On Christmas Eve Christ knocks at the door of our hearts looking for a place to rest
Ah! Sweet Jesus! Thou shalt not be refused here! I beseech Thee, enter my house. I have been watching and longing for Thee. Come, then, Lord Jesus! Come!
On Christmas Eve Christ knocks at the door of our hearts looking for a place to rest
Ah! Sweet Jesus! Thou shalt not be refused here! I beseech Thee, enter my house. I have been watching and longing for Thee. Come, then, Lord Jesus! Come!Read More
Christmas and the unparalleled joys of motherhood
Earlier this year, my wife attended a baby shower for a woman having her first child. My wife, a mother of five children, was a bit of an outlier in a crowd of female professionals, […]
Saint John Henry Newman’s Christmas Invitation
Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman gives us a wonderful Christmas reflection on the Shepherds, who where the first to whom the Birth of Our Saviour was announced on that history-changing night. This great saint invites you and I to echo in our hearts what drew Our Lord to these shepherds in the first place—lowliness and… […]
LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Arrested in 2020, Catholic Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong Trial begins today, Dec 18, 2023
We cull here primarily from the Wall Street Journal and from the BBC, all links are included below for more robust reading. Today, three years after his arrest by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who now rule Hong Kong, devout Catholic and successful, wealthy news mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested. He faces life in prison… […]
WISHING YOU A BLESSED CHRISTMAS!!
The Catholic Business Journal and its editor, associates, and radio host Dick Lyles wish you and your families a truly blessed and holy Christmas. As a special treat, we invite you to listen to the most wondrous music: Palestrina’s Panis Angelicus, sung by the Norbertine Fathers of WISHING YOU A BLESSED CHRISTMAS!! appeared first on […]
Catholics in the Holy Land gather at prayer vigil to prepare for Christmas
Christians in Jerusalem began the weekend before Christmas with an evening of prayer and music. On Friday, Dec. 22, in the Church of St. Saviour, the Latin parish of Jerusalem, a small crowd of faithful gathered around the patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for the penitential liturgy and Christmas carols performed by the three choirs of… […]
Fiducia supplicans appears to have failed spectacularly
It isn’t every day that the top papal lieutenant goes on the record to discuss something about which he’d just said there would be no further clarification, but that’s what just happened in an interview […]
The Catholic Church is getting closer to getting her first samurai saint, Justus Ukon Takayama…
The Vatican is currently investigating miracles associated with the intercession of Blessed Justus Ukon Takayama that, if confirmed, could lead to the canonization of the Church’s first samurai saint. Japanese Cardinal Thomas Aquinas Manyo Maeda of Osaka revealed on Thursday that the Vatican’s investigation into the miracles is ongoing, according to reporting by CBCP News, […]
I have a confession to make: For 20 years I’ve been a keen fan of the Wiggles. No, I haven’t lost my senses. And yes, I am being serious…..
Back in 2002, my wife and I were gifted with a son, Leo, who has Down syndrome and subsequently developed autism. One of the things that he enjoys is watching videos and one of the things that I enjoy is watching them with him. Since, however, he is easier to please than I am, I […]