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POPE FRANCIS: CELEBRATION OF FIRST VESPERS OF THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER OR DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/19/15
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Vatican Basilica Saturday, 11 April 2015 [Multimedia] The greeting of the Risen Christ to his disciples on the evening of Easter, “Peace be with you!” (Jn 20:19), continues to resound in us all. Peace, especially during this Easter season, remains the desire of so many ... Read More »
The Ongoing War Against Christianity
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/12/15
The Ongoing War Against Christianity Columnist George Will points out that Apple’s openly gay CEO, Tim Cook, “...thinks Indiana is a terrible place. (But) He opened marketing and retail operations in Saudi Arabia two months before a man was sentenced to 450 lashes for being gay.” Will was commenting ... Read More »
Mons Yennock's Easter Homily
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/07/15
Last year 40,000 adults were baptized into the Catholic church. 66,000 were received into full communion with the Catholic church. I wonder how many of these people realized that they were joining a revolutionary movement.
A young medical student in Cuba said: I could be interested in Christianity only ... Read More »
EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/05/15
Vatican Basilica
Holy Saturday, 4 April 2015
Tonight is a night of vigil. The Lord is not sleeping; the Watchman is watching over his people (cf. Ps 121:4), to bring them out of slavery and to open before them the way to freedom.
The Lord is keeping watch and, ... Read More »
Mions Yennock Homily - Palm Sunday March 29, 2015
Posted by Bob Herz on 4/01/15
The Passion of Christ is the only place where all the evil of the world converges; from the killing of Abel by his brother Cain, to the beheading of little children in Syria. The cross is like a vortex where all of human suffering like a whirlpool comes together. ... Read More »
Pope Francis: CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/29/15
CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Saint Peter's SquareXXX World Youth DaySunday, 29 March 2015 [Multimedia]
At the heart of this celebration, which seems so festive, are the words we heard in the hymn of the Letter to ... Read More »
Easter Passion: Arrest, Trial, & Sentence
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/29/15
ARREST, TRIAL, AND SENTENCE
After the Passover supper, Jesus took his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, Jesus waited to pray quietly before the coming troubles. But his friends were so miserable at what was happening that they could not concentrate. They huddle together, waiting for Jesus, and fell asleep.
Jesus prayed on his ... Read More »
Chris Cuomo: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God’
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/14/15
Chris Cuomo: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God’
“...the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."
(John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961)
It isn’t often that a member of the media reveals the philosophy behind his ... Read More »
Saints in Eucharisitic prayer
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/10/15
Saints in Eucharisitic prayer - 3rd sunday of lent. March 8, 2015 (year b)
“whoever drinks the water i shall give will never thirst; the water i shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life”. (john 4:14)
The water that Jesus promised the ... Read More »
Swimming Upstream
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/07/15
Swimming Upstream
With the addition of a “morality clause” to its high school teacher’s handbook this winter, the Archdiocese of San Francisco became the latest in a string of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses to wade into the next phase of the culture wars concerning Catholic teachings on sexual morality and religious practice.
In ... Read More »