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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
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