Posts Tagged ‘John Paul II’

The Hope of the Resurrection

Posted 16 Apr 2012 — by Sarah Reinhard
Category Catholicism

A Mary Moment Monday post Ah, Lent is over. We leave the desert for the feast. And I find myself wondering, yet again, what the point of it all really is. Chocolate bunnies and shreds of colored grass? Fancy new shoes and curled hair? Egg hunts and bouquets? It’s all too easy to get jaded [...]

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This makes me think… about the things I might pass on to my daughter.

Posted 12 Mar 2012 — by Pat Gohn
Category Catholicism

In general, I would want to witness to my daughter that it is worthwhile to “lay down one’s life” for others in imitation of Christ. I would hope she would see from my own example that one does not need to be perfect to be a wife and a mother. Nor need…

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Vatican today — February 28, 2012

Posted 28 Feb 2012 — by Vatican Information Service
Category Catholicism

• Benedict XVI to travel to Milan in June for world meeting of families
• The indispensable role of the family in transmitting the faith
• Revitalizing Catholic tradition in Latin America
• Vatican secret archives on display

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A Circus of Splendor

Posted 23 Feb 2012 — by Christine Falk Dalessio
Category Catholicism

Last week I had the distinct privelege of attending a Cirque du Soleil performance while in Florida. This is the second of their live shows that I have seen, and while they were both very different from one another, I was just as entranced. The first, …

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Theology of the Body – a Fresh Perspective – Part 3 (Man and Woman)

Posted 14 Feb 2012 — by David L. Gray
Category Catholicism

Part 3 of this series reflects upon lectures 8 thru 13 of John Paul II’s Catechesis of Human Love. Topics include Adam is Alone, The Communion of Persons, The Theology of Sex, Man Clings to His Wife, and Shame.
Related posts:
The Theology of the Body &…

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Theology of the Body – a Fresh Perspective – Part 2 (The Purpose of Solitude)

Posted 29 Jan 2012 — by Yoseph M. Daviyd
Category Catholicism

Theology of the Body (the Catechesis of Human Love) is the topic of a series of 129 lectures given by Pope John Paul II during his Wednesday audiences in the Pope Paul VI Hall between September 1979 and November 1984. It was the first major teaching of…

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"What’s up with the title?" – Part II: Project, what project?

Posted 14 Jan 2012 — by Br. Mark Thelen, LC
Category Catholicism

Seems everyone’s quoting Tebow to insult or praise. I must be stuck with the fever: ”This is an opportunity where great things can happen and lets be great right now. Everybody believe and we went out there and achieved it because our faith and ou…

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Top Catholic Stories of 2011

Posted 03 Jan 2012 — by Tom Pringle
Category Catholicism

5. Church in Ireland Cloyne Cathedral | Credit: REUTERS This year, the Church in Ireland received the most scrutiny and attention when it comes to reviewing the instances of sexual abuse against minors by priests. In a March 2010 letter to the people of Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI announced an Apostolic Visitation of the entire Irish Church to [...]

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Having John Paul II over for Christmas…

Posted 12 Dec 2011 — by Father John Bartunek
Category Catholicism

If you are a fan of Blessed John Paul II, or if you know a fan, here’s an idea for a Christmas gift.

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Lisa Hendey: Blessed John Paul II and Me

Posted 21 Oct 2011 — by Julie D.
Category Catholicism

Lisa’s promoting her book, A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms, which you already know that I love. I asked her to write something extra about a saint for us (an author’s work is never done, y’all, and I’m proud to help her keep her writing credentials)…

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Offering Up Labor Pains

Posted 07 Oct 2011 — by Katie Kimball
Category Catholicism

Catholics have this great thing about sacrifice and suffering. We like it. Perhaps that’s a little misleading. I think I can rightly say we appreciate it. You see, when Jesus chose to die on a Cross for us, to suffer, He gave … Keep reading

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Into the Chapel to See His Face. Out of the chapel, the World Embrace.

Posted 26 Aug 2011 — by hardly_perfect
Category Catholicism

I long for your presenceTo save me from this painIt’s mostly self inflictedA hidden desire for selfish gainIn Your presence I find freedomYet sometimes I feel sinBecause Your light it shines so brightlyYou make me whole againBut I can’t stay here forev…

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WYD: A Grace for the Youth, and for the Whole Church

Posted 18 Aug 2011 — by Pat Gohn
Category Catholicism

My column today, A Word in Season, recognizes Pope Benedict’s arrival at World Youth Day (WYD) today, and reminisces about Blessed John Paul II’s exuberant heart for youth in the pre-WYD days.In everything JPII and BXVI have preached and written for WY…

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Mary and the Eucharist — I really love Bl. JP2′s insights

Posted 30 Jun 2011 — by Pat Gohn
Category Catholicism

The intimacy between Jesus and Mary cannot be underestimated, and Blessed John Paul’s meditation on Mary’s “eucharistic” faith is one worth pondering. My latest over at Patheos is a second look at some highlights from the late pontiff’s last encyclical…

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As we approached Corpus Christi, a look at JPII’s Final Encyclical on the Eucharist

Posted 23 Jun 2011 — by Pat Gohn
Category Catholicism

Take a short tour of the last encyclical that we received from Pope John Paul II on the Eucharist, at my column this week at the Catholic Portal at Patheos… In the encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Blessed John Paul II sought to reki…

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Blessed John Paul II Moved to Final Resting Place

Posted 03 May 2011 — by Tom Pringle
Category Uncategorized

Credit: Rome Reports

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Whose Spring Has Sprung?

Posted 02 May 2011 — by Christine Falk Dalessio
Category Uncategorized

Today as I drove into work I was listening to NPR’s conversation about the demise of Osama Bin Laden. This segued into a discussion of the Arab Spring as they were calling it: a new generation making strides towards democracy, a fragile yet ardent effo…

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Mary’s Pope

Posted 02 May 2011 — by Sarah Reinhard
Category Uncategorized

A Mary Moment Monday post My glimpse of what a truly special guy John Paul II was came while my husband and I were sitting in the living room just a few nights ago. My husband, who’s of the strong and silent type about pretty much everything, had a strange look on his face as [...]

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This makes me think… God’s game plan according to Blessed JP2

Posted 02 May 2011 — by Pat Gohn
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Okay, this is one of my favorite quotes of all time from John Paul II. I figured one more couldn’t hurt!Jesus does not in fact merely speak “in the name of God” like the Prophets, but he is God himself speaking in his Eternal Word made flesh. Here we t…

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Blessed John Paul II

Posted 01 May 2011 — by Tom Pringle
Category Uncategorized

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