=18253
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s message on Vatican II
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/vaticano/2012/072q12-Videomessaggio-del-Pontefice-a-un-incontro-.html&title=Sign%20of%20God%20for%20our%20time&locale=en
…texts of Pope Benedict’s homilies and
speeches in Mexico and Cuba (Vatican):
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/travels/2012/index_messico-cuba_en.htm
…U.S. Bishops’ statement on religious
freedom (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/march-14-statement-on-religious-freedom-and-hhs-mandate.cfm
…Fr. Cantalamessa’s sermon on Gregory
of Nyssa (Vatican Radio):
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=576010
…John Allen on the Pope’s anti-clerical
message (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/benedicts-gentle-debunk-clericalism
WORTH QUOTING…
“A surprise benefit of the bus: it exposed
me to more people. Because while the bus picked up and delivered
many university students and employees like me, it also was a
transportation lifeline for the poor and, since the Texas School
for the Blind was near my house, the blind. I won’t say that
seeing these people daily 'reminded me how lucky I am.' People
do not exist to help me feel more fortunate. Instead, I’ll say
they amazed and moved me…. Public transportation puts us all
together, and we have a few minutes to contemplate each other….
We have time to take in each other’s dignity and courage. Above
all the other benefits, giving up my car reminded me I wasn’t
driving my own life. God is in charge. I depend on other people
God has created. I depend on God."
-- Lynn Freehill, reflecting on her decision
to give up driving for Lent, online at:
http://bustedhalo.com/features/lent-even-more-extreme-edition
• • •
Online This Week
March 4, 2012
OBSERVING…Lent
…video reflection on the Second Sunday of
Lent (Catholic Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/video_detail.html?id=26
…when does a diet become a fast?
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/blogs/the-soup-to-nuts-of-fasting
…Introduction to Lent--Fasting (St. Paul
Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/intro_to_lent_ii_fasting/
…Lent is a rehearsal for death (Catholic
News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=2052
…weekly guide to journaling during Lent
(ExploreFaith):
http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/guided_journaling/lent.php
…the seven deadly sins on film—pride
(Thinking Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120228_2.htm
…Week 2 reflections based on Fr. Robert
Barron’s Catholicism (Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WoF-Blog/WoF-Blog/March-2012/Lent-Gospel-Reflections-from-CATHOLICISM-Week-2.aspx
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450679-gospel-for-sunday-04-march-2012.html
…an interview with Brother Emile of the
Taize community (Salt & Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/perspectives/prayer-and-taize-community.php
…an interview with philosopher Charles
Taylor on faith in the 21st century (Boston College):
http://www.bc.edu/church21/webcast.html?11.10.11_Taylor_MP4_480p_%2816x9%29.mp4#feature-area
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Abraham’s trial (Catholics
on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/abrahams-trial
…being human—and imperfect (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-45-go-easy-on-yourself
…the importance of beauty (Our Sunday
Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9123/Helping-people-encounter-God-through-beauty.aspx
…an examination of conscience based on the
Beatitudes (Pax Christ USA):
http://paxchristiusa1.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/eoc.pdf
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the connection between Jesus and the
Sacraments (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9128/Masterworks-of-God.aspx
...what the Church teaches about capitalism (Jesuit Social
Research Institute):
http://loyno.edu/jsri/catholicism-and-capitalism
…St. Patrick—Man on a Mission (Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=448:saint-patrick-man-on-a-mission&catid=15:cover-stories&Itemid=68
…John Courtney Murray and the debate over
religious liberty (Journal of Moral Theology):
http://www.msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/theology/department-of-theology/jmt/docs/JMTv1i1Hollenbach.pdf
DISCOVER…
…how many slaves work for you
(SlaveryFootprint):
http://slaveryfootprint.org/
…five ways to
instill faith in kids (BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/galleries/8-Ways-to-Instill-Faith-in-Your-Kids.aspx
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1370
…a Lenten reflection of life in the Middle
East (Catholic Church in England and Wales):
http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/Home/Podcasts/Middle-East-Analysis/Middle-East-Lenten-Reflection
PRAY...
...Pope's prayer intentions for March (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34385?l=english
CONSIDER...
…three myths about the Catholic Church
(National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/three-myths-about-church-give-lent
…latest roundup of books on the Bible
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13302
MEET…
…the “Mother Teresa of Honduras” (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=3774
IN THE NEWS...
…what the bishops will do next about the
contraception mandate (National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinal-dolan-issues-letter-hinting-at-legal-challenge/
…a conference on fertility and the family
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/editoriali/2012/053q12-Di-generazione-in-generazione.html&title=From%20generation%20to%20generation&locale=en
OPINIONS…
…Michael Uhlmann on what the bishops should
do now (The Catholic Thing):
http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/six-things-the-bishops-must-do-now.html
...Sean Michael Williams on why the bishops should be careful
(National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/some-see-bishops-danger-overplayng-their-hand
…Gary Dorrien on the future of the Occupy
movement (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13301
…George Weigel
on the tragedy of “liberal Catholicism” (First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/02/the-catholic-diaspora-and-the-tragedy-of-liberal-catholicism
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…the new
Missal and what it says about God (The Jesuit Post):
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/02/words-words-words-our-shabby-equipment-part-ii/
…the difference between conscience and
feelings (Catholic Education Resource Center)
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0083.htm
…the principle of buen vivir (living
well) (Center of Concern):
https://www.coc.org/files/Briefing%20Paper%2011%20Buen%20Vivir.pdf
…the salvation of non-Christians (Fr. Ron
Rolheiser)
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=791
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Angeles homily on
temptation (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34370?l=english
…a review of
Fr. Robert Spitzer’s New Proofs for the Existence of God
(Catholic Culture)
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/articles.cfm?ID=525
WORTH QUOTING…
“Too much of my time as a novice was spent trying to be like
other people. I knew that I wasn’t holy myself, and saw other
novices who seemed far more holy, so, I figured I needed to be
like them…. Finally I said to my spiritual director, David
Donovan, ‘I’m not sure how to be holy. Who should I imitate in
the novitiate? Who’s doing it right?’ ‘Jim,’ he said, ‘you
don’t have to be someone else to be holy. Just be yourself.
That’s the person God called ….’ David’s
advice helped me to relax, and to be appreciated for who I was,
not for who I wasn’t."
-- Fr. James Martin SJ, on “The Five Best Pieces of Jesuit
Wisdom I’ve Ever Heard,” online at:
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/2012/02/the-five-best-pieces-of-jesuit-wisdom-ive-ever-heard/
• • •
Online This Week
February 26, 2012
OBSERVE…Lent
…weekly reflections based on Fr. Robert
Barron’s documentary Catholicism (Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WoF-Blog/WoF-Blog/February-2012/Lent-Gospel-Reflections-from-CATHOLICISM-Week-1.aspx
…ten things to remember about Lent (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-032.cfm
…Introduction to Lent/Prayer (St. Paul
Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/intro_to_lent_1_prayer/
…Lenten calendar of daily reflections
(American Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Seasonal/Calendar.aspx?id=5
…frequently asked questions about Lent
(American Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/lent/faqs.asp
…Lent as a time for transformation
(Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fr-richard-rohr/lent-is-about-transformation_b_1282070.html
…why I’m giving up Facebook for Lent (Daily
Theology):
http://dailytheology.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/why-i-am-fasting-from-facebook/
…focus on the seven deadly sins (Thinking
Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120220_1.htm
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450657-holy-gospel-of-jesus-christ-according-to-saint-mark-112-15.htm
…Catholic focus on social justice (Salt &
Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/catholicfocus/words-of-jesus.php
…help for divorced Catholics (Salt & Light
Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/perspectives/divorce.php
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—angels in the desert
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/angels-desert
…the primacy of Christ in Creation (Friar
Jack):
http://www.americancatholic.org/e-news/friarjack/Newlayout.aspx?id=81
…a thirst for water, a thirst for life
(Ecumenical Water Network):
http://www.oikoumene.org/en/activities/ewn-home/resources-and-links/seven-weeks-for-water/week-1/bible-reflection.html
…how the face opens into the infinite
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/cultura/2012/045q12-Cosa-hai-visto-nel-mio-volto-.html&title=What%20did%20you%20see%20in%20my%20face?&locale=en
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…what is a gospel? (The Word Among Us):
http://wau.org/archives/article/the_gospel_what_is_it/
…the case against contraception (Catholic
Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0217.htm
…Pope Benedict and the Word of God
(Homiletic & Pastoral Review):
http://www.hprweb.com/2012/02/pope-benedict-xvi-and-the-word-of-god-distinct-themes-of-verbum-domini/
…Bernard Haring’s influence on Catholic
moral theology (Journal of Moral Theology):
http://www.msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/theology/department-of-theology/jmt/docs/JMTv1i1Keenan.pdf
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1369
…the Catholic themes in Downton Abbey
(AmericaPodcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1325
…an interview with David Belton, writer for
PBS’s The Amish (Interfaith Voices):
http://interfaithradio.org/2012/Show9
…Desmond Tutu’s God of Surprises (Krista
Tippet on Being):
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/tutu-god-of-surprises/
PRAY...
…a prayer for teachers (Dating God):
http://datinggod.org/2012/02/21/prayer-for-teachers/
CONSIDER...
…a “disconnect” in Mexican Catholic
spirituality (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200688.htm
…the Pope’s challenge to the
financial sector (Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf22212.php
MEET…
…Regis Philbin, man of faith (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=77&IssueID=34
IN THE NEWS...the contraception debate
…what happens next? (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9063/Next-steps-in-HHS-mandate-controversy.aspx
…Bishop Blaise Cupich on the need for
civility (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13263
…facts vs. myths (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200718.htm
…conscientious
objection in a broader context (Brookings Institute):
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2012/0223_health_care_
galston_rogers/0223_health_care_galston_rogers.pdf
…the editors on the distinction between
liberty and policy (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13277
OPINIONS…
…Mary Ann
Glendon on religious liberties (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13260
…George Weigel
on clerical narcissism (First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/02/clerical-narcissism-and-lent
…Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton on saying yes to new things (National Catholic
Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/peace-pulpit/church-jesus-should-say-yes-new-things
…Anthony
Stevens-Arroyo on the theology of birth control politics (The
Washington Post):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/the-theology-of-birth-control-politics/2012/02/17/gIQA3UMHKR_blog.html#pagebreak
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…Pope Benedict’s legacy--the new evangelization (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9060/Pope-Benedict-makes-moves-to-secure-his-legacy.aspx
…doctrine, discipline and holiness
(Catholic Culture):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/opinion/sunday/in-a-lenten-season.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lent&st=cse
…what saints can teach busy Catholics
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/everyday-holiness-for-ordinary-lives/
…the salvation of non-Christians (Fr. Ron
Rolheiser):
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=791
READ…
…Pope
Benedict’s Ash Wednesday homily (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34352?l=english
…Pope
Benedict's Wednesday catechesis on Jesus' last three words on
the cross (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34347?l=english
…an excerpt from Donald DeMarco’s The
Many Faces of Virtue (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0082.htm
WORTH QUOTING…
“The season of Lent itself is based on a “wilderness”
— the one in which Jesus fasted for 40 days after his baptism. It’s common to read this story and others like it as though
the wilderness were little more than a blank backdrop. I read it
a different way. Wisdom comes from the bare places because they
force humility upon us. In these Lenten places, where life
thrives on almost nothing, we can see clearly how large a shadow
modern life and consumption cast upon the earth. In secular
terms, Lent seems the opposite of Christmas — “What are you
giving up?” versus “What are you getting?” Perhaps it might be a
season in which to learn the value of abstention and to consider
how to let the bare places flourish, or even simply to exist."
-- Verlyn Klinkenborg, in an opinion column in the New York
Times, online at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/opinion/sunday/in-a-lenten-season.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lent&st=cse
• • •
Online This Week
February 19, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450627-holy-gospel-of-jesus-christ-according-to-saint-mark-%E2%80%AA21-12%E2%80%AC.html
…Catholic Social Teaching—a covenant of
love (Salt & Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/catholicfocus/covenant-of-love.php
… the spiritual needs of people with
dementia (Catholic Church in England and Wales):
http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/Home/Videos/Dementia-and-Spirituality/The-Effects-of-Dementia
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—disabled but not excluded
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/disabled-not-excluded
…inclusion, acceptance, fear and fiestas
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=1&entry_id=4914
…life as a Lenten journey (Every Day
Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/EDC/preview.aspx?id=249
…how to pray contemplatively (The Word
Among Us):
http://wau.org/resources/article/re_the_illuminated_imagination/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the religious roots of Mardi Gras
(American Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/mardigras/
…why Catholics pray the rosary (For Your
Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/why-do-catholics-pray-the-rosary/
…the year of faith (Catholic Church in
England and Wales):
http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/Home/Features/What-is-the-Year-of-Faith
…the Old Testament canon in the Christian
bible (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology):
http://www.salvationhistory.com/blog/thoughts_on_the_churchs_old_testament_canon/
DISCOVER…
…a Daily
Examen simple enough for 6th graders (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4936
…40, a dramatic new Lenten experience (Loyola Press):
http://40theseries.com/the-series/
…a new journal about Catholic moral
teaching (Journal of Moral Theology):
http://www.msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/theology/department-of-theology/jmt/index.html
JUST FOR FUN…
…play
Lent Madness and learn about the saints (Lent Madness):
http://www.lentmadness.org/about/
PREPARE FOR…Lent
…Ash Wednesday in two minutes/video
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/video/ash-wednesday-in-two-minutes
…what are you giving up for Lent
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-44-what-are-you-giving-up-for-lent
…why give up anything? (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/that-time-of-year-again
…lenten guide for married couples (For Your
Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/getting-ready-for-lent/
…Fast-Pray-Give Lenten Calendar
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/fast-pray-give
…making Lent count (National Catholic
Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/make-lent-count/
...finding everyday holiness in Lent
(Catholic Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/faith/lent/2010/01-13/finding-everyday-holiness-in-lent
…the Lunchtime Examen (Loyola Press):
http://ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/lunchtime-examen/
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1368
…a discussion of this year’s best Oscar
nominees (AmericaPodcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1321
…why we can’t understand Greek drama
(Boston College Front Row):
http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/lefkowitz/
CONSIDER...
…the need for a new pro-life philosophy
(Catholic News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/priest-defends-pro-life-movement-with-secular-philosophy/
…John Courtney
Murray and today’s debate over religious liberty (Journal of
Moral Theology):
http://www.msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/theology/department-of-theology/jmt/docs/JMTv1i1Hollenbach.pdf
… sin and grace in Martin Scorsese’s films
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/culture.cfm?cultureid=254
IN THE NEWS...
…Catholic response to the “accommodation”
on contraception coverage (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200643.htm
...U.S. bishops’ response (U.S. Conference
of Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/bishops-renew-call-to-legislative-action-on-religious-liberty.cfm
…why the
bishops won’t back down (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/staffer-bishops-will-not-relent-contraception-compromise
…U.S. bishops’
fact sheet on contraception coverage (U.S. Conference of
Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/upload/preventiveqanda2012-2.pdf
OPINIONS…
Sr. Mary Ann Walsh on six things everyone
should know about the HHS mandate (U.S. Conference of Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/02/six-more-things-everyone-should-know.html
…the editors on the bishops’ reaction
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/bad-reaction
…Jeff Mirus on the limits of religious
liberty (CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=933
…David Cloutier on three lessons from the
contraception controversy (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/the-mandate-three-lessons-so-far/
…Bill Moyers
on freedom of and from religion (Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/obama-contraception-compromise-freedom-of-and-from-religion_b_1281942.html?ref=religion
…Jamie L.
Mansen on why the bishops will never be satisfied (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/grace-margins/why-bishops-will-never-be-satisfied
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…the origins of modern science (Catholic
Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/science/sc0131.htm|
…the “moral ethos” of sports (Catholic
Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/jeremy-lin-religious-values-and-the-moral-ethos-of-sport/
…what the poor teach us about conversion
(Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435:what-the-poor-teach-us-about-conversion&catid=15:cover-stories&Itemid=68
…obstacles to the new evangelization (Our
Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/9048/Seven-obstacles-to-the-New-Evangelization.aspx
READ…
…Pope
Benedict's Wednesday catechesis on Jesus' last three words on
the cross (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34303?l=english
…commentary on the Pope’s fears about the financial sector (CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=932|
…Robert Ellsberg’s introduction to Dorothy
Day’s Diaries (Catholic Eduction Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0548.htm
…an interview with Cardinal Wuerl on the
Church in America (Osservatore Romano)
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/interviste/2012/014q12Una-Chiesa-al-servizio-della-vita.html&title=A%20Church%20at%20the%20service%20of%20life&locale=en
…a symposium on “why I am (still) Catholic”
(Daily Theology)
http://dailytheology.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/theological-shark-week-ii-why-i-am-still-catholic/
WORTH QUOTING…
“Sacred
Scripture warns us of the danger that our hearts can become
hardened by a sort of 'spiritual anesthesia' which numbs us to
the suffering of others.... What hinders this humane and
loving gaze towards our brothers and sisters? Often it is the
possession of material riches and a sense of sufficiency, but it
can also be the tendency to put our own interests and problems
above all else. We should never be incapable of “showing mercy”
towards those who suffer. Our hearts should never be so wrapped
up in our affairs and problems that they fail to hear the cry of
the poor."
-- Pope Benedict XVI, in his Lenten message for 2012, online at:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/lent/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20111103_lent-2012_en.html
• • •
Online This Week
February 5, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450566-gospel-for-sunday-05-february-2012.html
…the progress
of justice for farmworkers (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/february-3-2012/farmworker-justice/10207/
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Healed in Love (Catholics
on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/healed-love
... the big picture—eternity and
beyond (U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/life/everyday-spirituality/2012/01/eternity-and-beyond-faith-and-space?utm_source=January+31%2C+2012&utm_campaign=ebulletin1312012&utm_medium=email
…the art of prayer (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13242
…St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, patron of widows
(St. Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=75&IssueID=33
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…who God is (Word Among Us):
http://wau.org/archives/31-03
…world day for consecrated life (U.S.
Conference of Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocations/consecrated-life/world-day-for-consecrated-life.cfm
…life along the via dolorosa
(Catholic News Service):
http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/a-glimpse-of-life-along-the-via-dolorosa/
...what Catholics need to know about health care (Our Sunday
Visitor):
https://catalog.osv.com/PDFs/P1066_web.pdf
DISCOVER…
…
Church Life, a new online journal about evangelization
(Institute for Church Life):
http://issuu.com/instituteforchurchlife/docs/churchlifewinter2012
...Men As Learners and Elders (Center for Action and
Contemplation)
http://cacradicalgrace.org/menaslearnerselders/overview
…resources for married couples (For Your
Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/february-a-time-to-celebrate-love-and-marriage/
…how Catholic Relief Services makes a
difference (Catholic Relief Services):
http://www.crs.org/united-states/when-did-we-see-you-hungry/
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1366
…Richard Gaillardetz on the anniversary of
Vatican II (AmericaPodcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1317
…God is searching for you (Renew International)
http://xpmail.kolaco.com/Renew/index.nsf/vPages/PodcastSearchingForGod
PRAY...
...Pope Benedict's intentions for February (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34219?l=english
REMEMBER…
...to choose fair-trade chocolate for Valentine’s Day (Catholic
Relief Services):
http://www.serrv.org/crs_chocolate?c=crschoc&utm
CONSIDER...
…the community’s
role in the RCIA (Catholic Update):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/preview.aspx?id=262
…ten ways to find hope in troubled
times (Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Galleries/10-Ways-to-Find-Hope-During-Tough-Times.aspx
…the plight of migrant women
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/easy-targets
…a positive role for secularism
(Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/francia-france-vingt-trois-cattolici-catholics-catolicos-12313/
MEET…
…St. Charbel of Lebanon, artisan of
peace (Word Among Us):
http://wau.org/archives/article/an_artisan_of_peace/
IN THE NEWS... HHH regulations on
health insurance coverage
...text of Archbishop Hanus' letter (Archdiocese of Dubuque):
http://www.arch.pvt.k12.ia.us/Administration/archmessages/HHS-HealthMandateLetter.pdf
...Catholic reaction to HHS regulations (National Catholic
Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/catholics-denounce-ruling-religious-exemption
...list of U.S. bishops who have spoken publicly about the
administration's regulations (Catholic Vote):
http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=25591
…Bishops’ responses to the administration (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-020.cfm
…resources from the U.S. bishops (U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/index.cfm
…moral theologians’ discussion (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/hhs-roundtable-cooperation-with-evil/|
...E.J. Dionne on the President's breach of faith (Washington
Post):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-breach-of-faith-over-contraceptive-ruling/2012/01/29/gIQAY7V5aQ_story.html
...impact on Catholic voters (CNN)
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/01/is-obama-losing-the-catholic-vote/?hpt=hp_t2
…the danger of miscalculating
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13238
…Fr. Robert Barron’s commentary/video
(Word on Fire):
http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-the-HHS-Contraception.aspx
OPINIONS…
…Loras College’s David Cochran on the
choices facing American voters (Commonweal)
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/plutocracy-or-democracy
…Fr. John Coleman SJ on economic inequity
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4900
…Anne Roan Thomas on the moral implications
of climate change (Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/994/a_dangerous_practice.aspx
…George Weigel on whether we’re seeking or
following (Crisis):
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/we-do-not-seek-but-find
…Fr. John Flynn on economics and low
fertility (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34234?l=english
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…ministry to
young adults (Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/lost-transition-christian-smith
…the answer to “spiritual but not religious” (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-58-re-why-i-hate-religion-but-love-jesus
…the relationship between church and state,
principles and prudence (CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/articles.cfm?id=520
…concerns about the Enneagram (Catholic
World Report_):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/994/a_dangerous_practice.aspx
READ…
…Pope
Benedict's Wednesday catechesis on Jesus' prayer in the Garden
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34223?l=english
…a review of Charles Murray’s Coming
Apart (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0409.htm
…a review of A Thinker’s Guide to Sin
(Australian eJournal of Theology):
http://aejt.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/398956/A_Thinkers_Guide_to_Sin_Talking_
about_wrongdoing_today.pdf
…Jesus’ “descent into hell” (Vox Nova):
http://vox-nova.com/2012/02/03/descended-to-the-dead-or-descended-into-hell/#more-21446
WORTH QUOTING…
“Sometimes I forget that God made me to be me. God
wants us to see the good that others do and to appreciate it.
But we shouldn’t be good exactly the same way another person is
good. God calls us to do our own good. God doesn’t keep a
tally sheet to see who is doing better than whom. God just
wants us to do what God is calling us to do. I just had to keep
telling myself this over and over. God wants me to be me, not
that other mom who I think is ridiculously amazing. I need to
find my own amazing.”
-- Vanessa Gonzalez Kraft, in her blog on BustedHalo at:
http://bustedhalo.com/blogs/coveting-thy-neighbors-good
• • •
Online This Week
January 29, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450518-gospel-for-sunday-29-january-2012.html
…Fr. John Baldovin’s lecture on Eucharistic
Adoration in the Church today (University of Notre Dame Center
for Liturgy):
http://blogs.nd.edu/oblation/2012/01/17/adoration-of-the-eucharist-today-2/
…a Catholic view of the Great Depression
(Salt & Light Television):
http://saltandlighttv.org/catholicfocus/catholics-and-great-depression.php
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Called to be Prophets
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/called-be-prophets
…how (and to what) am I being called? (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=74&IssueID=33
…why people marry and stay married
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/blogs/why-did-you-marry-me
…five ways to manage daily depression
(BeliefNet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Emotional-Health/5-Ways-to-Manage-Day-to-Day-Depression.aspx
…what we can learn from King David’s
sinfulness (DatingGod):
http://datinggod.org/2012/01/27/king-david-and-bathsheba-sin-and-human-brokenness/
…what Thomas Aquinas can teach us today (Thinking Faith):
http://thinkingfaith.org/articles/20120127_1.htm
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the Sacraments of Healing (Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=432:sacraments-of-healing&catid=21:sacraments&Itemid=28
…the history of African-American Catholics
(Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8970/History-of-AfricanAmerican-Catholics.aspx
…13th century theologian John
Duns Scotus (Friar Jack):
http://www.americancatholic.org/e-news/friarjack/Newlayout.aspx?id=79
…the “tribunal of the conscience,” the
Apostolic Peniteniary (H20News/video):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/48-In%20the%20world/224450497-the-tribunal-of-the-conscience.html?cat=&maincat=#
DISCOVER…
…the U.S.
bishops’ Facebook page for Poverty Awareness (U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops):
http://www.facebook.com/povertyusa
…an archive of features on women in the
church (U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/churchladies
JUST FOR FUN…
…find out how smart you have to be to
understand the pope’s homilies (CARA):
http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-much-schooling-do-you-need-to-best.html
REGISTER FOR…
…a one-month e-course on praying for peace
and justice (Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/ecourses.php?id=122&key=spws
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1365
…how religious communities affect American
foreign policy (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1315
…an interview with Irish poet John
O’Donoghue on the importance of beauty (On Being):
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/inner-landscape-of-beauty/
CONSIDER...
…Archbishop Dolan’s op ed on religious
freedom (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/about/media-relations/resources/wall-street-journal-op-ed-on-religious-freedom.cfm
…the connection between justice and
judgment (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0080.htm
…how popes have changed the world
(Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/how-popes-have-shaken-the_n_1219550.html?ref=religion
MEET…
…Hildegard of Bingen, the Church’s
next “doctor” (Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1079/hildegard_of_bingen_voice_of_the_living_light.aspx
…Dina Dwyer-Owens, an Undercover
(Catholic) Boss (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/culture.cfm?cultureid=249
IN THE NEWS...
…latest survey on Catholic attitudes
toward abortion (Knights of Columbus):
http://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/communications/Abortion_in_America_2012.pdf
…the 39th annual March for
Life in Washington (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8973/Prayers-for-Life.aspx
…where the pro-life movement is
making progress (U.S.Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/culture/ethic-life/2011/11/capitol-gains-new-strategies-pro-life-movement
…getting ready for the 50th
anniversary of Vatican II (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200362.htm
OPINIONS…
…Sean Michael Winters on why the president
is wrong on conscience regulations (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/jaccuse
…Michael O’Loughlin on Mitt Romney’s wealth
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4883
…Jeff Mirus on Archbishop Dolan’s naivete
(Catholic Culture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=921
…Gordon Marion on envy and greed
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/seeing-green
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
…creating a new kind of Catholic culture (Catholic World
Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1081/culture_and_evangelization.aspx
…the difference between purity of heart and
chastity (Fr. Ron Rolheiser):
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=745
…why atheists are closer to God than they
realize (Ignatius Insight):
http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2009/mbrumley_aquinasatheism_sept09.asp
…the moral issues involved in regulating
the Internet (Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/the-moral-fury-over-regulating-the-internet-a-guest-post-by-jim-caccamo/
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Wednesday catechesis on
Jesus’ final prayer (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34189?l=english
…the Pope’s message for World Communications Day (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34175?l=english
…Martin Marty’s review of The American
Divide (Sightings):
http://divinity.uchicago.edu/martycenter/publications/sightings/archive_2012/0123.shtml
WORTH QUOTING…
“Silence is an integral element of communication; in its
absence, words rich in content cannot exist. In silence, we are
better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to
birth and acquire depth; we understand with greater clarity what
it is we want to say and what we expect from others; and we
choose how to express ourselves. By remaining silent we allow
the other person to speak, to express him or herself; and we
avoid being tied simply to our own words and ideas without them
being adequately tested. In this way, space is created for
mutual listening, and deeper human relationships become
possible.”
-- Pope Benedict XVI, in his message for
World Communications Day 2012, online at:
http://www.zenit.org/article-34175?l=english
• • •
Online This Week
January 22, 2012
VIEW...
…Fr. James
Martin on Tim Tebow (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/video/video-index.cfm?series_id=1314
…Rick Santorum on faith in public life
(Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/by-topic/rick-santorum-religion-in-public-life/10126/
…Georgetown professor Nancy Sherman on the
moral burden of Iraq (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-20-2012/living-with-the-moral-burdens-of-war/10152/
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Making a Serious Change
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/making-serious-career-change
…the extraordinary ordinary moments of
motherhood (American Catholic):
http://blog.americancatholic.org/2012/01/ordinary-yet-extraordinary-moments-of-motherhood/
…hearing God’s call and trusting what we
hear (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/new-beginnings
…what we can learn from St. Catherine of
Sienna (Explore Faith):
http://www.explorefaith.org/faces/saints_prophets_and_spiritual_guides/saint_catherine_of_siena.php
…the blessing of living with a Downs
Syndrome child (Columbia):
http://www.kofc.org/un/en/columbia/detail/2012_01_down_syndrome.html
…the redeeming value of people we consider
monsters (Vox Nova):
http://vox-nova.com/2012/01/21/those-that-we-call-monsters-are-not-so-to-god/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the value of Sunday rituals (American
Catholic):
http://blog.americancatholic.org/2012/01/sunday-rituals/
…the connection between cosmology and
revelation (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8958/Interplay-of-cosmology-revelation.aspx
…the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
(Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Home-Page-News-and-Views/Week-of-Prayer-for-Christian-Unity.aspx
…Pope Benedict’s hermeneutic for
interpreting the Second Vatican Council (Chiesa):
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350146?eng=y
DISCOVER…
…the
Ignatian spiritual tradition (Catholic Digest):
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/faith/religious_orders/2011/02-04/praying-with-the-jesuits
…the places great Catholic writers lived
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13227
…a new opera about an American martyr (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=69&IssueID=32
…the secrets of a successful marriage
(Christopher NewsNotes):
http://www.christophers.org/page.aspx?pid=1366
JUST FOR FUN…
…find out how long you would last in the
Old Testament (Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Quiz/How-Long-Would-You-Survive-in-the-Old-Testament.aspx
STUDY…
…a new report on what people experience in
church (Barna Group):
http://www.barna.org/congregations-articles/556-what-people-experience-in-churches
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1363
…an interview with Paul Jeffrey, author of
Rubble Nation—Haiti’s Pain, Haiti’s Promise (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/podcasts/interview-paul-jeffrey-united-methodist-missionary-photojournalist-new-book-rubble-nation-haitis-pain-haitis-promise
PRAY...
…with your spouse—4 simple steps (For Your
Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/how-to-pray-with-your-spouse-four-simple-steps/
CONSIDER...
…questions Walker Percy asked himself about
faith (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0458.htm
…what we can learn from Vaclav Havel
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/vaclav-havel-1936%E2%80%932011
…an abortion solution Solomon might suggest (Crisis):
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/42093
…how Latinos are changing American
Catholicism (Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-matovina/latinos-and-the-transform_b_1211824.html
IN THE NEWS...
…the 39th March on Life
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article%20/march-on-march-for-life/
…Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
(Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34136?l=english
…U.S. Bishops’ reaction to contraceptive
regulations (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-012.cfm
…Vatican approves Neo-Catechumenate liturgy
(Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200253.htm
…a new faith-and-science foundation at the
Vatican (Catholic News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-benedict-creates-new-science-and-faith-foundation
…what we share in common across church
boundaries (Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/inside-edition-places-of-faith_b_1214251.html?ref=religion
OPINIONS…
…Fr. Stephen DeWitt on Dr. Martin Luther
King (DatingGod):
http://datinggod.org/2012/01/20/correcting-oversight-dewitts-reflections-on-ml-kings-opposition-to-war-and-poverty/
…Stanton Jones on what we don’t know about
homosexuality (First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/01/same-sex-science
…David Peterson on the Vatican’s
controversial plan for economic reforms (MercatorNet)
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/vaticans_controversial_plan_for_financial_reform
…Kevin Considine on why Dorothy Day
disturbs him (U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2012/01/dorothy-day%E2%80%94-disturbing-%E2%80%9Choly-fool%E2%80%9D
…Gaetano Vallini on Eastwood’s J. Edgar
(Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/cultura/2012/017q12-Eastwood-denuncia-il-volto-ambiguo-dell-Ame.html&title=Eastwood%20reveals%20%20the%20ambiguous%20face%20of%20America&locale=en
THINK MORE
ABOUT…
… how states can respond to the immigration crisis (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=7
…faith, science and human bodies (Catholic
News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200250.htm
…how we can approach public policy issues
(Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf11712stasi.php
…what we don’t know about homosexuality
(First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/01/same-sex-science
READ…
…Pope Benedict’s Wednesday catechesis on
the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34139?l=english
…the Pope’s message for the World Day for
Migrants and Refugees (Zenit):
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/migration/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20110921_world-migrants-day_en.html
…the Pope’s address to U.S. bishops on threats to religious
liberty (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34148?l=english
…an interview with Mother Clare Millea on women religious in the
U.S. (Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1062/just_a_beginning_of_new_vitality_in_religious_life.aspx
…a summary of Karl Becker’s Catholic
Engagement with World Religions (Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/reviews/detail/articolo/recensione-11637/
WORTH QUOTING…
“…I eventually found myself studying at a Protestant divinity
school and living in an ‘intentional Christian community’ with a
bunch of Protestants…. One of the greatest gifts I carry with me
from those days is all the times I went to Protestant
services…and I did not receive communion. In those moments, I
felt deeply the brokenness of the Church.… I’m back in a largely
Catholic world. So much so that I needed the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity to remind me to pray for something that–in that
divided community–I used to pray for daily: the unity of the
Church. This week, please take a little time to remember and
reflect on the brokenness of the Church; try to do a little
something to reach across the divides. And take a little time
to pray for the unity of the Church.”
--Dana Dillon in a post on the Catholic Moral Theology blog,
online at:
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/for-the-unity-of-the-church/
• • •
Online This Week
January 15, 2012
VIEW...
…a video
presentation of this week’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450479-gospel-for-sunday-15-january-2011.html
…an interview
with Michael O’Brien, author of The Father’s Tale
(Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/1046/michael_obrien_interviewed_by_fr_joseph_fessio_sj.aspx
…an interview with Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim
Crow (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-13-2012/michelle-alexander-extended-interview/10104/
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Did you Call? (Catholics
on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/did-you-call
…moments of conversion (Friar Jack):
http://www.americancatholic.org/e-news/friarjack/Newlayout.aspx?id=78
…the “other” in our lives (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/blogs/blog_flash/the-other-in-our-midst
…the difference between generosity and
greed (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0076.htm
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…Jesus’ miracles in the Gospel of Mark (St.
Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=65&IssueID=32
…the national prayer vigil for life (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/EDC/preview.aspx?id=248
…the Catholic mission of healing
(Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=423:go-forth-preach-heal&catid=15:cover-stories&Itemid=68
…Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (National
Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article%20/kateri-tekakwithas-sainthood/
DISCOVER…
…the U.S. bishops’ website on marriage
(Unique for a Reason):
http://www.marriageuniqueforareason.org/
…the “Days of Deepening Friendship” blog
for women (Loyola Press):
http://deepeningfriendship.loyolapress.com/
…the connection between sports, energy and
spirituality (Everyday Catholic):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/EDC/preview.aspx?id=248
PREPARE FOR…
…World Day for Consecrated Life (Feb. 4-5)
(U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-007.cfm
LISTEN TO…
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1363
CONSIDER...
…the Song of Songs and the poetry of sex
(First Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/01/the-poetry-of-sex
…why “Tebow fever” is really about God
(Religion Dispatches):
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/5565/missing_the_extra_point%3A_the_real_cause_of_tebow_fever
MEET…
…Fr. Michael Bassano, a "troubadour of
compassion” (Maryknoll):
http://www.maryknollmagazine.org/index.php/magazines/290-troubadour-of-compassion
IN THE NEWS...
…Religious leaders’ object to
treating same sex unions as “marriages” (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200142.htm
…22 new
cardinals appointed by Pope Benedict (The Tablet):
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162206
…the “invasion of the zombies” (on screen)(Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8915/A-Catholic-examination-of-the-invasion-of-zombies.aspx
OPINIONS...
…the editors on prolife as a way of life
(America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13206
…James Martin
SJ on how we treat homosexuals (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4861
… Phil Lawler on who are the extremists
(CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=883
…Ruth Marcus on the social safety net
(Washington Post):
http://ht.ly/8syWd
THINK MORE
ABOUT...
...what it means to be human—and saved (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=1&entry_id=4860
…Martin Luther King and Catholic Social
Teaching (Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good):
http://www.catholicsinalliance.org/cgf11112mlk.php
…the “symphony of truth” which is
Catholicism (Crisis):
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/converts-and-the-symphony-of-truth
…the dangers of being an “on demand”
society (Dating God):
http://datinggod.org/2012/01/12/on-demand-limiting-our-worldviews-one-show-at-a-time/
…how the church approaches economic issues (National Catholic
Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/the-church-and-economics/
READ...
...Pope Benedict's catechesis on Jesus' prayer at the Last
Supper (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34100?l=english
...Vatican's directions on the Year of Faith (Zenit)
http://www.zenit.org/article-34083?l=english
…a review of Laura Hartman’s The
Christian Consumer (Catholic Books Review):
http://www.catholicbooksreview.org/2012/hartman.htm
WORTH QUOTING…
“And
lastly, never forget that none of us got here alone – we are,
all of us, the fruit of people who said ‘yes’ to God, ‘yes’ to
His work, and ‘yes’ to us. That ‘yes’ opens the doors to life,
to every good thing, and never more when it leads us down a path
we wouldn’t have expected. So, gang, never be afraid, always
enjoy the ride, and just like those who got us here, you
will bear amazing fruit.”
-- Lectio Magistralis. quoted in Whispers
in the Logia, online at:
http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/
• • •
Online This Week
January 8, 2012
NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTION…
…here are two
particularly timely and worthy reminders for all of us involved
in public discussions of important issues in the Church:
…by Jeff Mirus
(CatholicCulture):
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=910
…by Chris
McDonnell (PrayTell):
http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2012/01/02/time-for-a-pause/
VIEW...
…a video presentation of Sunday’s Gospel (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/50-Gospel/224450450-gospel-for-sunday-06-january-2011.html
…a report on Christians in Egypt (H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=14#
…images of the Epiphany from around the
world (Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/epiphany-2012-dates-customs-history-explained_n_1183892.html?ref=religion
…Paul Simon’s new “spiritual but not religious”
album (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-6-2012/paul-simon/10056/
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Surprised by Jesus
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/surprised-jesus
…what the world is praying for this week
(Catholic Relief Services):
http://www.crs.org/weekly-prayers/index.cfm
…our prayers and God’s will (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/not-my-will-but-thine-but-i-do-have-this-one-request
…St. Elizabeth Ann Seton as a model of
faith (Ignatius Insight):
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2012/01/st-elizabeth-ann-seton-a-woman-of-faith-for-a-time-of-doubt-and-uncertainty.html
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
…the Sacraments of Healing (The Liguorian):
http://www.liguorian.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=432:sacraments-of-healing&catid=21:sacraments&Itemid=28
...why we should welcome the stranger
(St. Anthony Messenger)
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=68&IssueID=32
…the danger of euthanasia (Catholic Moral
Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/euthanasia-is-there-a-slippery-slope/
…why Scripture is unique (Homiletic &
Pastoral Review):
http://www.hprweb.com/2012/01/scripture-is-a-unique-word/
DISCOVER…
…practical tips for sharing the faith
(National Catholic Register):
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/new-year-for-the-new-evangelization/
…how to make each day a little less hectic
(Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Galleries/5-Ways-to-Bring-Peace-into-Your-Day.aspx
…the Catholic Church in rural China
(Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1028/in_the_footsteps_of_saints.aspx
…the most spiritually literate films of
2011 (Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/features.php?id=21319
DO SOMETHING…
…on first Fridays for Food Security (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/about/justice-peace-and-human-development/upload/Fasting-Resource-January-2012.pdf
LISTEN TO…
...this week's
edition of American Catholic Radio (Franciscan Radio):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1362
…a discussion of how war affects young
children (America Podcast):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1312
CONSIDER...
…different perspectives on history since
the Second Vatican Council (Osservatore Romano):
http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/editoriali/2012/003q11-Il-Papa-e-la-storia.html&title=The%20Pope%20and%20history&locale=en
MEET…
…Carolyn Woo, the new CEO of Catholic
Relief Services (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13211
IN THE NEWS...
…39th anniversary of Roe
v. Wade (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200056.htm
…Cardinal O’Malley on the sex abuse
crisis in the Church (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/omalley-sex-abuse-crisis-its-not-behind-us
...Pope's emotional pre-Christmas visit to prison (Fox News):
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/18/pope-benedict-urges-dignity-in-emotional-visit-to-prison/#ixzz1h3JEEAG7
...Cardinal
Ravasi on Christopher Hitchen's life and death (Catholic News
Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal-ravasi-reflects-on-christopher-hitchens-life-and-death/
...John Allen on the Pew study of Christianity (National
Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/study-compares-catholicism-christianity-across-globe
OPINIONS...
…the editors on reasons for pro-life
optimism (Our Sunday Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8869/Editorial-Reasons-for-prolife-optimism.aspx
...Bishop Howard Hubbard on why Catholics leave the church (The
Evangelist):
http://www.evangelist.org/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=79&ArticleID=23114&TM=57915.92
...Anthony Stevens-Arroyo on a "Catholic president" (Washington
Post):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/would-gingrich-be-a-catholic-president/2012/01/03/gIQAY7OFYP_blog.html
…Fr. John McSweeney on why the new
Missal may not last (Catholica):
http://www.catholica.com.au/gc2/occ2/084_occ2_291211.php
…Unagidon on the difference between
Neoliberalism and Catholic Social Teaching (Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=16613
…Randall Balmer on how the religious right
evolved in Iowa (Religion Dispatches):
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5541/how_iowa_became_a_
stronghold_of_the_religious_right
THINK MORE
ABOUT...
...the global slave trade (Sojourners):
http://www.sojo.net/magazine/2012/02/humankinds-most-savage-cruelty
…shopping
around for a church (BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/bestof-old/church-hopping
…grandparents as models and mentors (For
Your Marriage):
http://foryourmarriage.org/grandparents-models-mentors-and-memory-makers/
…the importance of God’s law (Catholic
Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re1115.htm
…how to discern personal vocations (First
Things):
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/01/love-god-and-do-what-you-will-avoiding-over-devotion-to-our-lady-of-perpetual-discernment
READ...
…Pope Benedict’s homily for the Feast of
the Epiphany (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34077?l=english
…the Pope’s Wednesday catechesis on Christmas (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34075?l=english
...the story of one atheist's journey to the Catholic Church
(The Tablet):
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162180
…a review of A.N. Wilson’s Dante in Love (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13200
WORTH QUOTING…
“The stop
signs on the side of those roads I know well never really
encourage me to take notice of the intersection. I expect the
stop-sign, I recognize it without really thinking about it….
However, an unexpected slow-down that results from an accident
(that is, precisely that which does not have to be there,
something unnecessary, or in a word, gratuitous) does invite me
to look and see—to really notice—something I had not seen
before. And while I can, in all my preoccupations, see nothing
but a slowdown—that is, a hindrance
to me—the impact
of witnessing the scars of an accident more often than not
serves to shake me out of my complacency and to see something
that I did not anticipate. Do the signs of Christmas, in being
expected, allow us to continue on our way without requiring us
to take notice? Or do they entreat us take notice of all that is
given to us, all that which comes to us as unexpected,
uncontrolled, and from an origin beyond ourselves?”
-- Andrew Staron, in a blog on Daily Theology, online at:
http://dailytheology.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/chocolate-tracy-chapman-and-god-with-us-part-2-of-3/
• • •
Online This Week
January 1, 2012
CELEBRATE…the new year
…the year in religion (Religion & Ethics
Newsweekly/video):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/december-23-2011/look-back-2011/10038/
…and the year ahead (Religion & Ethics
Newsweekly/video):
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/december-30-2011/look-ahead-2012/10043/
…remembering 11 important endings of 2011
(BustedHalo):
http://bustedhalo.com/features/11-notable-endings-in-2011
…ten things to do if you’re stuck in a rut
(Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Healthy-Living/10-Things-to-Do-If-Youre-Stuck-in-a-Rut.aspx
…ten ways to keep your new year resolutions
(Beliefnet):
http://www.beliefnet.com/Wellness/Articles/10-Ways-to-Keep-Your-New-Years-Resolutions.aspx
VIEW...
…the nativity scene in St. Peter’s square
(H20News):
http://www.h2onews.org/english/49-Profiles/224450424-st-peters-square-nativity-scene.html
…a photo meditation on our option for the
poor (Maryknoll):
http://www.maryknollmagazine.org/index.php/photo-essay?gid=31
REFLECT ON…
…Sunday’s Gospel—Like Mary (Catholics on
Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/mary
…the feast of the Holy Innocents
(PaxChristiUSA):
http://paxchristiusa.org/2011/12/28/christmas-2011-reflection-for-the-feast-of-the-holy-innocents-december-28/
…what the Holy Family means to us (Catholic
Update):
http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/preview.aspx?id=233
…the Gospel of Mark (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=4833
…the challenge of the tenth commandment
(Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/catechism-commentary-the-tenth-commandment-where-your-heart-is/
LEARN MORE ABOUT...
...how the formation of seminarians
has changed (America):
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13195
…what we’ve learned over the past ten years
about the sexual abuse of children (U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops):
http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/sexual-abuse-of-children-ten-years-of.html
…“Christmas and Easter” Catholics (CARA):
http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2011/12/c-and-e-catholics-decoded.html
…the three questions which really count
(Ignatius Insight)
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2011/12/peter-kreeft-of-all-the-questions-the-human-mind-can-ask-three-are-of-ultimate-importance.html
DISCOVER…
…ten things you should know about reading
Scripture (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/index.cfm
…Fr. Ron Rolheiser’s Advent series about
prayer (Ron Rolheiser):
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/
PREPARE FOR…
…National Migration Week Jan. 8-14 (U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops):
http://www.usccb.org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/national-migration-week/index.cfm
…a year for evangelization (Our Sunday
Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8843/Two-US-evangelists-lay-out-new-evangelization-ac.aspx
LISTEN TO…
…a commentary on Sunday’s Gospel—Like Mary
(Catholics on Call):
http://www.catholicsoncall.org/mary-0
…this week’s edition of American
Catholic Radio (Franciscan Media):
http://productions.franciscanmedia.org/sections/acr/program.aspx?id=1361
…a short history of Handel’s Messiah
(Interfaith Radio):
http://interfaithradio.org/2011/Show52
…a conversation with the Dali Lama about
happiness (Krista Tippett on Being):
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2011/pursuing-happiness/
REMEMBER…
…the Pope’s prayer intentions for January
(Vatican Information Service):
http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2011/12/benedict-xvis-prayer-intentions-for.html
…missionaries martyred for the faith in
2011 (Vatican Insider):
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/world-news/detail/articolo/missionari-missionario-missionaries-martiri-2011-11256/
CONSIDER...
…the theological journey of Avery Dulles SJ
(Commonweal):
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/ignatian-spirit
…everything you may or may not know about
the new Roman Missal (PrayTell):
http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2010/11/06/translation-directory-watch-this-space/
REGISTER FOR...
...a month-long e-course on the
spirituality of the 12 steps (Spirituality & Practice):
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/ecourses.php?id=119&key=spws
IN THE NEWS...
…Pope Benedict’s year in review
(Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1105016.htm
…ten least recognized Vatican stories of
2011 (National Catholic Reporter):
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/top-10-under-covered-vatican-stories-plus-bonus-feature
…miracles recognized in the cause of two
American women (Catholic News Agency):
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-approves-miracles-of-blesseds-marianne-cope-and-kateri-tekakwitha/
…the Iraq war is over—now what? (Our Sunday
Visitor):
http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8844/The-Iraq-War-is-over-Now-what.aspx
OPINIONS...
…rock critic Rod Sheffield on faith and
music (St. Anthony Messenger):
http://www.americancatholic.org/samo/Feature.aspx?articleid=67&IssueID=32
…Meghan Clark on why poor people are poor
(Catholic Moral Theology):
http://catholicmoraltheology.com/newt-poor-children-the-misuse-of-virtue-ethics/
…John Gehring on the Tea Party and Catholic
Social Teaching (U.S. Catholic):
http://www.uscatholic.org/teaparty
…Steve McSwain on why people are leaving
the churches (Huffington Post):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/decline-of-church-2012_b_1167437.html?ref=religion
THINK MORE
ABOUT...
…making
Catholic Schools affordable (Catholic News Service):
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1105071.htm
…a Latino
Catholic majority (Catholic World Report):
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1006/the_coming_latino_catholic_majority.aspx
…why we can't forget G.K. Chesterton, 100 years later (Catholic
Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0536.htm
…the difference between liberty and
tolerance (Catholic Education Resource Center):
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0071.htm
READ...
...Pope Benedict’s annual Urbi et
Orbi Christmas message (Zenit):
http://www.zenit.org/article-34057?l=english
...the Pope’s Wednesday catechesis on
the Holy Family (Vatican):
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20111228_en.html
…2011 Social Watch Report
(Center of Concern):
https://www.coc.org/rbw/%E2%80%9Cprosperity-does-not-trickle-down%E2%80%9D-new-social-watch-report-finds-december-2011
…Matthew Alderman’s review of the graphic novel, The Grand
Inquisitor (Crisis):
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2011/hello-my-name-is-legion
WORTH QUOTING…
“Saint Francis of Assisi called Christmas ‘the feast of
feasts’ …[T]hrough him and the character of his faith, something
new took place: Francis discovered Jesus’ humanity in an
entirely new depth…. In the child born in the stable at
Bethlehem, we can as it were touch and caress God. And so the
liturgical year acquired a second focus in a feast that is above
all a feast of the heart…. It is right here, in this new
experience of the reality of Jesus’ humanity that the great
mystery of faith is revealed. Francis loved the child Jesus,
because for him it was in this childish estate that God’s
humility shone forth. God became poor. His Son was born in the
poverty of the stable. In the child Jesus, God made himself
dependent, in need of human love, he put himself in the position
of asking for human love – our love…. Let us ask the Lord to
help us see through the superficial glitter of this season, and
to discover behind it the child in the stable in Bethlehem, so
as to find true joy and true light.”
-- Pope Benedict XVI, in his homily for
Christmas Eve Mass, online at:
http://www.zenit.org/article-34054?l=english
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