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| | Headlines Learning to Be Happy on Earth: Pope Francis Offers Gospel Joy to All By Deacon Keith A Fournier | July 8, 2014 Christian joy is not rooted in the circumstances and struggles of our daily lives. It also need not be robbed from us by them. Sometimes the travails we experience are the bad fruit of the disorder and brokenness caused by sin, our wrong choices. However, even then, they need not rob us of Gospel Joy. The Goodness of the News we proclaim to the whole world does not change. And we proclaim that Good news in word and lifestyle. Our circumstances simply present us with an invitation as to how we will respond to them. Living faith gives us the means. Christian Joy finds its root in the relationship we now have in and through Jesus Christ, with the Father, in the Holy Spirit. That relationship not only survives struggle, it thrives in struggle. That is, if we have living faith. We can learn to rejoice because the Lord is always near. Continue Reading... WARNING: The most important article you may ever read - We need a moral revolution at the top, before pitchforks appear in the street By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | July 7, 2014 An article published in 2011 in Forbes is making the rounds again and people are talking, but despite the dust on the copy, it's a timely conversation. The article by Brendan Coffey reveals that there are four companies that control 147 other companies and those 147 companies control virtually everything. So in other words, control of world markets is quite concentrated. Continue Reading... NEVER ON A SUNDAY: Pope Francis says working on Sunday has negative effect on families By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | July 6, 2014 The full commercialization of Sunday - from business being open to people working on what is biblical to be a day of rest, has Pope Francis in lamentation. The abandoning of the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays has a negative impact on families and friendships, he says. Continue Reading... Deal W Hudson: 12 Claims Every Catholic Should Be Able to Answer By Deal W. Hudson | July 6, 2014 Freedom of speech is a great thing. Unfortunately, it comes at an unavoidable price: When citizens are free to say what they want, they'll sometimes use that freedom to say some pretty silly things. And that's the case with the 12 false claims below. Some of them are made over and over, others are rare. Either way, while the proponents of these errors are free to promote them, we as Catholics have a duty to know better and to respond in charity. Continue Reading... Fr Dwight Longenecker: A Hot Line to the Holy Spirit By Fr Dwight Longenecker | July 6, 2014 Catholics certainly believe in the individual's infilling with the Holy Spirit, but we hold this in balance with the equally important truth that the Church herself is inspired and filled and guided by the Holy Spirit. The Church is the Body of Christ on earth, and as such is a living, moving, breathing, Spirit filled organism-against which the gates of hell will never prevail. It is this Spirit filled Church which provides the balance and ballast for our own individual experience of the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit-filled Church which provides the correction and qualification of our claims. It is the Spirit-filled Church which validates God's guidance in our lives and it is the Spirit filled lives of the saints, the teaching of the Church and the liturgy of the Church which deepen, broaden, complete and sacramentally seal the personal infilling of the Holy Spirit. Continue Reading... The Andromeda Strain - Scientist who discovered Ebola virus says 'We're running out of time' By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | July 4, 2014 The scientist who discovered the Ebola virus. Dr. Peter Piot says that the current outbreak of the body-melting virus in West Africa, in which 467 people have died, is "unprecedented." Piot also said that "because of the greater awareness, there is hope. But we're running out of time." Continue Reading... The Prayer of the Heart By Deacon Ian VanHeusen | July 3, 2014 If we think about it, we all recognize that communication is about much more than words. When we listen to another human being, we listen to the whole person. We recognize the inflection of their voice, their body posture, and their facial reactions. All of these features give us insights into what is being communicated. In this way, communication between persons can never be reduced to simply an exchange of information. We do not simply communicate ideas and concepts, but rather we communicate a whole interior world that has many shades of meaning. Continue Reading... Pope Francis speaks against moral decay By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | July 1, 2014 Pope Francis has taken the Eternal City to task for its widespread moral decay. Child prostitutes, poverty and busy soup kitchens make the Argentine pontiff question the veracity of his adopted home, which he says, should be a "mirror to the world." Continue Reading...    Most Popular Ancient architectural wonder of Rome Read More For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More  Good Friday Reflection on the Nature of Sin Read More  A Good Friday Reflection: I Thirst Read More News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 Catholic Online. | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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