Pew After Pew
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, October 07, 2010
Here’s an author who thinks the Church ought to return to stricter pre-communion fast rules as a means of bringing people back to Church.
I don’t accept his premise—that people who shouldn’t receive are driven from Sunday Mass by the feeling that all eyes are on them when they are the only ones not to present themselves for communion.
It seems more likely that inability to receive is its own discouragement;... READ MORE
Traditions Without Baggage
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, September 14, 2010
When I posted a cute article on mortification last week, Peggy Bowes from the Rosary Workout left a lovely comment.
She began by confessing that she only learned last year that each Friday of the year is meant to be observed as a day of penance.
She describes how this simple discovery changed her life:
“Ever since I learned that, I have shown new respect for Fridays. Most weeks I forego meat. I... READ MORE
How Mortifying
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, September 09, 2010
This post is about mortification.
Come back! You can offer up reading it for the souls in purgatory!
Here’s a quick little article on an un-favorite subject, 5 Ways To Practice Mortification Without Outing Yourself As A Catholic.
Because…“There is no quicker way to expose yourself as a “Cath-oholic” than to drop the word mortification on an unsuspecting interlocutor. Once you’ve unleashed that baby you may as well change your name to Francis Xavier O’Surname and start wearing your brown scapular on the outside of your dress shirt—your cover is blown.”
Includes tips on the papal diet.
Does your Family Have Sacrament Traditions?
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, September 09, 2010
Faith & Family magazine is compiling a sacraments guide for our Spring 2011 issue and we want you input.
Specifically, senior writer Lori Hadacek Chaplin is seeking family stories and traditions related to Baptism, First Communion, First Confession, or Confirmation.
If you would like to share something your family does to commemorate these special occasions, please leave a comment here .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I will forward your information. If Lori can use it, she will be in touch with you. Thanks!
First Illustrated Gospel
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, July 07, 2010
What is believed to be the oldest illustrated edition of the Gospels has been located in an Ethiopian monastery.
Carbon dating places the “Garima Gospels” between 350 and 650.
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Saturday, June 12, 2010
Today the Church celebrate the second of the “two hearts” feasts.
Here’s a short article about the history of this devotion.
At Mass yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI renewed the prayer of consecration of all priests to Mary’s Immaculate Heart.
Defending The Sacred Heart
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Friday, June 11, 2010
After praying the associated novena, it seems lame to let the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart pass without notice.
In Rome they celebrated with a pontifical Mass, as the post below notes.
For those to whom devotion to the Sacred Heart seems old-fashioned, here’s an article about the deepest meaning of the feast.
The “article” is actually the introduction to Prof. Timothy O’Donnell’s book on the subject,... READ MORE
Saints in Brooklyn
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Here’s a lovely and bittersweet feature on the changing culture of an old Italian neighborhood.
It’s bitter because old traditions—like honoring saints with processions—which used to draw the entire neighborhood now only raise eyebrows.
You can sense the hurt in this old-timer’s comments for example:
It used to be the whole street was waiting to give money,” recalled Lucy D’Alto, a longtime resident... READ MORE
Quick Reminder
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Just a little help for those participating in the Sacred Heart novena.
June Brides
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, June 08, 2010
With high profile divorces much in the news, it’s good to remember that many marriages succeed.
Last Sunday Archbishop Donald Wuerl presided over a Mass in which almost 600 couples married 25 years or more renewed their wedding vows.
The annual blessing of long-married couples has become a tradition in the Archdiocese of Washington.
The Washington Post has the story.
What’s interesting is that none... READ MORE
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