The Pope's Pep Talk to Families
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Many thanks to our Canadian friends in Quebec, Michel et Myrielle, for highlighting an important message in the pope’s homily in Croatia on the National Day of Croatian Catholic Families:
Christian families are a decisive resource for education in the faith, for the up-building of the Church as a communion and for her missionary presence in the most diverse situations in life.
and ...
Dear families,... READ MORE
Benedict's Vigil For Life
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, December 01, 2010
As Lynn noted last week, the Holy Father kicked off Advent by leading an international prayer vigil for life.
This poster from an ad campaign in the UK seemed like the perfect illustration to accompany the Pope’s homily.
At a Vespers service, Pope Benedict beautifully linked the preciousness of life to the reality of the Incarnation.
He becomes a child. It speaks to us of the coming of a God who is... READ MORE
Pope In Portugal
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The Pope hadn’t even de-planed from his trip to Portugal before delivering on the promised “intense message” at Fatima.
Benedict’s remark that the deepest attacks on the Church today come not from without, but from sins within, made instant headlines.
When a reporter asked about the Third Secret of Fatima, the Pope in essence downplayed the specific meaning and focused on its general prophesy of suffering... READ MORE
40 Years of Humanae Vitae
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
If your pastor didn’t preach on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae in quite the way you hoped he would, you can “borrow” the homily of Fr. Richard Simon of the Archdiocese of Chicago—a grace-filled 35 minutes to be sure!
If you don’t have an iPod, 35 minutes might be a long time to sit and listen to audio on your computer, but it looks like a written version is forthcoming. Also, you can scroll down on this page to get the homily broken up into fourths on YouTube videos.
God bless Fr. Simon and all priests who courageously speak the Truth, in spite of social pressure to do otherwise!
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