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A gift of companionship: Bishop and Rosa settle in for their first Iowa Christmas. By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Bishop Dennis Walsh braced himself on a couch in his Davenport apartment, waiting for …Read More. Read More!
Persons, places and things: An uplifting connection
22 hours ago · That question weighed on my mind last Friday night. Marge had included her phone number in her correspondence that included her note, the “check,” and slips of paper imprinted with the phrases “God bless you!” and “Jesus, I trust in you!”
A new enchantment for a disenchanted world - The Catholic …
22 hours ago · For Christians, evangelization is our way of being in the world. Like parenting, evangelization is a learned activity. We emerge from initial fits and starts, falls and failures, offensives and defensives, and make our way into the vocation. Evangelization is …
As we forgive those who trespass against us’
22 hours ago · In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us …” We cannot forget, as Pope Francis reminds us, that we are all in God’s debt “but also that we need one another” and “are indebted to one another.”
Respond to others’ needs - The Catholic Messenger
Dec 19, 2024 · The Gospel urges us to respond to the needs of others, as did Mary, who hastened to visit Elizabeth. When we open ourselves to God’s grace, we cannot remain still; we are compelled to share the Good News, bringing God to the margins and the forgotten.
Question Box: Priest vestments explained - The Catholic Messenger
Nov 28, 2024 · By Fr. Thom Hennen Question Box. Q: Can you please explain the priest’s vestments for Mass and their significance? A: The first and most basic vestment is the alb. It is a long, white garment that comes in a variety of styles.
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Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside …
Oct 24, 2024 · Priests and deacons are ordinary ministers of this rite, though it may be used by Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (17). It may be celebrated in a church or chapel, or in another location, such as a nursing home or prison (18).
New liturgical texts: bringing Communion to the sick and dying
Oct 31, 2024 · By Deacon Frank Agnoli The Catholic Messenger. In this third article about two retranslated liturgical books, the second chapter of Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery Outside Mass (HC) may be especially relevant, given how many of the faithful serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.
A Communion line conversion - The Catholic Messenger
Feb 8, 2024 · In his apostolic exhortation on the Eucharist, “Sacramentum Caritatis” (2007), the late Pope Benedict XVI calls us “to reflect on the connection between God’s action in the eucharistic mystery, our celebration of the liturgy, and the service of our neighbor through which God transforms the world.