Jul
16
Blessed Junipero Serra
July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Above portrait of Blessed Junipero Serra discovered in a Zacatecas, Mexico second-hand store in 1954 by Harry Downie.
Blessed Junipero Serra
Born Miguel José Serra Ferrer in Petra, on the Balearic Island of Majorca on 24 November 1713, Fr. Serra renamed himself in honor of Saint Juniper, who had also been a Franciscan. On 14 September 1730 [...]
May
24
18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” 20At once they left their nets and followed him. [...]
May
18
MOST HOLY TRINITY
May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
A unique miraculous appearance of the Holy Trinity before St Alexander Svirsky occurred in Northern Russia in 1508. Saint Alexander Svirsky the Wonder-worker was the only man on earth, apart from the forefather Abraham, who became privileged to see the Holy Trinity with his own eyes.
May
4
Ascension Thursday Sunday?
May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Archbishops and bishops around the world who decide to celebrate the Ascension on Sunday instead of Thursday in their own (arch)diocese are faithfully following the rubrics of the Roman Missal.I say, “Good for them.” Nothing like seeing bishops make liturgical choices which are among the choices listed in the Missal.
The initial rubric for the [...]
Apr
13
Pope Benedict’s visit to the United States
April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
When Pope Benedict XVI sits down with interreligious leaders in Washington April 17, the participants will follow a set program that leaves little room for surprises. Likewise, the pope’s meeting the next day in New York with ecumenical representatives features prayers, talks and symbolic gestures, but not free-ranging dialogue.
At ground zero, pope will pray for [...]
Aug
18
Sermon on the Mount
August 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Everyone knows someone-a spouse, a sister or brother, a co-worker, a neighbor, a college roommate. [...]
Jun
17
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Fruitland, Stevens County, Washington
June 17, 2007 | 3 Comments
Our Lady of Lourdes [1938] – Spokane Diocese (West End, Stevens County)
West End, WA – Mailing address: P.O. Box 214, Wellpinit, WA 99138;
Phone: (509) 722-3067.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church in West End is a stone church, the only one in the diocese. It was built by Jesuit Father Pat Savage in 1938, a [...]
Apr
30
Charity, the bond of perfection
April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jesus Christ: the revelation of God Love to all humanity, Pope says at Augustine’s tomb Rome, April 23 (CNA).-After his visit to the University of Pavia on Sunday, Benedict XVI traveled to the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro to celebrate Vespers. Before entering the basilica, the Holy Father paused on the patio [...]
Apr
23
Saint Joseph – The Husband of the Mother of God
April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a “just” man. The quality meant a lot more than faithfulness in paying debts.
When the Bible speaks of God “justifying” someone, it means that God, the all-holy or “righteous” One, so transforms a person that the individual shares somehow in God’s own holiness, and hence it [...]
Apr
20
Saint Raphael the Archangel
April 20, 2007 | 3 Comments
St. Raphael
The name of this archangel (Raphael = “God has healed”) does not appear in the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the Septuagint only in the Book of Tobias. Here he first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself “Azarias the son of the great Ananias”. The [...]
