1. If we aspire to love, we also aspire to sacrifice. — FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) July 1, 2015 2. This #CaughtMyEye as I I was leaving @stpatsnyc so it must be for at least one of you pic.twitter.com/U7PEUPtf5b — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 30, 2015 3. Today's Readings: They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God?" http://t.co/OYAUStbz9Y — USCCB (@USCCB) July 1, 2015 4. Saint Teresa of Avila in the Liturgy of the Hours from... Read more
1. My helper is my God; I will place my trust in him. He is my refuge; he sets me free. #lauds — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 30, 2015 2. Quiet! calm down! Be quiet with the Lord, to know God's will. #homilytweet — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 30, 2015 3. This jumped out at me from Pope Francis’s homily yesterday to new archbishops: No Christian community can go forward without being supported by persistent prayer! Prayer is the... Read more
1. This day has been made holy by the passion of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. — St. Augustine — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) June 29, 2015 2. Jennifer Hubbard has written some beautiful things. Her daughter Catherine Violet died in Newtown at the Sandy Hook school shooting. Today in Magnificat she writes on today’s feast: 3. From Pope Francis on this day in 2013: To confess the Lord by letting oneself be taught by God; to be consumed... Read more
1. IT'S OFFICIAL! The parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, Louis and Zelie Martin, will be canonized Oct 18 in #Rome pic.twitter.com/1kOZfcDMQi — Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) June 27, 2015 2. Talking a bit about them here – “The Family that Prays Together Makes Saints Together.” 3. Be a saint already. It’s everyone’s vocation. 4. Saint Gregory of Nyssa again in the Liturgy of the Hours today: In our human life bodily health is a good thing, but this blessing... Read more
1. Man longs for love more than for freedom—freedom is the means, whereas love is the end. Man, however, longs for true love, because the authentic commitment of freedom is possible only when it is based on truth. – Love and Responsibility, Karol Wojtyla, new translation by Grzegorz Ignatik 2. Remember your mercy, O Lord; according to the promise you made to our fathers. #vespers — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 26, 2015 3. From my friend Jennifer Manning. 4.... Read more
1. In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 25, 2015 2. Be courageous. Go to Confession. 3. Today’s Mass readings. 4. "Holiness is a beautiful struggle." – #MotherAngelica pic.twitter.com/cdj0eAx9b8 — Franciscan Friars (@MFVAFriars) June 24, 2015 5. To live Beatitudes, to take up the cross & follow Jesus, we must be people of hope, with total confidence in God’s love. @BishopOlmsted... Read more
1. It's the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. 6 months till Christmas! The Church sets this feast based on Luke 1:36. — Matt Swaim (@mattswaim) June 24, 2015 2. From Pope Benedict XVI in 2012: Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is the only saint — with the exception of the Virgin Mary — whose birth the liturgy celebrates and it does so because it is closely connected... Read more
1. "Each of us must examine his thoughts, words and deeds, to see whether they are directed toward #Christ" St Gregory of Nyssa — Fr Brad Sweet (@BradBradsweet) June 23, 2015 2. Saint Gregory of Nyssa on Christian perfection in the Liturgy of the Hours today: The life of the Christian has three distinguishing aspects: deeds, words and thought. Thought comes first, then words, since our words express openly the interior conclusions of the mind. Finally, after thoughts and words, comes... Read more
1. Today we also celebrate the feast days of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, who were both martyred within two… http://t.co/lf50np7Npk — Miraculous Medal (@MiracMedlShrine) June 22, 2015 2. "I do not care very much what men say of me, provided that God approves of me." – St. Thomas More — Franciscan Univ (@FranciscanU) June 22, 2015 3. Tryptich of St John Fisher in All Hallows by the Tower, London https://t.co/LHDqbPiSWE — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June... Read more
1. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput writes: From the start of his papacy, this Holy Father has tried to model St. Francis’ simplicity and joy. And just as St. Francis treasured the beauty of the world as a mirror of God’s love, so Pope Francis seeks to protect its beauty as a good steward. That desire to protect, along with a keen sense of justice, is the spirit behind this encyclical. Laudato Si is a wide-ranging and detailed text. It includes... Read more
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