PREPARING FOR A NEW YEAR – Each year that passes is a call to holiness in our ordinary life and a warning that we are that much nearer to the definitive moment of our meeting with God at death.
Happy New Year 2010 – 2009 has been quite a year in the world, and on AmP. Thank you to everyone who has read and contributed to my work. In a special way, thank you to everyone who has
Spiritual Direction Post and Series Index – Dear Friends, To make it easier for you to find key posts on spiritual direction we have updated our Spiritual Direction Index page. As well, we have ordered the posts
Archbishop: Let 2010 be a year of integrity – DAGUPAN CITY, Dec. 31, 2009—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has challenged his flock to live a life of integrity, as “Christians who teach by the power of
Allah Is Just Alright With Me – Malaysia’s highest court has finally ruled that Catholics (in particular a Catholic newspaper) has the right to use the word “Allah” to refer to God. The government had
NARAL’s Hall of Fame – You thought the baseball Hall of Fame had image problems get a load of the NARAL Hall of Fame inductees which has announced it’s incoming class. And late-term
PBS on Religion & Ethics. I Am Serious. – Did you know that PBS has a Religion & Ethics show? Watching PBS to get your info on religion and ethics seems strangely akin to watch the Food Network for thoughtful
U.S. Postal Service Honors Mother Teresa with Stamp – December 31, 2009 Blessed Teresa of Calcutta will be honored with a United States postal stamp in 2010. �With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service recognizes Mother
Eating Out Again – Arwen Mosher: A first-year milestone | On January 3, 2009, my husband and I went out for a fancy dinner. I was eight months pregnant, and as we ate delicious fondue he
End of the Year Accomplishments – Danielle Bean: Small Successes vol. 48 | It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of
Let’s Talk About the Love of Your Life – Danielle Bean: Coffee Talk: Marriage | (Join each day’s Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun:
Mama Mary Comes to Me – Sarah Reinhard: The Feast of Mary’s Motherhood | On January 1, one week from Christmas, we celebrate a feast that’s not only a holy day of obligation—Mary, the Mother of
Saints of Christmas: Sylvester I – Rebecca Teti: The Seventh Day of Christmas | Born in Rome, St. Sylvester passed through the terrible Diocletian persecutions, winning acclaim among Christians of the
What’s the Word? – Rachel Balducci: claiming one for the new year | Flitting around the Internet recently, I came across a brilliant idea: picking a one-word resolution for the new year. I
Conclusion of Another Year – The conclusion of another year should help us reflect upon what we have done and what we have failed to do. Tonight, an exchange is completed — God gives us the gift of
Today on Kresta – December 30, 2009 – Talking about the “things that matter most” on Dec. 30 Kresta Countdown of the top interviews of 2009 #11 – Secular Sabotage: How Liberals Are Destroying Religion and
Christmas Music – By JOHN BURGER | It’s New Year’s Eve. But, of course, it’s still Christmas. The Church is still celebrating the Octave of Christmas, and the Season of Christmas doesn’t
How to Properly or Improperly Wear a Conical Chasuble – [The topic of conical chasubles has come up on the NLM a number of times, and usually going hand-in-hand with it is the question of how cumbersome they might be, how to
Notre-Dame d’ Avenas – In searching out a few of the photographs for yesterdays post on Romanesque altars, I ran into this rather wonderful Romanesque church in France, Notre-Dame d’Avenas.
Seize the day, or not – By Mary DeTurris Poust The New York Times ran an article this week about the human propensity to procrastinate. This wasn’t about putting off dreaded yard work or
This year’s worst amateur theologian – By Mary DeTurris Poust If there was a “Worst Theologian of 2009″ category in the parade of annual year-end awards clogging up the media these days, there is no doubt it
“God has carved a place…” – One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn’t respectable; you can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings. – Rumer Godden,
A Young Filmmaker of Promise – Longtime readers may remember my posting a couple of film shorts written and directed by a Notre Dame student named Joe Gleason, a young man with an eye for beauty and a
New Years Predictions? – Regular readers know I have made some predictions in the past that have panned out ( “…when Mrs. Clinton, in her ongoing effort to turn herself into whatever the polls
ANG HULING SUGO! – The Calling of Sts. Peter and Andrew by Caravaggio Anonymous(Catholic) said… Fr. ABe, May itatanong po ako, sa mga inc kasi sabi nila huling sugo daw si felix Manalo,
A priest “ties one on” for the New Year! – From a priest friend and reader in an e-mail entitled simply: MANIPLE In honor of Fr. Z, I’m tying one on tonight, and tomorrow morning! Happy New Year! I love it when a
Blue moon eclipse revisited – One of you readers caught the partial eclipse of the blue moon! Very cool. Post from: WDTPRS Blue moon eclipse revisited Post from: WDTPRS Blue moon eclipse revisited
Happy New Year of Salvation 2010! – May God bless you all abundantly for this New Year of Salvation. Have any resolutions? Post from: WDTPRS Happy New Year of Salvation 2010! Post from: WDTPRS Happy New
Rush taken to hospital for chest pain – In a FOXNews story: HONOLULU — Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains on Wednesday, a Honolulu television station
Spaghetti al seminario – I mentioned on Plurk/Twitter that I was going to make what I call “spaghetti al seminario”. This is pretty simply stuff and you can put it together with brutal speed.
This is too cool: BLUE MOON ECLIPSE! – Space Weather News for Dec. 31, 2009 BLUE MOON ECLIPSE: For the first time in almost 20 years, there’s going to be a “Blue Moon” on New Year’s Eve. In Europe, sky
WDTPRS: Mary, Mother of God (2002MR) – A look at the prayers for tomorrow’s Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in the 2002MR. COLLECT (2002MR) Deus, qui salutis aeternae, beatae Mariae virginitate fecunda,
PREPARING FOR A NEW YEAR – Each year that passes is a call to holiness in our ordinary life and a warning that we are that much nearer to the definitive moment of our meeting with God at death.
