Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread – Part 2

I already have quite a few examples for receiving Our Daily Bread in my first post by the same name, but moments after I hit publish more ideas came into my head. One of the main ones that I forgot was the Magnificat monthly magazine. I have been getting the Magnificat for about two years. [...]

The New Archbishops and the Pallia

Detroit’s new archbishop, The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron, and all of the other archbishops who were newly appointed to their archdioceses this year are in Rome to receive the Pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, June 29.  Archbishop Vigneron has a blog that will document the pilgrimage. More information on the Pallium can [...]

The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

You can learn all about St. John the Baptist on this feast day of his nativity.

The Little Mermaid Promotes Heterosexuality

Wow, just plain wow. Researchers at U of M have grudingly concluded that Disney’s  well loved fairy tales are encouraging children to think of the heterosexual relationship as normal!! Boy meets girl and they fall in love. It’s so romantic and just “taken-for-granted” and it really grates on the researchers, Emily Kazyak and Karin Martin.
“Characters [...]

Tolerance Does Not Produce Change

I just read Fr. Z’s post from yesterday, Response to America Magazine’s Editorial “Community of Disciples”, critiquing an editorial in the America magazine. The Jesuits at America magazine want a passive, tolerant, give peace a chance approach to the abortion “debate.” Fr. Z rightly says there is no room for debate. He excellently compares the [...]

Mysteries of the Rosary – The Visitation

Elizabeth said, who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to visit me?  (Luke 1:43) And likewise, who are we, that the mother of Our Lord should come to visit us, in both the approved and unapproved apparitions of Our Lady? Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the angel spoke to [...]

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

As discussed in the Our Father post, our daily bread consists of both the word of God and the Body of Christ. We receive both at Mass each day. We can also receive the word of God daily via many devotional resources, both on-line and off-line.
EWTN offers the daily readings, an inspirational quote and it [...]

Applause during Mass – NOT!!

I found this blog post on Fr. Z’s blog:
An important liturgical message from Cardinal Ratzinger – now Pope Benedict XVI
“Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. ” (Spirit [...]

The Our Father

We all know the Our Father, but do we know what we are saying when we say this prayer that Jesus gave us?
“Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1), and so Jesus taught his disciples the Our Father. Tertullian, an ecclesiastical writer from the 2nd and 3rd centuries, said the Our Father is “the summary [...]

The Book of Tobit

Update: I get tons of hits on this post. What are you looking for on the Book of Tobit? Leave a comment or send me an email, catholicwideweb (at) yahoo.com, and I will do some more research on this book for a later post. Thanks.
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In this 9th week of ordinary time, the first readings are [...]