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History and Mystery: The O Antiphons in a Favorite Advent Hymn

History and Mystery: The O Antiphons in a Favorite Advent Hymn

Roseanne T. Sullivan - Spirituality el Thu, Dec 17th 2015

Many Catholics are becoming interested in including the O antiphons as part of their Advent preparations, by singing or reciting or listening to recordings (or doing all of these things) between Dec. 17 and 23. Everyone can find renewed inspiration at the end of Advent by praying the O antiphons as a countdown to the great feast that is to come. Names of a Scriptural type of the Messiah. He is the Wisdom of God, the Ruler of the House of Israel, the Root of Jesse, the Key of David, the Dawn, the King of the Nations, and God with us.

To Paint a Lark

To Paint a Lark

Mary McKeone rscj & Angela McGhin - Expressions el Fri, Mar 9th 2012

Are you feeling a bit bewildered by all the complex problems we hear in the news these days ? Are you lacking in inspiration when you have to solve a problem ? Listen to the beautiful sound of the meadow-lark in Ireland or just have a glance at these beautiful Cardinals, preening their feathers in the spring morning air.'Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One is here.' 

Sistine Chapel Choir to perform first British concert at Westminster Cathedral

Sistine Chapel Choir to perform first British concert at Westminster Cathedral

http://www.rcdow.org.uk/diocese/ - Activities el Fri, Mar 9th 2012

The Sistine Chapel Choir, the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’ is to perform its first ever concert in Britain at Westminster Cathedral on Sunday, May 6, 2012  The Sistine Chapel Choir is the Pope’s personal choir and sings whenever the Pontiff requests its presence. Consisting of twenty men and circa 35 boys (aged 8 to 13).

Fruits of family prayers seen in children

Fruits of family prayers seen in children

CBCP - Manila - Church Issues el Sat, Jan 7th 2012

Though praying as a family normally involves at least one parent and the children, and sometimes with elderly relatives such as grandparents joining in, some little ones can easily carry out the practice even in the absence of the senior family members as long as the habit has been instilled in them.

Eleven Eleven Eleven: 11,000 Pangasinan youth to pray the rosary for world peace

Eleven Eleven Eleven: 11,000 Pangasinan youth to pray the rosary for world peace

Eva Visperas -The Philippine Star - Activities el Thu, Nov 10th 2011

Dagupan City, Philippines  – About 11,000 youth will simultaneously pray the rosary for world peace at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 in an event called “Eleven Eleven Eleven” here. The youth will gather for a Marian procession from the De Venecia Highway towards the Dagupan Cathedral where the archbishop together with the priests and the youth will pray the rosary for peace in the world.

A Canopy under which to pray.

A Canopy under which to pray.

Ron Rolheiser - Articles el Tue, Aug 30th 2011

 Do we ever really understand or master prayer?  Yes and no.  When we try to pray, sometimes we walk on water and sometimes we sink like a stone. Sometimes we have a deep sense of God's reality and sometimes we can't even imagine that God exists.

The Internal Battle for our Souls

The Internal Battle for our Souls

Ron Rolheiser - Articles el Tue, Jul 5th 2011

 At any given moment, inside us, we are a mixture of light and darkness, sincerity and hypocrisy, selflessness and selfishness, virtue and vice, grace and sin, saint and sinner. As Henri Nouwen used to say: We want to be great saints, but we also don't want to miss out on all the sensations that sinners experience. And so our lives aren't simple.

Pray-as-you-go

Pray-as-you-go

British Jesuit Media - Church Issues el Wed, Feb 16th 2011

Pray-as-you-go is a daily prayer session, designed for use on portable MP3 players, to help you pray whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc. A new prayer session is produced every day.  It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer