My brother’s mother in law died on Friday, May 2, 2008 (3 days ago) after 2.5 years of breast cancer which spread to her lungs, brain, and bones.
Her name was Delfina Rodriguez.
Into your hands, O Lord,
we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters.
In this life you embraced them with
your tender love;
deliver them now from every evil
and bid them enter eternal rest.
The old order has passed away;
welcome them into paradise,
where there will be no sorrow,
no weeping nor pain,
but fullness of peace and joy
with your Son and the Holy Spirit
for ever and ever.
I would like to bring to your attention a great Catholic website dedicated to Catholic evangelical preaching. As a Chicago Catholic, I have become somewhat acquainted with local priest, Fr. Robert Barron, and his Word on Fire Catholic Ministries over the past few years. I’ve listened to his excellent talks/sermons on the internet and on the radio and I can only thank God for giving us such a good priest!
I would like all of you to please take a moment and visit his website. Among the things that you cannot miss looking into are:
Thank you, Cardinal Egan for standing up to the Truth, for being faithful to your God-given ministry as pastor and teacher of the Holy Catholic Church!!! Please do not stop! My prayers and those of thousands of people are with you. God bless you.
The Catholic Church clearly teaches that abortion is a grave offense against the will of God. Throughout my years as Archbishop of New York, I have repeated this teaching in sermons, articles, addresses, and interviews without hesitation or compromise of any kind. Thus it was that I had an understanding with Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, when I became Archbishop of New York and he was serving as Mayor of New York, that he was not to receive the Eucharist because of his well-known support of abortion. I deeply regret that Mr. Giuliani received the Eucharist during the Papal visit here in New York, and I will be seeking a meeting with him to insist that he abide by our understanding.
Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, are you aware of what Holy Scripture affirms about partaking in an unworthy manner?
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. (1 Corinthians 11: 27-29)
I just watched A Man for All Seasonstwo days ago and I must admit that I liked it very much. It is a relatively old movie (1966) but a good movie nevertheless. Personally, it was very inspirational to realize just how strong St. Thomas More’s faith was. In fact, his faith and love towards God was so strong that he preferred to be executed than to act against what he so firmly believed. Truly, St. Thomas More is a “Man for All Seasons”!
It is with great joy and hope that I write this post, for my brother is now a confirmed soldier of Christ.
My brother, Victor Flores, received the sacrament of Confirmation this past Monday (April 09) along with 60+ other young boys and girls. It was a beautiful celebration! All the people were fervently singing and praying; I have no doubt in my mind that the Holy Spirit was present in that holy place and that He was working in us.
One of my great interests/hobbies is to visit Catholic churches. One of the reasons why I like visiting churches is because I like church architecture and sacred art. Admittedly, I don’t like all architectural styles. In general, I prefer traditional church architecture over modern architecture.
Another thing I like to do is to travel. Unfortunately, I’m not able to travel much so I have to be content with looking at pictures of churches from around the world.
Anyway, for those interested, I have compiled this list of five metropolitan cathedrals which correspond to the top five nations in terms of the number of Catholics in that country. When I say “metropolitan cathedral”, I’m referring to the chief church of a nation. Read the rest of this entry »
Hello my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ!I would like to share this youtube video with you.
Imagine if all that time and effort that is being put into creating these “little beauties” (read little skanks) was put into turning these girls into models of virtue. Imagine if these mothers, instead of instilling the love of worldy things into these children would instill in them the love of God and neighbor. Imagine the “caliber” of sanctity that these little girls would achieve!So, what do you guys think?
St. Ann instructing Mother Mary in the ways of the LORD.
I’ve been wanting to write about the immigration issue(s) in the United States of America. Specifically, I wanted to analyze the immigration issue from the perspective of Catholic social teaching. However, I don’t feel comfortable writing about this topic becasue of two related reasons: (1)I’m insufficiently versed in Catholic social teaching, and in political science; (2) I don’t have the time to thoroughly investigate the issue.
Nevertheless, I do have a general understanding of Catholic social teaching as it applies specifically to immigration, and I must say that I tend to agree with the position of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on immigration.
In any case, I have decided to post four youtube videos that address the issue of immigration. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope that you post comments about them.
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Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700)foundress of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame
MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS was born in Troyes, in the province of Champagne (France), on Good Friday, April 17, 1620. She was baptized on the same day in the church of Saint-Jean, a church that was located near her home. Marguerite was the sixth child in a family of twelve. Her parents were Abraham Bourgeoys and Guillemette Gamier, and she was privileged to grow up in a milieu that was middle class and thoroughly Christian. COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY
St. Arcadius, MARTYR (A.D. 304?)
The time of this saint’s martyrdom is not mentioned in his acts; some place it under Valerian, others under Dioclesian: he seems to have suffered in some city of Mauritania, probably the capital, Caesarea. The fury of the tyrants raged violently, and the devil had instigated his soldiers to wage like so many wolves, a bloody war against the servants of Jesus. Upon the least suspicion they broke into houses, made rigorous searches, and if they found a Christian, they treated him upon the spot with the greatest cruelty, their impatience not suffering them to wait the bringing him before a judge. Every day new sacrileges were committed; the faithful were compelled to assist at superstitious sacrifices, to lead victims crowned with flowers through the streets, to burn incense before idols, and to celebrate the enthusiastic feasts of Bacchus. COMPLETE TEXT
A few days ago I felt very irritated after work. I didn’t even know what irritated me. It was only after I got home and after I relaxed that I found out why I was so irritated: NOISE!
It was horrible. After working practically all day in a noisy environment and after all the commotion on the drive home, I finally got home and went into my room. I sat down in my relatively quiet room and I just sat still. Suddenly, I realized that my ears were ringing. And not just ringing, I could still actually “hear” the noise as if I was outside in the middle of a busy street. It was as if I had recorded all the noise I had heard that day and I just kept playing it over and over again! At the same time I also realized that I had not talked with God that day at all. Then I asked myself, HOW CAN I TALK WITH GOD IF I’M SURROUNDED BY NOISE ALL THE TIME!!??
Anyway, after all this happened I decided to read a little bit about the importance of silence in our spiritual life. After a few minutes of searching, I found a homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI in which he talked about silence and contemplation.
I know that many of you have experienced what I experienced, and so I now share our Holy Father’s homily with all of you. I hope that you enjoy it and that you learn somethin new!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I have not prepared a real Homily, only a few ideas for meditation.
As clearly appears, the mission of St Bruno, today’s saint, is, we might say, interpreted in the prayer for this day, which reminds us, despite being somewhat different in the Italian text, that his mission was silence and contemplation.
But silence and contemplation have a purpose: they serve, in the distractions of daily life, to preserve permanent union with God. This is their purpose: that union with God may always be present in our souls and may transform our entire being. –For the complete text visit: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20061006_commissione-teologica_en.html
I would like to share two videos of Our Lady of Guadalupe I found on YouTube.
The first video is in Nahuatl and Spanish. The second video is an antique Mexican indigenous-colonial composition and it is interpreted by Linda Rostadt. The second video is also in Spanish and in some native american language that I don’t recognize. In any case, both videos are beautiful and I hope you will like them as much as I did!
Nican Mopohua — Here It Is Told
The 1st. part of the song in Nahuatl:
Nican Mopohua, motecpana, in quenin yancuican hueytlamahuizoltica monexiti in cenquizca ichpochtli Sancta María Dios Inantzin Tocihuapillatocatzin, in oncan Tepeyacac, motenehua Guadalupe.
Translation:
Here it is told, and set down in order, how a short time ago the Perfect Virgin Holy Mary Mother of God, our Queen, miraculously appeared out at Tepeyac, widely known as Guadalupe.
Santa Maria de Guadalupe — Saint Mary of Guadalupe
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