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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI |
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Dec 31, 2010 at 04:15 PM |
 ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO THE ROMAN CURIA Monday, 20 December 2010
In his Christmas address to the Roman Curia, the Holy Father, spoke of the similarities of the decline of the Roman Empire and the moral decay and decline we are seeing today. Each of us can use his words as warning of the impending collapse of morality "without which juridical and political structures cannot function" |
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Homily For Christmas -by Father Phil Bloom |
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Dec 31, 2010 at 03:20 AM |
 The Tiny Footsteps of Jesus
Bottom line: St. Katharine Drexel teaches two Christmas lessons: love for Jesus in his humility and solidarity with the poor. Merry Christmas! Don't be afraid to say it. Merry Christmas! To begin this Christmas homily, I would like to tell you about a girl who wanted a special gift - the best gift anyone could ask for. She was nine years old and she wrote a Christmas letter to her adopted mother. "I am trying to study hard," she wrote, "so that I may make my first Communion this year." At that time children had to be at least ten or eleven to make their First Communion.* The year was 1867. The city was Philadelphia. And the girl's name was Katharine Drexel. |
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Prayer Intention for January |
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Dec 31, 2010 at 03:08 AM |
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APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER Prayer and Intentions for January General Intention
Care for Creation. That the riches of the created world may be preserved, valued, and made available as God's precious gift to all. Mission Intention
Unity of Christians. That Christians may attain full unity, witnessing to all the universal fatherhood of God |
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A Vision of The Nativity by Venerable Anne Emmerich |
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Dec 31, 2010 at 02:49 AM |
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 The Nativity of Jesus As Visioned by Venerable Anne Emmerich As the Blessed Virgin had then told him that her time was at hand, and wished him to pray in his chamber, he suspended several lighted lamps from the roof and went out from the grotto as he had heard a noise near the entrance. He there found the young ass, which till then had been running about in the valley of the shepherds. It appeared very joyful and played and jumped about him : he fastened it under the shed, which was before the grotto, and gave it some food. |
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MOTU PROPRIO "SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM" -His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI |
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Jul 08, 2007 at 04:18 PM |
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VATICAN CITY, JUL 7, 2007 (VIS) - Given below is a non-official English-language translation of the Apostolic Letter "Motu Proprio data" of Pope Benedict XVI, "Summorum Pontificum," concerning the use of the Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970. The original text is written in Latin. |
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LETTER FROM POPE TO BISHOPS ON "SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM" |
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Jul 08, 2007 at 04:17 PM |
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VATICAN CITY, JUL 7, 2007 (VIS) - Given below is the text of the English-language version of Benedict XVI's Letter to all the bishops of the world concerning his Motu Proprio "Summorum Pontificum," which was published today: |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE ON MOTU PROPRIO "SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM" |
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Jul 08, 2007 at 04:16 PM |
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VATICAN CITY, JUL 7, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today issued an explanatory note concerning the Motu Proprio "Summorum Pontificum". The most important paragraphs of the note are given below: |
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Emotional Atheism -by Dr. Benjamin Wiker |
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Jul 06, 2007 at 12:25 PM |
As anyone watching the best-seller lists knows, atheism is big business. There seems to be no end of books touting the end of faith. A common theme in all—Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Dennett—is that atheism is inherently rational and religion is irrational. Disbelief in God is a sign of humanity's intellectual maturity. Belief in God is a vestige of humanity's passion-filled childhood when it was ruled by fear, hate, and ignorance.
“It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail,” declares Sam Harris. |
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The Eucharist, A Mystery Defying Human Understanding |
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Jul 02, 2007 at 08:01 PM |
VATICAN CITY, JUN 7, 2007 (VIS) - At 7 p.m. today, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Benedict XVI celebrated Mass on the square in front of Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran, then presided at the Eucharistic procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
In his homily, the Pope recalled how the Solemnity of Corpus Christi "originated in a specific historical and cultural context. It came into being with the precise aim of openly reaffirming the People of God's faith in Jesus Christ, living and truly present in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist."
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Eucharistic Adoration: Recovering A Capacity For Silence |
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Jul 02, 2007 at 07:14 PM |
VATICAN CITY, JUN 10, 2007 (VIS) - At midday today, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square below.
In his remarks, the Holy Father spoke of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which many nations including the Vatican celebrated last Thursday, and which others have liturgically moved to today. This Feast invites us, he said, "to contemplate the supreme Master of our faith: the Blessed Eucharist, the real presence of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the altar.
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Papal Letter To The Catholic Faithful In China |
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Jul 02, 2007 at 07:02 PM |
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VATICAN CITY, JUN 30, 2007 (VIS) - Made public today was the Letter of Benedict XVI to the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China. The Letter, dated May 27 Feast of Pentecost, is divided into two parts - "the situation of the Church, theological aspects" and "guidelines for pastoral life" - and a conclusion. It has been published in Chinese, French, English and Italian. |
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