Day 191: The Babylonian Exile (2022)
As we finish our journey in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, Fr. Mike highlights the Babylonian exile as a critical event in the story of salvation. Although the exile is a dark and devastating part of the Israel’s history, Fr. Mike reminds us that it’s not the end of their story. Today’s readings are 2 […]
Archbishop Lori: Biden’s abortion executive order ‘disturbing and tragic’
Archbishop William Lori, speaks at a Legatus conference on Feb 8, 2013. / Patrick Novecosky/Legatus Denver Newsroom, Jul 9, 2022 / 20:15 pm (CNA). The chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee on Saturday called President Joe Biden’s executive order aimed at protecting abortion access “deeply disturbing.” “It is deeply disturbing and tragic that President […]
Miracles, Prayer, Faith — A Marian Shrine’s Perfect Trio
Courtesy photos Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. As divine answers to prayers and cures followed, the shrine now has the nickname of ‘Wisconsin’s Lourdes.’
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time — The Good Samaritan
Eugène Delacroix, “The Good Samaritan,” 1849 SCRIPTURES & ART: If salvation depends on loving my neighbor, I’d better know whom I should love.
The Vatican, Nancy Pelosi and Healing From Abortion
Tiziana Fabi U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends a papal Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29 at St. Peter’s Basilica. I pray the day will come when we can all experience the joy of Nancy Pelosi’s conversion, and I pray that we stand faithful and courageous in the meantime.
BEYOND INDIVIDUALISM, COLLECTIVISM, AND TYRANNY: A Defense of Organic Integralism
There is a law in each well-order’d nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.—William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 2, Lines 1178-1180 Recent… See more at http://remnantnewspaper.com
On Greece’s Santorini, 13 cloistered nuns pray for the world
THIRA, Greece — Cruise-ship tourists crowding souvenir shops and couples chasing the perfect Instagram sunset throng the alleyway outside the Monastery of St. Catherine, steps from Santorini’s world-famous volcanic cliffs. Inside this convent on one of the trendiest islands in Greece, a predominantly Christian Orthodox country, 13 cloistered Catholic nuns devote their lives to praying […]
New exhibit lets you see the Sistine Chapel up close, in America — and on a budget…
This summer, the “Creation of Adam,” one of the Vatican’s most extraordinary works of art, is leaving Rome—sort of. A traveling exhibition that showcases high definition photographs of Michelangelo’s 34 frescoes is visiting several cities in the continental United States.
The unbreakable rules of the Chicago dog — and when to bend them…
People will tell you that the one unbreakable rule of a true Chicago-style hot dog is that it should never, ever have ketchup on it. No ketchup on the premises, within a city block, within nineteen miles—no ketchup even by the existentially accommodating standards of a Noël Coward Martini, wherein a glass of gin is […]
5 unexpected ways coffee influences your behavior…
Everyone knows that coffee perks up the soul. Shortly after the nectar passes our lips, our brain is attentive, our vision sharpens and fatigue goes away. As French novelist Honoré de Balzac states, “This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the […]