Today is the Feast Day of Saint Bartholomew, one of the twelve. With all the popularity that The Chosen has generated, I wanted to take a moment to get to know him better.
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Hail Mary, Our Holy Queen
Catholics celebrate the Queenship of Mary because her Divine Son, Jesus Christ, is Lord and King. It’s just that simple. Pope Pius XII declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, that she was taken, body and soul, into heavenly glory. Not by her own power, as Christ entered Heaven, but called up by Him.
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Sometimes, when I talk about my Catholic roots, I feel as though I come across as bragging, full of my own sense of rightness. Believe me when I say that’s not what I intended. I love being a Cradle Catholic. It is a part of my very being, and it fills me with such joy, I cannot help but to want to share that with the world.
Continue reading “A Beautiful Catholic Friday”The Assumption of Mary
Today is the Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. There is a certain personal comfort in what this day represents to the Church. It is a Holy Day of Oblation. Simply put, this a day when the faithful are required to attend Mass.
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August 6 is an important date in both the Roman and Eastern rites of the Catholic Church. Today we celebrate the Feast of Transfiguration. Matthew (17:5), Mark (9:6) and Luke (9:35) all tell us that God spoke, confirming Jesus as His son.
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One of the things that I like about the Catholic Church is that while remaining true to scripture and God’s Holy Word, it is not the only source of our faith and dogma. Oral traditions, oral teachings that have been handed down and eventually recorded in written word are also a part of our faith, our practices and traditions.
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She was Mary of Magdala who later became known simply as Mary Magdalene. She was one of the earliest followers of Jesus, who bore witness to his Crucifixion and Resurrection. She is a woman shrouded in mystery.
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Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Carmelites consider the Blessed Virgin Mary to be a perfect model of the interior life of prayer and contemplation to which Carmelites aspire. She is seen as the one who points the way to her beloved Son, Christ Jesus.
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First clue – it’s a Friday, so there won’t be any meat involved. Second clue – it’s made with Elbow Macaroni. Final clue – it’s very kid friendly.
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There is a great neighborhood Mexican Restaurant that we love. We could easily walk there from our house. Over the years, we have gotten to know the staff and even the owners. When people have come to visit us, that’s where we take them to dinner.
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Poor Saint Thomas, doubting Thomas. For an Apostle, he sure seems to get the short end of the stick. Saint Thomas is believed to have died on December 21, which by all accounts should be his feast day. After all, it is the day he was called home to Heaven.
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What’s that – June is over? Wow, hard to believe. Today is more than just the last day in June, it’s National Mai Tai Day. And a Friday – that’s a double blessing!
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Today we celebrate two very different yet indispensable pillars of faith – Saints Peter and Paul. Peter was an apostle, Paul a calculated persecutor of the early Church. And yet Christ touched both their lives, transforming them into tools of faith.
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The Catholic Church is rich in Feast Days. For us, our relationship with Christ is more than just Sunday Mass. And even Mass itself is more than just preaching and a lot of Amen! There is scripture, the Homily, and the Communion itself.
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The power of three is something to behold. We are created in the image of God, and God is three beings in a single entity just as we are. There is God the Father – the intellectual existence, God the Son, the physical existence, and God the Holy Spirit, the spiritual being, our souls.
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