Canticle of Simeon Christ is the light of the nations and the glory of Israel [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']L[/dropcaps]ord, now let you servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled: my own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people: a...
Canticle of Zechariah The Messiah and his Forerunner [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]lessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his holy...
Curcumin’s Immune-Boosting Powers Pin-pointed Turmeric: As found in WIN's BioLean Free®! By Stephen Daniells, 20-Apr-2009 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he health boosting activity of curcumin may be due to the molecule’s ability to stabilize cell membranes and increase the cell’s resistance to infection, suggests a new study: The...
Readings and Prayers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]ollect: All-powerful Father, Christ Your Son became man for us and was presented in the temple. May he free our hearts from sin and bring us into your presence. We ask this through our Lord Jesus...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]magine this scene: It's 6 a.m. on a wintry day. More than 100 young men wipe the sleep from their eyes and gather in a dark chapel, heads bowed, for an hour of silent prayer. An Irish monastery, circa 1450 A.D.?...
General Instruction of the Roman Missal Including Adaptations for the Dioceses of the United States of America [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]oncordat cum originali: Msgr. James Patrick Moroney Executive Director, Secretariat for the Liturgy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The English translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Third...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']6[/dropcaps]7 BC Revolt of Maccabees, Beginning of Hasmonean dynasty 63 Pompey's Roman legions conquer Palestine, depose Hasmonean ruler 37 Romans make Herod the Great the vassal king of Judea 27 Octavian (Augustus) becomes Emperor, Pax Romana begins 20 Herod the Great begins reconstruction of the Temple 4 Jesus is born (we think), Herod the...
DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH LUMEN GENTIUM Excerpts on the Eucharist Proclaimed By His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER I: THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH As often as the sacrifice of the cross by which "Christ our Pasch is sacrificed" (1...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]hrough his labors and his native endowments man has ceaselessly striven to better his life. Today, however, especially with the help of science and technology, he has extended his mastery over nearly the whole of nature and continues to do...
This excerpt from Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, paragraph 25, explains the authority of the Magisterium or Apostolic teaching authority of the Church and the way in which Catholics are bound to submit to that authority....