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
St. John Bosco – Juggler for God
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=63 lionessblog.com
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
One Last Prayer
If I should die today, What have I to say? Perhaps just one last prayer. Grant that my heart Should leap and quicken, Catching sight of You Coming from afar. With Your Father, You have wooed, and waited, Sent Your Spirit Into my dry bones, Raising me from dust Once again And, now, forevermore. Here … Continue reading
