[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION The Decree on Ecumenism, aka Unitatitis Redintegratio, was not among the longest or most weighty documents of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, but it was certainly ranks among its greatest achievements. Here is the text in its entirely in html...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]aul, Bishop Servant of the Servants of God Together with the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council for Everlasting Memory [Nostra Aetate] In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming...
SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON DECEMBER 4, 1963 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]NTRODUCTION Among the wonderful technological discoveries which men of talent, especially in the present era, have made with God's help, the Church welcomes and promotes with special interest those which have a...
Canticle of Mary My Soul Rejoices in the Lord [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]y soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed; the almighty has...
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...