Happy Feast Day! What Did You Hear?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Best wishes for a happy feast day, Everyone!
How are you celebrating and what did you hear at Mass?
Our celebrant cracked us up by remembering some poll he read shortly after Mother Teresa passed away.
“Do you think Mother Teresa is in heaven?” the pollster asked. 65% thought she was.
There were various other questions, including the final one: “Are you going to heaven?”
93% of people were sure they were going to heaven!
Respondents were more certain of their own sanctity than Mother Teresa’s!
His reflections flowed from there.
What did you hear?
Daily Readings & Homilies in Your Inbox
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, June 13, 2011
This is my friend Fr. Augustine Measures, OSB, whom I met online over five years ago.
I stole this photo from his Facebook page. Isn’t he just perfectly awesome? I would say handsome, but I don’t want to embarrass him.
A Benedictine monk, Fr. Augustine lives in the U.K. and he has always had a special place in his heart for Catholic families. He calls me at home occasionally, and I am always charmed by this loving priest’s thoughtfulness and spiritual care for moms and their families.
One of the ways Fr. Augustine provides that spiritual care for families is through the daily recordings he makes of the readings and his homilies at Mass. Even at 83 years old, this retired priest is undaunted by technology. He makes digital recordings of his homilies and shares them with an email list daily.
He told me he knows many moms and others aren’t able to get to daily Mass and it makes him happy to provide this service for them. If you would like to receive these recordings daily via email, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and ask to be put on his list. You will be glad you did!
Ecclesia Semper Reformanda
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
If you have a few minutes to spare, go here to hear an excellent and thorough homily related to the Church and the abuse scandals.
Thanks to my friend Lara for bringing it to my attention.
You Tell Him
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, March 12, 2010
Cardinal Ratzinger, while visiting America some years ago, told someone in conversation that American homilies are too long, and should generally not exceed eight minutes.
So someone told me, though I wasn’t sure it was true.
I’d have forgotten it, except that appears to be one of the recommendations from the Synod on the Word of God.
And it does seem to come from the Pope.
I won’t be telling any priest I know this vital information, however.
Being Like Our Mother
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Our pastor is an excellent homilist and will often make a point so striking that I wish I had a notebook with me so I could write it down immediately. Then he’ll keep talking and I’ll realize it’s something I’ve known all along, and was simply failing or forgetting to think about in the proper way.
With his homilies he brings the truths of our faith back into focus and helps renew them in our minds... READ MORE
Free from Sin
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Monday, December 08, 2008
Today during his homily, our pastor mentioned that the Church’s teaching is that although the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin, she was still capable of committing actual sins during her life. It’s just that by the grace of God she managed to resist temptation.
We tend, our pastor mentioned, to think of Mary as someone completely other than ourselves: perfect, while we are mere... READ MORE
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