10 Catholic Things That Caught My Eye Today (June 20, 2016)

Baptised in Christ: stained glass from the Nashville Dominican Sisters' Motherhouse of the Baptism of St Dominichttps://t.co/xlaRPI2nKA

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June 19, 2016

2. From the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours today, by Saint Gregory of Nyssa:

Paul teaches us the power of Christ’s name when he calls him the power and wisdom of God, our peace, the unapproachable light where God dwells, our expiation and redemption, our great high priest, our paschal sacrifice, our propitiation; when he declares him to be the radiance of God’s glory, the very pattern of his nature, the creator of all ages, our spiritual food and drink, the rock and the water, the bedrock of our faith, the cornerstone, the visible image of the invisible God. He goes on to speak of him as the mighty God, the head of his body, the Church, the firstborn of the new creation, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep, the firstborn of the dead, the eldest of many brothers; he tells us that Christ is the mediator between God and man, the only begotten Son crowned with glory and honor, the Lord of glory, the beginning of all things, the king of justice and of peace, the king of the whole universe, ruling a realm that has no limits.

Paul calls Christ by many other titles too numerous to recall here. Their cumulative force will give some conception of the marvelous content of the name “Christ,” revealing to us his inexpressible majesty, insofar as our minds and thought can comprehend it. Since, by the goodness of God, we who are called “Christians” have been granted the honor of sharing this name, the greatest, the highest, the most sublime of all names, it follows that each of the titles that express its meaning should be clearly reflected in us. If we are not to lie when we call ourselves “Christians,” we must bear witness to it by our way of living.

3. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.

Totally got my attention this morning:

Tottering…indeed… pic.twitter.com/2sSIFmTyG3

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 20, 2016

4. Bishop Sam Jacobs on today’s Gospel: if we follow his way of life, he will judge us by that standard

5. Pope Francis: Look in the mirror before judging others

Stand firm in the face of temptation. #dailyeSpiration https://t.co/jp7mJR49CN pic.twitter.com/rA2LkXzPyF

— Steubenville (@go2steubenville) June 20, 2016

"His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you'" Jn 2. Their panic became obedience at the word of Mary pic.twitter.com/Mr7S92MtNm

— Msgr B Bransfield (@BrianBransfield) June 20, 2016

8. Fr. Roger Landry: The Short-circuiter of Mercy

Christian extremism. pic.twitter.com/UbEqvrc3u3

— Chad Pecknold (@ccpecknold) June 20, 2016

10. On the road to Pope Francis’s visit to John Paul II’s beloved Krakow next month for World Youth Day, some words of wisdom flashbacks:

"Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ." Saint John Paul II pic.twitter.com/4V8FmRCAM9

— John M. Rozembajgier (@Rozembajgier) June 20, 2016

"The courage of faith must be matched by the courage of reason." Saint John Paul II pic.twitter.com/bIIRdSwVny

— John M. Rozembajgier (@Rozembajgier) June 19, 2016

PLUS: Something I wrote for Crux about Orlando.

Something about when I was hanging out with 300 young women and 80 sisters at my alma mater last week:

A Whirlwind of Motherly Grace https://t.co/nwrMSouocC — a great light in #DC recently #GIVEN2016 pic.twitter.com/TlvQ5Ndm5b

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 20, 2016

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