tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:30:49 +0000This site is dedicated to promoting and defending the Catholic Faith, in union with Christ and His Church and in union with the Holy Father, the Successor of St. Peter.<br> <br> Please remember Archbishop Burke and Archbishop Carlson daily by praying the <i>Memorare</i> for their personal intentions, as well as for their health and protection.http://slatts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (LRS)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-6914196040177825704Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +00002009-07-13T17:41:45.033-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelTuesday, 15th Week in Ordinary TimeOptional Memorial (Elsewhere): St Camillus de Lellis, PriestFrom: Matthew 11:20-24Jesus Reproaches People for Their Unbelief[20] Then He (Jesus) began to upbraid the cities where most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. [21] "Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/gospel-for-july-14-memorial-usa-bl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8189822112267534617Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:34:00 +00002009-07-13T17:38:14.375-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureTuesday, 15th Week in Ordinary TimeOptional Memorial (Elsewhere): St Camillus de Lellis, PriestFrom: Exodus 2:1-15aThe Birth and Early Years of Moses [1] Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to wife a daughter of Levi. [2] The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. [3] And when she could hide him no longer she took for him http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/reading-for-july-14-memorial-usa-bl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2665563149795968077Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +00002009-07-13T17:38:39.827-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionAs You Really AreYou are not more holy, because you are praised; neither are you more vile, because you are blamed. For you are what you are, neither can you be made better by what others say than what God sees you to be.-The Imitation of Christ._________________From Principles and PracticesCompiled by Rev. J. Hogan of The Catholic Missionary SocietyPublished by Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/principles-and-practices-uly-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8968919764622866886Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:02:00 +00002009-07-13T12:02:00.537-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionBUT when we reach eternity, and the portals are closed, and the gates of Jerusalem are strengthened, it will be perfect; there we shall know the fullness of delight and joy._________________________Click here for more information.From Thoughts of St Augustine for Every Dayby Kathleen Mary Balfe (© 1926)Nihil Obstat: Georgius D. Smith, S.T.DImprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-of-st-augustine-for-july-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1956450259199737119Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-07-13T12:01:00.304-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionALL the lovers of Jesus Christ love to abide on this mountain (Calvary), where no air is breathed but the air of divine love._________________From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every DayCompiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-from-st-alphonsus-for-every_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7520263390209503165Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +00002009-07-13T18:10:58.689-05:00NewsThe Legionaries' Last Stand. An Exclusive Interview with Fr. Thomas Berg (Chiesa)The Vatican is investigating the Legionaries of Christ, which is reeling from the transgressions of its founder. And for the first time, one of their authoritative members breaks the silence on the crucial problems that have exploded in the congregationA New Church? - Dissenter Umbrella GroupA coalition of dissentinghttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/news-updates-713.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-891894638100293460Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:02:00 +00002009-07-13T00:02:16.883-05:00VirtueTruthObedienceFidelityLawBy Mary Ann Kreitzer: The latest issue of Christifidelis, from the St. Joseph Foundation, is out and it's a corker! The lead article by Philip Gray, J.C.L. is a great discussion on what obedience is and when a person is required to obey a lawful authority. Obedience is a subset of the cardinal virtue of justice which requires us to give to God and neighbor what is due to them. We owe absolute http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/blind-obedience-is-not-virtue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7801138456559467933Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:28:00 +00002009-07-12T20:29:34.326-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelOptional Memorial: St HenryFrom: Matthew 10:34-11:1Jesus' Instructions to the Apostles (Continuation)(Jesus said to His disciples) [34] "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.[35] For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; [36] and a man's foes http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/gospel-for-monday-15th-week-in-ordinary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3856296368108308198Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:15:00 +00002009-07-12T20:39:19.180-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureFrom: Exodus 1:8-14, 22The Sons of Israel are Oppressed [8] Now there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph. [9] And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. [10] Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land." [11] Therefore they sethttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/reading-for-monday-15th-week-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8411505968478914779Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:55:00 +00002009-07-12T14:58:11.327-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionThe Human SpiritAs charity never seeks its own interests, so blind self-love seeks no interests but its own. The power of this pernicious love over the soul is at once so malignant and so penetrating that it not only mingles with temporal and earthly things, but even with heavenly and spiritual things, infecting with its venom the love of prayer, the usage of the sacraments, and the exercise of http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/principles-and-practices-july-13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8447324980492448429Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:21:00 +00002009-07-12T14:59:49.896-05:00MeditationCounselsReflection"SERVE the Lord with joy."...There is joy even here, for we taste now the hope of that future life by which we shall then be replenished._________________________Click here for more information.From Thoughts of St Augustine for Every Dayby Kathleen Mary Balfe (© 1926)Nihil Obstat: Georgius D. Smith, S.T.DImprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-of-st-augustine-for-july-13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1334522176263135331Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:19:00 +00002009-07-12T12:20:41.629-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionHE who does not sleep has not strength to work nor to walk, but goes tottering along the way. The soul that does not repose and acquire strength in mental prayer is not able to resist temptations, and totters on the road._________________From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every DayCompiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apaphttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-from-st-alphonsus-for-every_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7149469170943724498Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:36:00 +00002009-07-11T19:40:10.524-05:00VaticanCharityTruthCommentaryPopeFrom The Catholic World Report:When Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, was released on July 7, it sparked world-wide discussion and commentary. Catholic World Report asked a group of leading Catholic intellectuals to reflect on the encyclical, its place in the larger body of Catholic social teaching, and Pope Benedict's vision of a well-ordered and just society.J. Brian http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/cwr-round-table-caritas-in-veritate-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2791966757446953095Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:42:00 +00002009-07-11T15:43:44.679-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelFrom: Mark 6:7-13The Mission of the Twelve[7] And he (Jesus) called to him the Twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. [8] He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; [9] but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. [10] And he said to them, "Where you enter a house, stay http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/gospel-for-15th-sunday-in-ordinary-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-61315111614800732Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:38:00 +00002009-07-11T13:41:58.347-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureFrom: Ephesians 1:3-14Hymn of Praise [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. [5] He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, [http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/2nd-reading-15th-sunday-in-ordinary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-5172939151164767252Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:25:00 +00002009-07-11T13:27:54.442-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureFrom: Amos 7:12-15Dispute with Amaziah [12] And Amaziah said to Amos, "O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there; [13] but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”[14] Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, [15] and http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/1st-reading-15th-sunday-in-ordinary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1663694051477435826Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +00002009-07-11T13:21:39.374-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionOur Lady's HopeFrom faith springs hope, which is a joyous expectation of future glory and of the means whereby it is to be acquired. Who has ever hoped for the future glory of Paradise with expecta­tion so calm, so well assured as that of Mary, who gave birth to the Author of that glory? Who has ever trusted to the loving providence of our heavenly Father with greater confidence than Mary did, http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/principles-and-practices-july-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-6124646604868418031Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:02:00 +00002009-07-11T13:17:51.286-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionSERVE not in murmuring, for your murmur­ing will not make you less a servant, but a bad servant. You are God's servant and God's free man; seek not your emancipation by deserting the house of your Emancipator._________________________Click here for more information.From Thoughts of St Augustine for Every Dayby Kathleen Mary Balfe (© 1926)Nihil Obstat: Georgius D. Smith, S.T.DImprimatur: Edm. Can.http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-of-st-augustine-for-july-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-4334165695334523452Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-07-11T12:01:00.480-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionIT is in suffering, and in embracing with cheerfulness whatever cuts against the grain of our own inclinations, that we can discover if we are true lovers of Jesus Christ._________________From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every DayCompiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.Imprimatur: Edm.http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-from-st-alphonsus-for-every_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8456602249093726666Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-07-11T23:32:52.337-05:00NewsThe Little Green Book (behind the scenes at the meeting between Obama and the Pope)The Pope gave a little book to US President Barack Obama after their meeting today in the Vatican. “This is a document about bioethics,” the Pope said. And the president replied, “Oh, what we discussed earlier. I’ll have some reading to do on the plane"...CDF Clarification on Abortion in Wake of Fisichella http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/news-updates-711-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3082031697187164611Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +00002009-07-10T19:12:37.011-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelSaturday, 14th Week in Ordinary TimeOld Calendar: St. Pius I, pope and martyr From: Matthew 10:24-33Jesus' Instructions to the Apostles (Continuation)(Jesus said to His disciples,) [24] "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; [25] it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/gospel-for-july-11-memorial-st-benedict.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1154251790743480761Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:48:00 +00002009-07-10T18:51:03.512-05:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureSaturday, 14th Week in Ordinary TimeFrom: Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26aThe Death of Jacob [29] Then he (Jacob) charged them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, [30] in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/reading-for-july-11-memorial-st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3278982980489664129Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +00002009-07-11T15:39:14.525-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionTry a Little MoreDespite the nature of prayer, that it is sweet converse with God; despite its necessity, that it is to our souls as the very air is to our bodies; and despite Christ's exhortations and injunctions and example, is it not strange that prayer plays so small a part in our lives? The ordinary Catholic who considers himself a pretty good sort of a fellow - I wonder how often his http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/principles-and-practices-july-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2243683088636789383Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:02:00 +00002009-07-11T15:38:17.078-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionIF you love nothing, you will be idle, dead, miserable and detestable men. Love then, but be careful what you love._________________________Click here for more information.From Thoughts of St Augustine for Every Dayby Kathleen Mary Balfe (© 1926)Nihil Obstat: Georgius D. Smith, S.T.DImprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-of-st-augustine-for-july-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-5940218262436232429Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-07-10T12:01:00.521-05:00MeditationCounselsReflectionST LUKE says that while Jesus Christ was on earth he obeyed the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph; but in the Blessed Sacrament he obeys as many creatures as there are priests on earth._________________From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every DayCompiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-from-st-alphonsus-for-every_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)