Priest turns away engaged couple Bob and Jennifer are both dutiful young Catholics and are planning to get married, but there’s one issue; Bob is sexually impotent due to a permanent medical condition. Jennifer is fully aware of Bob’s situation, but loves him and is looking forward to mar...
"Convalidation is not simply a "blessing" of an existing union. It requires that a new, free act of consent be made." (USCCB) The couple will learn about the obligations and benefits and the goods and requirements of the Sacrament of Matrimony while taking time to reflect and discuss how...
Blessing of water following the Liturgy. Patronal Note: In churches dedicated to the Theophany, the Patronal procession may follow after the Divine Liturgy. MONDAY, JANUARY 7 SYNAXIS OF THE HOLY FORERUNNER, PROPHET AND BAPTIST JOHN. Common for Baptist. Epistles, Acts 19:1-8; Gospel, John 1...
As you may recall, Isharedthis image of one of the oldest Christian symbols, the Good Shepherd. Today, we had the great blessing of meeting the Chief Shepherd, after Jesus Christ, of the flock of God’s Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Bishop Larry R. Silva of Honolulu and bishops ...
In the end, Schuller himself gave his blessing to what once would have seemed unthinkable: the conversion of his sleekly modern masterpiece in Garden Grove, a place where fresh breezes blow through open walls and church services feature talk-show-style interviews, into a Catholic cathedral redole...
. Or, “I’d really like a religious element to our ceremony, I’m getting married to a Zoroastrian in a civil ceremony but I’d like it to reflect my Catholic roots, so could Father please come out and do some kind of blessing at Ye Olde Countrie Manor”. To my non-Catholic ...
But I can safely avouch for the fact that just as my Lenten observance did not merit anything near the grace of the reception of the Holy Eucharist at the 8 AM Mass, nor did it merit the blessing of the Easter Brunch or dinner of which I was made to partake!
vowing to dedicate her future child to God’s service. Their prayers were heard, and an angel appeared to both of them. The angel told Anne, “The Lord has seen your tears; you will conceive and give birth, and your child will be a blessing for the entire world.” The same promise ...
He asked, do you want my blessing? I said, "No, thank you, father. Let the novices pack my things and ship them to me." I was heartbroken because I never doubted my vocation, but refused to take part in the destruction of the Church to which I had given my life. Fr. ...
A couple of years before, I’d been the recipient of a scholarship Mr. Quinn and his wife, Loie, had established in memory of their oldest son John “Chips” Quinn Jr., who took after his father, one of the founding editors of USA Today, and, less importantly, the sender of my let...