An amazing Communion line

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/01/2017 - 00:35

No one is checking “Valid Catholic” cards at the door, and no one feels a particular need to be a Communion Cop. We recognize that we’re all a bunch of needy sinful people who are eager to make room for others at the Lord’s Table.
You never know where God will surprise you.

In the middle of a hot summer, while I was standing in the produce section at the local supermarket, a woman I had never met tapped me on the shoulder and introduced herself.

How the Bible helps us work for the common good

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 13:59

The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah said 'Seek the welfare of the city ... for in its welfare you will find your welfare' Jeremiah 29.7.

Calling People of Goodwill: The Bible and the Common Good, is a new resource from Bible Society and Together for The Common Good for Christians to use as individuals and in groups. We argue that the Bible has a unique ability to bring people together from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to seek the welfare of everyone. The Bible demonstrates this through the idea and practices of what we call the common good.

This is why we are Catholic

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 01:29

Life is not easy, and the Catholic Church cannot make it so, but it can make it better with consolations and grace and truth that never changes.

The world doesn’t get us. Sometimes we are ganged up on and persecuted. Often, we are misunderstood. Always, we are one, holy Catholic and apostolic.

We are unique, enduring, resistant to whims, unafraid to stand alone, and in love with the Blessed Mother. History is on our side and so is Scripture, even if we don’t always have it memorized.

The Sinful Woman

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/25/2017 - 14:05

The Gospel is taken from St Luke. It is the story of the sinful woman who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears, drying them with her hair. At any time, but particularly during this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, this Gospel story should stop us dead in our tracks and cause us to take a very deep look at ourselves and our relationship with the Merciful Lord.

Divine Mercy Sunday 2017

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/23/2017 - 17:56

Saint Faustina received visions of our Lord, in which, Jesus instructed her to tell the world of His infinite Love and Mercy. She recorded these visions in her diary; later published under the title Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary of St. Faustina. Here, St. Faustina writes of Jesus’ desire to establish a solemn feast dedicated to spreading the Divine Mercy of Christ to all humanity: