Life in the Sycamore Tree: Lessons from Zaccheus
Catholic Online
9/9/2009, by Deacon Keith A. Fournier
The 'Good News' is that no matter what has happened in our past, Jesus walks into the dusty streets of our own lives this day. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - In the last chapter of the Gospel of St John we read “There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be ...
Learning Humility: Not Every Flower can be a Rose
Catholic Online
9/8/2009, by Jennifer Hartline
As St. Therese put it, not every flower can be a rose. Some are wildflowers or daisies or violets. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” Isaiah 66:2
It’s been brought to my attention lately that I ...
Scripture Reflection: I Wrestled With God and Won
Catholic Online
9/2/2009, by Sonja Corbitt
The Scriptures never give a reason for Jacob’s antagonism, and I believe it is because Jacob is every man, and his fight is every man’s life. BETHPAGE, TN (Catholic Online) - My new name is Peniel, meaning “I wrestled with God and won.” Having just received it last week, it is fresh and painful. ...
Tragic event helps survivor accept that God is in control
Catholic Online
8/27/2009, by Elizabeth Ann Wells
Omaha (Catholic Voice) - For many people living peacefully with the idea that God is in control is a life-long evolution. For Chuck Wright this acceptance began just seven years ago and was accelerated when he survived the shooting spree at Omaha's Von Maur Department Store in December 2007.
It ...
‘Diocesan institute’ to be formed for Episcopal nuns joining Catholic Church
The Catholic Review
8/27/2009, by George P. Matysek Jr.
The sisters will maintain ownership of their 88 acres of property in Catonsville after they enter the church, Dr. Barr said. BALTIMORE (Catholic Review) - When 10 Episcopal nuns in Catonsville join the Roman Catholic Church in September, they hope to form the first “diocesan institute” in the ...
10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church
The Catholic Review
8/27/2009, by George P. Matysek Jr.
Episcopal Father Warren Tanghe will also be received into the church and is discerning the possibility of becoming a Catholic priest.
BALTIMORE, Md. (Catholic Review) - After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman ...
Priest brothers celebrate Mass on 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley
Catholic Anchor
8/27/2009, by Joel Davidson
Anchorage (Catholic Anchor) - What is believed to be the first known Mass ever celebrated at the top of Mt. McKinley took place on July 3, when three childhood friends from Poland summited the 20,320-foot peak. Father Krzyaztof Grzybowski and his brother Father Robert Grzybowski celebrated a Mass ...
Mickey Rourke thanks God and Catholic faith for 'second chance'
Catholic News Agency
8/26/2009
Speaking to the Bosnian daily 'Avaz,' Rourke said, 'God gave me a second chance in life and I thank Him.' Rome, Italy (CNA) - Famed Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke, who was at the Sarajevo Film Festival last week, told a Bosnian newspaper that he thanks God and his Catholic faith for giving him a ...
Rebellion and Lukewarm Catholics
Catholic Online
8/26/2009, by Sonja Corbitt
The pervasive apathy of our time is a result of rebellion and its bad fruit is aimlessness. BETHPAGE, TN (Catholic Online) - One of the saddest realities in the Western Church today is the bored Catholic. We are afflicted with ignorance and apathy for our own conditions and the condition of our ...
Learning From Pain: The Answer to Prayer is Always 'Fish'
Catholic Online
8/26/2009, by Sonja Corbitt
I learned that when we pray for fish, dear one, what we get is a fish, no matter how much it looks like a snake. A lesson from suffering taught by example. BETHPAGE, TN (Catholic Online) - She was old enough to be my mother, the holiest woman I knew, and she sat in the front row of my Sunday ...
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