It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another. 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 here, and leave a link to your snippets post on our host, RAnn’s, site, This, … Continue reading
Mary stored up all these things in her heart
From a sermon by Saint Lawrence Justinian, bishop Mary stored up all these things in her heart While Mary contemplated all she had come to know through reading, listening and observing, she grew in faith, increased in merits, and was more illuminated by wisdom and more consumed by the fire of charity. The heavenly mysteries … Continue reading
‘I didn’t want to be Pope,’ Francis tells children :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Vatican City, Jun 7, 2013 / 08:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told thousands of children who gathered at the Vatican on Friday that he did not want to be the head of the Church before his election. “Someone who wants, who has the desire to be Pope doesn’t love themselves, but I didn’t … Continue reading
From a work by Saint Bonaventure – With you is the source of life,
From a work by Saint Bonaventure, bishop With you is the source of life Take thought now, redeemed man, and consider how great and worthy is he who hangs on the cross for you. His death brings the dead to life, but at his passing heaven and earth are plunged into mourning and hard rocks … Continue reading
Don’t Be Good
If you think being good is good enough, you’re not good enough. The problem with being good is that it is putting the cart before the horse. We see people who are holy like Mother Teresa and we notice that she does good. She feeds hungry people and rescues babies from the trash heap. So … Continue reading
