http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/catholiclist/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:08:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420603/posts Featured Term (selected at random):TABULA RASA Clean slate or erased tablet. The term is used in scholastic philosophy to describe the human mind before it has acquired any ideas from sense experience and reasoned reflection. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission. CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420603/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420381/posts January 4, 2010                                   Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton,                                 religious     Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading I1 Jn 3:22–4:6Beloved:We receive from him whatever we ask,because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.And his commandment is this:we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,and love one another just as he commanded us.Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,and the way we know that he remains in usis from the Spirit whom he gave... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420381/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 05:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420216/posts Wise Men from the East | Sandra Miesel | The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord We Three Kings of Orient are,Bearing gifts we traverse afar. . . . Who were these gift-bearing kings, these Wise Men of the East? What has their mission meant to Christians across the ages? The Wise Men—not yet called kings—make only a single appearance in Holy Scripture. St. Matthew's Gospel (Mt 2:1-12) tells of their arrival in Jerusalem shortly after the birth of Jesus. They have come seeking the newborn King of the Jews because they had seen his star rise in... InsightScroop.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420216/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420211/posts Wise Men from the East | Sandra Miesel | The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord We Three Kings of Orient are,Bearing gifts we traverse afar. . . . Who were these gift-bearing kings, these Wise Men of the East? What has their mission meant to Christians across the ages? The Wise Men—not yet called kings—make only a single appearance in Holy Scripture. St. Matthew's Gospel (Mt 2:1-12) tells of their arrival in Jerusalem shortly after the birth of Jesus. They have come seeking the newborn King of the Jews because they had seen his star rise in... IgnatiusInsight.com, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420211/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:59:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419843/posts             Feast of the Epiphany  See also the page "Twelfthnight" Also known as Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings Day, or Theophany, this Feast is a great and very important Feast in memory of Jesus showing His glory in 3 ways: as an infant to the Magi, at His baptism, and at His first miracle at the wedding in Cana. So important is this Feast, that it is a Holy Day of Obligation in many parts of the Catholic world, though not presently in the United States. The symbols of the day are the same as those mentioned on... Fisheaters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419843/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 05:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419363/posts January 2, 2010                                        Memorial of Saint Basil the Great                                         and Saint Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and                             doctors of the Church       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading I1 Jn 2:22-28Beloved:Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419363/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 06:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419224/posts Pope Unhurt After Being Knocked Down VATICAN CITY, DEC. 24, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is unhurt after he was knocked down tonight as he entered St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate the Christmas vigil Mass, reports a Vatican spokesman. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, told reporters that an "apparently unbalanced" woman jumped the barriers and ran toward the Pope and knocked him to the ground as he walked down the main aisle toward the altar. The woman also collided with Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 87, who also fell to the ground. The Holy Father, 82, got back... Zenit.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419224/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:32:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419216/posts Featured Term (selected at random):TOWER OF BABEL On the plain of Shinar the people decided to build a town and erect a tower so high it would reach heaven. Yahweh distrusted their motives (Genesis 11:1-9). He confused their language so that they could not understand each other. Then he scattered the people over the earth. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission. CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2419216/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418830/posts January 1, 2010                                 The Octave Day of Christmas                               Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,                             the Mother of God 8                 Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Nm 6:22-27The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites.Say to them:The LORD bless you and keep you!The LORD let his face shine uponyou, and be gracious to you!The LORD look upon you kindly andgive you peace!So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418830/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418814/posts Was 2009 a Turning Point? December 31st, 2009 by Russell Shaw Was 2009 a turning point for the American bishops, marking a tougher and more realistic approach on their part to the myriad problems, internal and external, besetting the Catholic Church in the United States? It’s too soon for final conclusions, but, on the evidence, history may judge the year just past in exactly those terms.Two episodes in particular suggest as much.One is the remarkable fact that some 80 American bishops, acting on their own, spoke up last spring to protest Notre Dame’s invitation to President Barack Obama to receive... CatholicExchange.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418814/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418435/posts Featured Term (selected at random):HERODIAS The daughter of Aristobulus, a half-sister of Herod Agrippa. She married her uncle Philip, but left him to marry another uncle, Herod Antipas. John the Baptist denounced this marriage, and Herodias was determined to wreak vengeance. When her daughter, Salome, won the admiration of the king with her dancing, he promised to grant her whatever she asked. Her mother instructed her to demand the head of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:3-11). The king reluctantly granted the request (Mark 6:17-29). A few years later Herodias joined Herod Antipas when he was sent into exile. All items... CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418435/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:05:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418166/posts December 31, 2009                                   The Seventh Day                                     in the Octave of Christmas         Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 11 Jn 2:18-21Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming,so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of our number;if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number. But you have the anointing that... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418166/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417676/posts Featured Term (selected at random):CHRISTENDOM The Christian polity insofar as the principles of Christianity governed (and still govern) the laws and civil institutions of nations. Its foundations may be traced to the Jewish traditions of a theocracy, and its history properly began with the liberation of the Church under Constantine. It developed through more than a millennium in most of the countries of Europe and with numerous setbacks remained fairly intact until the Protestant Reformation. In its best days, Christendom represented the corporate Christian social life, and its impact on world civilization through the arts and philosophy, law and the... CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417676/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417459/posts December 30, 2009                          The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 11 Jn 2:12-17I am writing to you, children,because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men,because you have conquered the Evil One.I write to you, children,because you know the Father.I write to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning.I write to you, young men,because you are strong and the word of... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417459/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:18:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417034/posts Featured Term (selected at random):ECKHARTISM General name for the spiritual teaching of Meister Eckhart (1260-1327), the German Dominican mystic and of his followers. In 1329, Pope John XXII condemned twenty-eight of Eckhart's sentences as heretical or dangerous, e.g.: "We are totally transformed into God and changed into Him . . . Though a person commits a thousand mortal sins, if he is rightly disposed, he should not wish not to have committed them . . . A good man is the only begotten Son of God." Investigation of his doctrine has since indicated Eckhart's personal orthodoxy, while admitting indiscretion in... CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417034/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416767/posts December 29, 2009                            The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 11 Jn 2:3-11Beloved:The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandmentsis a liar, and the truth is not in him.But whoever keeps his word,the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him:whoever claims to abide in him ought to walk just as he walked.... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416767/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:07:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416366/posts Featured Term (selected at random):UNAM SANCTAM The papal bull of Pope Boniface VIII, issued November 18, 1302, in answer to Philip IV of France, who denied the Pope's authority. Only the last sentence is irreversible doctrine, in which Boniface states: "We declare, say, define and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff" (Denzinger 875). The preceding part of the document deals at length with the relation of temporal and spiritual powers in the Church. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary,... CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416366/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:34:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416109/posts Why Be Catholic? 7: Tradition   By Dr. Jeff Mirus | October 27, 2009 2:06 PM This is not primarily an essay about Sacred Tradition, which is certainly another worthy apologetical topic. Instead, I have in mind here the Catholic Church’s unique vision of human nature, a vision so profound that one particular dimension of it is just now beginning to be grasped in the 21st century. That dimension is the role of tradition in defining what it means to be human. Stated positively, the core insight is that tradition is essential to being human. Stated negatively, we could say that,... CatholicCulture.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416109/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416103/posts December 28, 2009                                   Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 11 Jn 1:5—2:2Beloved:This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christand proclaim to you:God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness,we lie and do not act in truth.But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,then we have fellowship with one another,and the Blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.If we say, “We are without sin,”we deceive ourselves,... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416103/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:55:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415624/posts Feast of the Holy Family   Why is this Feast celebrated today, instead of closer to Christmas? Because in Old Testament Law, a child wasn't a son of Abraham or a true part of the family until his circumcision at 8 days of age, an event of Christ's life that we celebrated on 1 January (from 25 December to 1 January are 8 days). There are few private devotions associated with this day, though the blessing of children by their parents, the renewal of marriage vows (even if just privately), and consecration of the family to the Holy Family are a... Fisheaters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415624/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415616/posts December 27, 2009                                     The Holy Family                                      of Jesus, Mary and Joseph       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 God sets a father in honor over his children;a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.Whoever honors his father atones for sins,and preserves himself from them.When he prays, he is heard;he stores up riches who reveres his mother.Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,and, when he prays, is heard.Whoever reveres his father will live a long life;he who obeys his father brings comfort to his... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415616/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415431/posts Featured Term (selected at random):CLOTHING OF RELIGIOUS Formal bestowal of the religious habit. The admission of a postulant to the canonical novitiate in a religious congregation or order is traditionally introduced by the solemn clothing in the blessed habit of that community. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission. CatholicReference.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415431/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415220/posts December 26, 2009                                   Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power,was working great wonders and signs among the people.Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen,Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,and people from Cilicia and Asia,came forward and debated with Stephen,but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. When they heard this, they were infuriated,and they ground their teeth at him.But he, filled with the Holy Spirit,looked up intently to heavenand saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415220/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415208/posts The purest of Virgins gave us our God, who was this day born of her, clothed in the flesh of a Babe, and she was found worthy to feed him at her Breast: let us all adore Christ, who came to save us.Ye faithful people, let us all rejoice, for our Savior is born in our world: this Day there has been born the Son of the great Mother, and she yet a pure Virgin. O Queen of the world, and Daughter of a kingly race! Christ has risen from thy womb, as a Bridegroom coming from the bride-chamber:... CatholicCulture.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415208/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:45:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2414813/posts December 25, 2009                                     The Nativity of the Lord,  Christmas                                Mass During the Day       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Is 52:7-10 How beautiful upon the mountainsare the feet of him who brings glad tidings,announcing peace, bearing good news,announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,“Your God is King!” Hark!  Your sentinels raise a cry,together they shout for joy,for they see directly, before their eyes,the LORD restoring Zion.Break out together in song,O ruins of Jerusalem!For the LORD comforts his people,he redeems Jerusalem.The LORD has bared... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2414813/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:46:19 GMT