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FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER JOHN 14:27-31A Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus promises his Second Coming. In one sense, Christianity is a religion of fulfillment (the Lord has come), but in another sense, it is a religion of waiting, for we expect the Second Coming of Jesus in the fullness of his power. We wait and watch and keep vigil. What we all know is that great things take time. When a kid comes to an artist’s studio to apprentice, he has to submit to a long and difficult discipline; when a young man enters a monastery or a seminary, he...

17 May 2022Tuesday of the 5th week of Eastertide Basilica di Santa Restituta, Naples Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 14:19-28 ©They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagansSome Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and turned the people against the apostles. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead. The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went back to the town. The next day he and Barnabas went off to Derbe. Having preached the Good News in that...

A Catholic priest prayed over pro-abortion counter protesters across from the Washington Surgi-Clinic in the nation’s capital as they screamed at pro-life activists who were there demanding justice for five late-term babies they say were aborted in violation of federal law. “Lord Jesus, we thank you for this time together to testify to the dignity of human life. Help turn aside the darkness that covers our land and the minds of the people that might be here,” a priest who goes by Father Bill prayed during the protest on May 4. “In the name of Jesus, may they be healed....

Catholics mocked on Twitter after Muslims pray 'showing bum to cross'MUMBAI, India (ChurchMilitant.com) - Faithful Catholics are slamming the archbishop of Bombay after churches hosted Ramadan meals and prayers and rang church bells to usher in the breaking of the Islamic fast. Hindus ridiculed Catholics on social media as Muslims prayed with their backsides offensively thrust up towards the crucifix and the Blessed Sacrament in a church led by the Jesuits of the Bombay province. One-Way Street"Will the Muslim community reciprocate the gesture and allow Catholics to offer Holy Mass in their mosques?" Blaise Gomes, with the Association of Concerned...

Catholics in Vinh Lai Subparish have endured suffering due to wars, natural disasters and religious persecution Catholics attend the inauguration of the new church in Vinh Lai Subparish in Nam Dinh province on May 9. (Photo courtesy of tonggiaophanhanoi.org)Catholics in northern Vietnam who endured pain and suffering caused by wars, natural disasters and religious persecution have witnessed the opening of a new church. Cardinal Peter Nguyen Van Nhon, emeritus archbishop of Hanoi, formally blessed the new church in Vinh Lai Subparish in Vu Ban district of Nam Dinh province on May 9. Some 20 priests joined the special thanksgiving Mass...

Next Week: Cardinal Zen Faces CourtHong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, will appear in court on May 24, a source close to him told the anti-Church TheGuardian.com (May 16).Zen was arrested and released on bail on May 12. His alleged crime is connected to the origin of money belonging to a now dissolved fund whose trustee he was. The fund was helping dissidents in their legal defence.In his first public appearance since the arrest during a May 15 live stream for the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, Zen spoke about his upbringing and how he became a bishop. He...

THE SYNODAL WAY: Is Francis Church Officially Going Gay? New from Remnant TV...The Globalist Pope continues to remove Christianity as an impasse to the New World Order.In this edition of The Editor’s Desk, Michael J. Matt rips the mask off of Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality. Ever notice how the Vatican is long on listening but short on specifics? What exactly do they want to change, and why won’t they just come out with it?Instead of telling us what he wants to do, Francis says he's going to spend two years listening to us, so that when he makes...

Pope Francis has betrayed Cardinal ZenWhen Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old former Bishop of Hong Kong, was arrested by Chinese authorities on Wednesday and charged with ‘collusion with foreign forces’, the White House called for his immediate release. Lord Patten of Barnes, the last British governor of Hong Kong, said the arrest was ‘yet another outrageous example of how the Chinese Communist Party is hell-bent on turning Hong Kong into a police state.’ Human rights activists lined up to defend the cardinal, who although released on bail faces the prospect of spending his last years in a Chinese jail cell....

FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER JOHN 14:21-26 Friends, we see in our Gospel reading that the Holy Spirit’s principal sign is love. The night before he died, Jesus told his friends the deepest truths. He spoke of himself, his Father, and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the love that connects the Father and the Son. From all eternity, he is breathed back and forth between the Father and the Son, and hence he is nothing but love. When therefore he comes to dwell in you and me, he turns us to the path of love. “On that day you...

16 May 2022Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Brendan's Cathedral, Loughrea Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 14:5-18 ©We have come with good news to turn you to the living GodEventually with the connivance of the authorities a move was made by pagans as well as Jews to make attacks on the apostles and to stone them. When the apostles came to hear of this, they went off for safety to Lycaonia where, in the towns of Lystra and Derbe and in the surrounding country, they preached the Good News. A man sat there who had never walked...

A pro-abortion group is claiming they've been 'permanently banned' from TikTok, saying that it happened after they posted a video excoriating the Catholic Church for what it calls 'enslavement of women.' The group Ruth Sent Us - in reference to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - announced the ban on a backup TikTok account Saturday. Ruth Sent Us has caused controversy several times in recent weeks, interrupting church services and organizing crowds to picket homes of current Supreme Court justices. The group recently doxxed the Washington, D.C.-area addresses of the six conservative Supreme Court Justices and even organized...

The Bishop's Sermon actually drills down on today's 2nd reading from Rev 21. He gives his insight on the "New Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven, from God. The rescue operation that we are ask to join... 14 man. YouTube video below.Rescued From The Depths

The synod was a forum for dissenters from Church teaching, including a woman referring to same-sex ‘marriage' by saying, 'So, until Rome, the larger Rome, says that … Jesus is love, love is love, and we love you.'GRAND FALLS, Newfoundland (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Anthony Daniels of the Diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland held a series of listening sessions with parishioners from his diocese where members of his flock called for massive changes to the Catholic Church, including an embracing of same-sex “marriage.” The diocese released a video called “Invitation to Synod 2021-2023” that was released May 1. Bishop Daniels, who...

A suspect has been charged with burglary in connection with the theft of a tabernacle from a parish church in Greater Houston, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced Friday. The tabernacle had been stolen from St. Bartholomew the Apostle Catholic Church in Katy, Texas, May 8. “Thanks to the Katy Police Department's diligent efforts and skill, a suspect has been apprehended and charged with burglary. It is our understanding the theft was not motivated by last week's release of the draft Supreme Court opinion involving Roe v Wade,” the Galveston-Houston archdiocese announced May 13. “Sadly, the tabernacle has not yet been...

Resigning employees call for change amid Word on Fire controversyTwo prominent Catholic writers and speakers have resigned from the Word on Fire media apostolate, adding to recent charges that calls for a reform of communications and organizational culture have gone unheard, and that an investigation into sexual misconduct on the part of a former employee was mishandled. Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Word on Fire. Credit: Word on Fire.Share“We believe in the mission and the principles of Word on Fire, but not at all costs, and definitely not at the expense of our mental health,” wrote Jackie and Bobby Angel,...

The Council and the Eclipse of God – by Don Pietro Leone : Part 2 of CHAPTER VII –Man’s Cult of God - Sacrosanctum Concilium : a veritable modernist minefield Don Pietro Leone continues to guide us through the modernist minefield of Sacrosanctum Concilium – The Council’s document on the Reform of the Liturgy. This section, which is an excellent read, is incontrovertible in its refutations of conciliar conceits and not without humour. F.R. The Council and the Eclipse of God by Don Pietro Leone CHAPTER VIIPART 2: MAN’S CULT OF GOD4. Liturgical ReformWe shall here consider: a) The...

Fifth Sunday of Easter John 13:31-33a, 34-35 Friends, today’s Gospel instructs us in the way of loving others with God’s love. We find joy in God alone, for our souls have been wired for God. But here’s the trick, and the whole of the Christian life is on display here: God is love. . . . Love is God. God is self-emptying on behalf of the other. But this means, paradoxically, that to have God is to be what God is—and that means giving one’s life away. Now we see the link between joy and commandments: "I give you a...

“Questioned, deaf to criticism...” -- A Tense "End of Reign" Climate in Francis' Vatican “Questioned, deaf to criticism...” The end of a lonely reign for Pope FrancisLe FigaroJean-Marie GuénoisMay 13, 2022Francis listens but likes to decide alone at the risk of isolation.ROME - Never before has Pope Francis faced such adversity. In this year 2022, the tenth of his pontificate, everything seems to be conspiring against him. Rome, always quick to burn what it adores, is in turmoil. Some discern a mature phase of the pontificate. Others see an "end of reign", according to an expression common in the...

The title of this sermon uses the word legacy, which refers to something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor.Perhaps the most accessible image of this is money. If I receive 100 million dollars from a dying relative, I can the money to start living differently. My bills, which now seem overwhelming, can be paid with just the interest earned from my newfound wealth. I can start enjoying things I thought I could never afford in the past. In other words, a legacy can completely change the way I live and open up new possibilities.It is in this...

May 15th 2022 5th Sunday of Easter St. Peter's, Jefferson, South Dakota Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingActs 14:21-27 ©They gave an account to the church of all that God had done with themPaul and Barnabas went back through Lystra and Iconium to Antioch. They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to experience many hardships’ they said ‘before we enter the kingdom of God.’ In each of these churches they appointed elders, and with prayer and fasting they commended them to the Lord in whom they had come to...