Please Pray…
By Carole | July 1, 2008
…for my Aunt Cheryl Simons, who is dying of cancer.
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Calling Germans to Recover Their Hope
By Carole | June 27, 2008
Much ink has been spilled over a ‘Europe that seems to have lost its hope.’ One of the most evident signs of that loss of hope is the failure of Europeans to sustain a replacement birthrate. Hopefully, that will be changing.
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Dublin to Host 50th International Eucharistic Congress, 2012
By Carole | June 27, 2008
Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus!
Wonder if I’ll still be here by then.
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My Top 50 Reads
By Carole | June 21, 2008
Months ago, my boss asked me to compile a recommended Catholic reading list for the Youth 2000 Ireland website. Now that I’m working there full-time for the summer, I finally got it done. Here it is. Granted, some of the books aren’t technically Catholic because they are written by Protestants–but since they are true, they count.
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Coura-geronemo!
By Carole | June 21, 2008
Although I have set my own project aside for the summer months, this does not prevent me from doing a bit of theological websurfing in my down time. Can I just say–I think John Allen of the NCR is great? Here’s a goody.
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The Holy Father’s Monthly Prayer Intention
By Carole | June 19, 2008
Prayer
That all Christians may cultivate a deep and personal friendship with Christ so to communicate the strength of his love to every person they meet.
Amen to that.
My good friend Father Jim Kubicki, SJ, is the director of the Apostleship of Prayer. The aims of the apostolate are simple–it invites people to dedicated themselves and their day, each day, to Jesus by making the Morning Offering Prayer. It also publishes two special prayer requests (intentions) of the Holy Father for each month–a general intention and what is called a mission intention.
Making a morning offering is not only a great way to begin the day, it can also be a good way of making sure you don’t miss out on any indulgences you might easily attain anyway. The particular morning offering that I usually make includes a line that says ‘I intend to gain every indulgence and merit I can, and to offer them together with myself to Mary Immaculate, that she may best apply them in the interests of your most sacred heart.’ The amazing thing about indulgences is that they are so easy to get. A plenary indulgence can be gained every day, for example, for reading Scripture for a half hour a day; or for a half hour’s Eucharistic adoration; or for praying the rosary.
It’s cool to be Catholic.
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