On the Holy Eucharist:“[Jesus] could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death.”
- St. Albert the Great
For Reflection:
To what extent do I receive Holy Communion with sincere faith? Is there anything I can do to increase my devotion? (Consider the following: More frequent use of the Sacrament of Penance, a more devout practice of the moral virtues, a time of recollection before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a prayerful thanksgiving after communion, a pious and reverent reception of the Sacred Species.)
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Enough signatures have been acquired to qualify for a state referendum on California's controversial law allowing students to choose which bathroom or locker room to use based on their "gender identity."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The purveyors of the rapidly sinking Affordable Care Act have sunk to new levels of desperation in a new ad campaign targeting young women with invitations to have sex without worry because Obamacare covers birth control.
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“Yes, in silence we can actually break the hold time has on us,
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As the death toll continues to mount in the Philippines, stunned survivors of the world's strongest hurricane to ever hit land are pleading for food, shelter and clean water.
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The U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has approved the drafting of a formal statement on pornography to be issued from the entire body of bishops.
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MO writes: "
I have just become aware of a preacher and author: Louie Giglio. What can you tell me about him? And what about the molecule 'laminin' in the shape of a cross?"
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The U.S. bishops, meeting this week in Baltimore, have elected Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky to serve as the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), replacing outgoing president Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
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“Oh Jesus, I love you very much.
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We're all sinners, Pope Francis said in a recent homily, but those people who boast about being Christian while not leading a Christian life are corrupt.
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