A great post from Acts of Apostasy about the punishment which awaits Catholic Bloggers in the next life.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Bloggurgatory
A great post from Acts of Apostasy about the punishment which awaits Catholic Bloggers in the next life.
Saint Martha of Bethany
Today, July 29th, the Church honors Saint Martha of Bethany. From The Liturgy of the Hours:
Saint Martha was a sister of Mary and Lazarus. When she received the Lord as a guest at Bethany, she looked after Him with devoted attention. She begged the Lord to raise her brother, Lazarus, from the dead.
PRAYER: FATHER, YOUR SON HONORED SAINT MARTHA BY COMING TO HER HOME AS A GUEST. BY HER PRAYERS MAY WE SERVE CHRIST IN OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND BE WELCOMED BY YOU INTO HEAVEN, OUR TRUE HOME. WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Is This Blog Real?
An interesting and thought provoking post about what a blog is and what it means from the blog Accepting Abundance.
Dorothy Day & Abortion
An interesting post from Kathleen Gilbert of Life Site News about Dorothy Day and abortion and contraception.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
"Catholic" Hospital Has Abortionist on Staff
A Catholic Hospital in Colorado has a doctor on staff who also performs abortions for Planned Parenthood. When confronted, the doctor was quoted as saying, "I perform abortions because I'm a Christian." Incredible. You really can't make this stuff up. Read more from Creative Minority Report.
Atheists Sue To Remove Ground Zero Cross
A group of atheists has sued to prevent the display of the Ground Zero Cross at the new 9/11 museum. Read more at The Deacon's Bench.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Saint Joachim and Saint Ann
Today, July 26th, the Church honors the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joachim and Saint Ann.
From The Liturgy of the Hours:
From an ancient tradition, going back even to the second century, the parents of the Virgin Mary are known by the names of Joachim and Ann. Devotion to Saint Ann is found in the sixth century in the East, and by the tenth century it was widespread in the West. Saint Joachim was likewise honored, but at a more recent date.
PRAYER: GOD OF OUR FATHERS, YOU GAVE SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANN THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE PARENTS OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF YOUR INCARNATE SON. MAY THEIR PRAYERS HELP US TO ATTAIN THE SALVATION YOU HAVE PROMISED TO YOUR PEOPLE. GRANT THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
Monday, July 25, 2011
U.S. Taxdollars Used to Refurbish Mosques
The U.S. State Department is spending millions of dollars to refurbish mosques overseas. Wonder how many churches and synagogues the U.S. is willing to refurbish?
Saint James the Greater, Apostle
From The Liturgy of the Hours:
Saint James, son of Zebedee and brother of Saint John the apostle, was born at Bethsaida. He was present at most of the miracles performed by Christ and was put to death by Herod around the year 42. He is honored in Compostella in Spain where a famous church is dedicated in his honor.
PRAYER: ALMIGHTY FATHER, BY THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT JAMES YOU BLESSED THE WORK OF THE EARLY CHURCH. MAY HIS PROFESSION OF FAITH GIVE US COURAGE AND HIS PRAYERS BRING US STRENGTH. WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: GRANT, O MERCIFUL GOD, THAT, AS THINE HOLY APOSTLE SAINT JAMES, LEAVING HIS FATHER AND ALL THAT HE HAD, WITHOUT DELAY WAS OBEDIENT UNTO THE CALLING OF THY SON JESUS CHRIST, AND FOLLOWED HIM; SO WE, FORSAKING ALL WORDLY AND CARNAL AFFECTIONS, MAY BE EVERMORE READY TO FOLLOW THY HOLY COMMANDMENTS; THROUGH THE SAME JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Liturgy of the Hours:
GOD OUR FATHER AND PROTECTOR, WITHOUT YOU NOTHING IS HOLY, NOTHING HAS VALUE. GUIDE US TO EVERLASTING LIFE BY HELPING US TO USE WISELY THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE WORLD. WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
Collect for the Fifth Sunday After Trinity From The Book of Common Prayer:
Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve Thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Roman Plainchant
Interesting post about church music. Ever wonder what came before Gregorian Chant. It was Roman Plain Chant.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Saint Bridget of Sweden
Today, July 23, the Church honors Saint Bridget of Sweden.
From the Liturgy of the Hours: Saint Bridget was born in Sweden in 1303. She married and gave birth to eight children for whom she was a devoted mother. After her husband's death she continued to live in the world but devoted herself to the ascetic life as a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She then founded a religious order and, journeying to Rome for the sake of penance, became a model of great virtue for all. She also wrote many works in which she related her mystical experiences. Saint Bridget died at Rome in 1373.
PRAYER: LORD OUR GOD, YOU REVEALED THE SECRETS OF HEAVEN TO SAINT BRIDGET AS SHE MEDITATED ON THE SUFFERING AND DEATH OF YOUR SON. MAY YOUR PEOPLE REJOICE IN THE REVELATION OF YOUR GLORY. GRANT THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Saint Mary Magdalene
Today, July 22, the Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene.
From The Liturgy of the Hours: Mary Magdalene was one of Christ's disciples and was present when He died. Early on the morning of the resurrection, she was, according to Saint Mark's account (16:9), the first to see the risen Lord. By the twelfth century, particularly, devotion to Saint Mary Magdalene was widespread in the Western Church.
PRAYER: FATHER, YOUR SON FIRST ENTRUSTED TO MARY MAGDALENE THE JOYFUL NEWS OF HIS RESURRECTION. BY HER PRAYERS AND EXAMPLE MAY WE PROCLAIM CHRIST AS OUR LIVING LORD AND ONE DAY SEE HIM IN GLORY, FOR HE LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
New Bishop Named for Diocese of Savannah
The Pope has named Franciscan Father Gregory Hartmayer as the new Bishop of my diocese, the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia, to replace Bishop J. Kevin Boland who is retiring. Bishop-elect Hartmayer will be ordained in October.
Read the full story from EWTN news.
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi
Today, July 21, the Church honors Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church.
From The Liturgy of the Hours:
Saint Lawrence was born in 1559. He entered the Capuchin Friars, taught theology to his fellow religious, and was chosen to fill positions of leadership in his order. He became famous throughout Europe as an effective and forceful preacher. He wrote many works explaining the faith and died at Lisbon in 1619.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Welcome to the New Order
Friday, July 15, 2011
California Mandates Gay History for Grades K through 12
Great commentary from The Digital Hairshirt on the new California law mandating that Gay History must be taught in public schools.
Saint Bonaventure
From The Liturgy of the Hours:
Saint Bonaventure was born about the year 1218 at Banorea in Tuscany. He studied philosophy and theology at Paris and, having earned the title Master, he taught his fellow members of the Order of Friars Minor with great success. He was elected Minister General of the Order, a position he filled with prudence and wisdom. After being made Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, he died at the Council of Lyons in 1274. His writings did much to illuminate the study of both theology and philosophy.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
California Legislature Passes Law Requiring Schools to Teach "Gay History"
I suppose that any parent who doesn't want their child to learn "Gay History" will be prosecuted for hate speech. Read about it here.
Casey Anthony Just Got a Late Term Abortion
Rush Limbaugh pointed out that killing your two year old is not much different from getting an abortion, so what's the big deal?
SOLT Issues Statement on Corapi
I'm sure that everyone in the Universe that follows Church news has already seen this, but if not here it is: The statement of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity on the fitness of Father John Corapi.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Praise and Criticism of Hasidic Security Patrols in Brooklyn
An interesting article from the New York Daily News about Hasidic security patrols in some Brooklyn neighborhoods.
The Amazon.Com Tax
A good post from Red State.com explaining the controversy surrounding state's attempting to tax on line sales from Amazon.com.
Hindus Protest Muslim Prayers in Canadian Public School
A Hindu Advocacy group is protesting organized Muslim prayers conducted in a Toronto public school. Full story here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
If Anything is Marriage, Nothing is Marriage
Great sermon on the impact of the breakdown of the legal institution of marriage.
Harvard Study Says Fourth of July Celebrations Turn Children Into Republicans
If you are a Democrat, send your children to the local Gay Pride Parade and keep them away from the Fourth of July Celebration. A new study from Harvard University says that celebrating the Fourth of July turns children into Republicans. Read the whole thing here.
The Death of Catholic Conscience
Great post by Thomas Peters on New York Governor Cuomo and the legalization of Gay marriage.
California Parish "Set Up"
A California parish was "set up" regarding the funeral of the owner of a Gay bar. Read the full story here.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Meeting of Theologically Liberal Group Draws Fire From Archbishop
The American Catholic Council, a liberal Catholic group, met in Detroit and a retired priest said mass, despite a warning from the Archbishop that no clergy should participate. Read more at The Deacon's Bench.
Muslim Leader Murdered by Extremists
A moderate Muslim leader in Dagestan (former Soviet Union) has been murdered by Islamic extremists. Full story from Asia News. (Thanks to The Western Confucian).
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Episcopal Bishop "Enhances" Resume
The blog Cranmer reports that the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, has "embellished" her past accomplishments in her resume.
Pentecost
From The Acts of the Apostles:
"When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly, a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
Acts of the Apostles 2:1-4 (RSV)
From a sermon by a 6th century author:
"The disciples spoke in the language of every nation. At Pentecost God chose this means to indicate the presence of the Holy Spirit: whoever had received the Spirit spoke in every kind of tongue. We must realize, dear brothers, that this is the same Holy Spirit by whom love is poured out in our hearts. It was love that was to bring the Church of God together all over the world. And as individual men who received the Holy Spirit in those days could speak in all kinds of tongues, so today the Church, united by the Holy Spirit, speaks in the language of every people.
Therefore if somebody should say to one of us, "You have received the Holy Spirit, why do you not speak in tongues?" his reply should be, "I do indeed speak in the tongues of all men, because I belong to the body of Christ, that is, the Church, and she speaks all languages. What else did the presence of the Holy Spirit indicate at Pentecost, except that God's Church was to speak in the language of every people?"
Prayer: Come Holy Spirit. Fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy his consolations, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Southern Baptists Face Declining Membership
According to an article in U.S. Today, the largest Protestant Denomination in the United States, Southern Baptists, are facing a serious decline in new baptisms.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Statement by Archbishop Nienstedt
An excellent statement by Archbishop Nienstedt of the Archdiocse of Minneapolis - St. Paul regarding the defense of marriage in Minnesota.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Kuwati Political Activist Calls for the Legalization of Sex Slavery
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Europe Will Collapse Without Conscience
Pope Benedict says Europe is doomed to collapse unless it rediscovers a conscience rooted in God. Full story here.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Jesus Prohibited at Veterans Administration Cemetary
A minister has filed a lawsuit due to the fact that the Veterans Administration has ordered him not to pray to Jesus Christ during a Memorial Day Celebration. Read the full story here.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Saudi Woman Imprisoned for Driving Car
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is again safe from women driving automobiles. Read the full story from the blog Elder of Ziyon.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Harold Camping Sets New Date for the Rapture: October 21
Preacher Harold Camping has now said that his math was off and has set a new date for the Rapture: October 21st. Read all about it at Yahoo News.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Waiting for the Rapture
The Bad Catholic has been patiently waiting for the Rapture of the Fundamentalist Protestant Evangelical Church led by Preacher Harold Camping. Under Pastor Camping's Pre-Millennial Dispensational Theology, the Bad Catholic and other "Heathen Papists" can expect to be left behind not being "Real Christians."
I just wonder why these guys believe every word of the Bible literally except the scripture where Jesus says that no man knows the day or the hour of His return? (Matthew 23:36). Jesus is, indeed, coming back, but it's probably not going to be on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Read "Live Blogging the Apocalypse" from Shameless Popery. Further great commentary on this story by Father Dwight Longenecker. God Bless.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Rapture Is Coming This Saturday! (?)
Full commentary from Jimmy Akin at National Catholic Register about a Preacher who is predicting that the end of the world will be this Saturday.
General Longstreet
I did not know that Confederate General James Longstreet, an Episcopalian, converted to the Catholic faith in 1877. Great posts at The American Catholic and McNamara's Blog.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Olympic Leader Booted Over Religious Beliefs
The head of the U.S. Olympic team has resigned after being criticized for his religious opposition to gay marriage. Mark Shea has posted that gay activists want all opponent economically ruined and eventually will want all religious opponents jailed as criminals for their "hate speech."
137th Kentucky Derby
Monday, May 9, 2011
Equal Justice Under Law: It's OK for San Francisco to Officially Condemn Catholicism
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled it was OK for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution condemning the Catholic Church. Read the full story here.
Is There Serious Discrimination Against Christians In Europe?
Great article by William Oddie in the U.K. Catholic Herald about official discrimination against Christians in Europe.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Ping Pong Good, Jesus Bad
A New York high school principal has refused to allow a Christian club to meet on campus due to "financial reasons" even though the school has money to fund a Ping Pong club and 35 other clubs. The Principal was quoted as saying that she will not allow any Christian clubs in her school. Full story from Creative Minority Report.
Friday, May 6, 2011
U.N. May Declare Criticism of Islam "Hate Speech."
Eamon Duffy's Stripping of the Altars
I finally did it. It took three months, (and I admit that I read a lot of other things during the last three months), but I finally finished Professor Eamon Duffy’s massive tome The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400 – 1580 (Yale University Press, 1992).
This book goes into exhaustive detail regarding the practice of Catholicism by the laity at the time of the English Reformation. The last third of the book describes the attack on traditional religion by the Protestant Reformers as well as the efforts of the Catholic authorities under Queen Mary to restore the Catholic faith.
Professor Duffy shows that contrary to the usual Protestant history of the Reformation, English Catholicism was a vibrant faith whose practice was popular among the people. Contrary to the popular belief that the majority of the laity were either ignorant regarding their faith or had adopted Protestant beliefs, Professor Duffy shows that the laity were, for the most part, well catechized and there was much sincere devotion. The English Reformation was a top down affair in which the majority of both the clergy and the laity tried their best to conform to changing orders of the Crown regarding religion.
“In parishes all over England decent, timid men and women set themselves to do just that (conform to the dictates of the Elizabethan regime). It was not for them to rule the winds: the conscience of the prince was in the hands of God, and the people must make shift to do as best they could under the prince. . . . But the price for such accommodation, of course, was the death of the past it sought to conserve. If Protestantism was transformed so was traditional religion. The imaginative world of the Golden Legend and the Festial was gradually obliterated from wall and window and bracket, from primer and block-print and sermon, and was replaced by that of the Old Testament. Cranmer’s somberly magnificent prose, read week by week, entered and possessed their most solemn and their most vulnerable moments. And more astringent and strident words entered their minds and hearts too, the polemic of the Homilies, of Jewel’s Apology, of Foxe’s Acts and Monuments, and of a thousand “no-popery” sermons, a relentless torrent carrying away the landmarks of a thousand years. By the end of the 1570’s, whatever the instincts and nostalgia of their senior, a generation was growing up which had known nothing else, which believed the Pope to by Antichrist, the Mass a mummery, which did not look back to the Catholic pastas their own, but another country, another world.”
The details of the liturgy and popular devotions are quite extensive and voluminous. Anyone who is interested in Church History, liturgy or the Reformation should read this book. So if you haven’t read The Stripping of the Altars, go to Amazon.com right now, buy a copy, and then take a month off and read it.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The Proper Christian Response to the Death of the Enemy
"In the face of a man's death, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibilities of each person before God and before men, and hopes and works so that every event may be the occasion for the further growth of peace and not of hatred."
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican Spokesman
Prayer For our Enemies
"O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth: deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." (1979 B.C.P.).
A Prayer to be said before a battle:
O MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; Thou sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer with respect to the enemy:
THOU, O Lord, art just and powerful: O defend our cause against the face of the enemy.
O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all who fly unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy.
O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee.
O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy.
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Amen.
(1789 B.C.P.)
Thanksgiving after a Victory.
A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving.
IF the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;
They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
Yes, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul; the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul.
But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them.
The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us.
We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us.
The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle.
The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.
Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us; but unto thy Name be given the glory.
The Lord hath done great things for us; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.
Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
(1882 B.C.P.)
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Divine Mercy Sunday
Eternal Father, I offer You the body and blood, soul and divinity, of Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins, and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Atheist Chaplains?
A group of atheist solidiers is demanding that the military appoint Atheist "Chaplains." How can a group that denies the truth of religion and denies that it is a religion have a religious leader? Full story from the New York Times.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Alleluia! He is Risen!
The Lord Is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
Almighty God, who through Your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life; Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Source: 1979 BCP p. 222)
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Gospel According to Cecil B. DeMille
Interesting post about the Evangelistic force of Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epics.
The Jesuits Are Vanishing
Interesting post and link to a Washington Post article about the declining numbers of Jesuits in the United States from the blog Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit.
Holy Saturday
O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of Your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with Him the coming of the third day, and rise with Him to newness of life; who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Source: 1979 BCP p. 221).
The Harrowing of Hell
Painting: The Descent Into Hell by Tintorello (1568)
From an ancient homily for Holy Saturday:
"Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. . . . He has gone to search for Adam, our first father, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, he has gone to free from sorrow Adam in his bonds and Eve, captive with him - He who is both their God and son of Eve. . . . "I am your God, who for your sake have become your son. . . . I order you, O sleeper, to awake. I did not create you to be a prisoner in hell. Rise from the dead, for I am the life of the dead."
Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 637: "In his human soul united to his divine person, the dead Christ went down to the realm of the dead. He opened heaven's gate for the just who had gone before him."
Friday, April 22, 2011
Good Gospel for Good Friday
Here's one of my favorite Gospel singers of all time, George Beverly Shea:
"Creeping to the Cross"
I have been reading Professor Eamon Duffy's massive work The Stripping of the Altars. The forerunner of our practice of reverencing the cross on Good Friday was called "Creeping to the Cross." Here's a good post on the Medieval English observance of Good Friday from the blog Supremacy and Survival.
California Catholics Under Attack
Catholic Churches in California have been the victims of a spate of vandalism including a recent arson of a church. Read the full story here.
Good Friday
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this Your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Source 1979 BCP p. 221).
No One's More Irish Than Barack O'Bama
The home village of President Obama's ancestors (on his mother's side) in Ireland is planning a huge welcome for the President's visit. Full story from the BBC.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Term "Easter" Cannot Be Used in Publlic School
A school in Seattle mandated that Easter Eggs must be called "Spring Spheres" because the term "Easter" is offensive. Read the full story here.
Father Pfeger Threatens to Become Protestant
Controversial Chicago Priest Father Pfleger is threatening to become a Protestant if he is transferred by his Bishop. Full story here.
Hundred of Chinese Christians Arrested
Asia News reports that hundreds of Chinese Protestants have been arrested for "illegal worship."
Catholics & Evangelicals
Catholics & Evangelicals stand together for religious freedom. Read the article from Christianity Today.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Sitting Bull Was a Catholic - Who Knew?
Great post by Taylor Marshall at Canterbury Tales about how the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull was converted to Catholicism by a French Jesuit. Notice the crucifix the Chief is wearing in the above photograph.
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