February this year is a transitional month as far as the Church year is concerned. After two Sundays of Ordinary Time, the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17. The liturgical color transitions from green to the penitential violet. As the season of Lent in preparation for Ea...
Current Notices On Mar. 29, 2023, Pope Francis declared anOrdinary Jubilee Year, from Dec. 24, 2024, to Jan. 6, 2026, as a special time of grace and renewal. On Dec. 24, 2024, Bishop Francis Malone opened the Jubilee Year right here in the Diocese of Shreveport. Holy Trinity has ...
CHICAGO– It is a time, and the time is now. Leave it to filmmaker Ira Sachs to break a barrier simply by having the right timing. Exploring a long time gay couple, right at the cusp of their now-legal marriage, opens the door to an odd series of ordinary circumstances in “Love is...
The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (Jan. 26, 2025), is now celebrated each year as the "Sunday of the Word of God" (click the link for more info) Video Series:https://catholic.bible/sunday-of-the-word-of-god/ including my contribution: "Who actually wrote the Bible?" ...
yet laypeople couldn’t use scriptural amulets or charms for medical cures or good fortune. The Bible was translated by Catholic scholars into Polish, German, Hungarian, and Arabic, for use in conversion. But ordinary Italians were not authorized by the church to read a Bible in their own lan...
February 9, 2023 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life! Latest Divine Mercy Reflections: Reflection 49: Being Misunderstood We are called to be saints. And if we walk down that road, we will be called to live heroic virtue. Heroic vir...
We all have duties and responsibilities that occupy much of our days. But being “all in,” means that Jesus and His message permeates everything we do. Even our ordinary daily activities such as work, chores, and the like must be done for God’s glory and in accord with His divine ...
Do we recall the times when those ordinary persons in our lives are the prophets speaking God’s word to us? Who are the ones who we look to who have helped us to see with spiritual eyes? Have you or I been a prophet bearing God’s love and healing to those we encounter?
Today's Readings Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30 Gospel Mark 7:14-23 Prayers, Intentions & Memorials May They Rest In Eternal Peace The Seven Sacraments St...
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