Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival

It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts. Join us to read and/or contribute. To participate, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. Make sure that the post links back to RAnn’s, site, This, That and the Other Thing, and leave a link to your post. … Continue reading →

People of Praise

Your people praise you, O Lord. As points of light, Scattered about The surface of the Earth. Together with angelic choirs, That dot the firmament, Your children sing. With fish, and bird, With rivers and seas, With mountains, And heavenly heights, Creation sings in chorus, Affirmation, Acclamation, And affection, In sanctifying hosannas, That fall as … Continue reading →

POPE PIUS XI, “Spiritually, we are Semites” (Sept 6, 1938) via Dialogika

via Dialogika POPE PIUS XI, “Spiritually, we are Semites” (Sept 6, 1938) Written by Pope Pius XI On September 6, 1938, Pope Pius XI spontaneously offered the following reflection to a group of Belgian pilgrims. It was apparently not the Vatican’s practice at the time to publish papal statements that had not been prepared in … Continue reading →

From a commentary on the psalms by John Fisher, bishop and martyr

  via divineoffice.org The wonderful works of God First God freed Israel from the bondage of Egypt by performing many signs and wonders. He permitted them to cross the Red Sea dry-shod. He fed them in the desert with food from heaven in the form of manna and quail. When they were suffering from thirst … Continue reading →