Catholicism.org » Sacraments http://catholicism.org An online journal edited by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond N.H. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bishop Schneider: Communion in the Hand Is an Abuse Popularized by the ‘Devilish’ John Calvin http://catholicism.org/bishop-schneider-communion-in-the-hand-is-an-abuse-popularized-by-the-devilish-john-calvin.html http://catholicism.org/bishop-schneider-communion-in-the-hand-is-an-abuse-popularized-by-the-devilish-john-calvin.html#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:23:51 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=25786 The Eponymous Flower: This is what Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider (50) of Astana in Kazakhstan said at the end of October for the videosite ‘gloria.tv’. Read more here.

 

]]> http://catholicism.org/bishop-schneider-communion-in-the-hand-is-an-abuse-popularized-by-the-devilish-john-calvin.html/feed 0 Eucharistic Adoration Growing Devotion in Lebanon http://catholicism.org/eucharistic-adoration-growing-devotion-in-lebanon.html http://catholicism.org/eucharistic-adoration-growing-devotion-in-lebanon.html#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:51:35 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=25388 A group of Lebanese lay Catholics have formed a group called New Creation, with the objective of fostering devotion to Jesus. They took their name from a phrase in the Second Letter to the Corinthians: “So whoever is in Christ is a new creation,” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Read more here.

]]> http://catholicism.org/eucharistic-adoration-growing-devotion-in-lebanon.html/feed 0 Melkite Catholic Bishop Will Begin Ordaining Married Men in US Due to Priest Shortage http://catholicism.org/melkite-catholic-bishop-will-begin-ordaining-married-men-in-us-due-to-priest-shortage.html http://catholicism.org/melkite-catholic-bishop-will-begin-ordaining-married-men-in-us-due-to-priest-shortage.html#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:05:16 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=24971 There are four  things to remember regarding married priests. 1) In the Eastern Rite married men could always be ordained as parish priests. 2) In neither the Eastern Catholic Church nor the West could a priest get married after ordination. 3) A married priest cannot be consecrated a bishop if his wife is living. 4) ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/melkite-catholic-bishop-will-begin-ordaining-married-men-in-us-due-to-priest-shortage.html/feed 1 Irish Government Leaders Challenging the Seal of Confession in New Legislation http://catholicism.org/irish-government-leaders-challenging-the-seal-of-confession-in-new-legislation.html http://catholicism.org/irish-government-leaders-challenging-the-seal-of-confession-in-new-legislation.html#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:55:53 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=23644 Catholic Culture: Irish government leaders have insisted that they will not allow the secrecy of the confessional to limit the scope of new legislation that would require reporting of all complaints of child abuse.

“The law of the land should not be stopped by a crozier or a collar,” Prime Minister Enda Kenny said. ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/irish-government-leaders-challenging-the-seal-of-confession-in-new-legislation.html/feed 4 Patriarch of Lisbon Misleads Faithful With Statement Affirming Possible Validity for Women’s Ordinations http://catholicism.org/patriarch-of-lisbon-misleads-faithful-with-statement-affirming-possible-validity-for-womens-ordinations.html http://catholicism.org/patriarch-of-lisbon-misleads-faithful-with-statement-affirming-possible-validity-for-womens-ordinations.html#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:54:12 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=23306 Vatican Insider: Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo: There will be women a priest «when God wills», for the moment it is better «not to raise the issue».  But there is «no fundamental obstacle», from «a theological perspective», for women to say mass on the altar.  It is, instead, a «tradition» that ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/patriarch-of-lisbon-misleads-faithful-with-statement-affirming-possible-validity-for-womens-ordinations.html/feed 2 St. Louis Marie and Baptism http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-156.html http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-156.html#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:17:54 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=22492 The feast of St. Louis Marie de Montfort coincides this year with Easter Wednesday. This liturgical concurrence provides us with an especially felicitous occasion for considering the sacrament of Baptism. Why? Let us recall two things at the very start. First, the Lenten and Paschaltide liturgy makes little sense unless we keep in mind the ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-156.html/feed 0 Pope Speaks of Union in the Eucharist and Christ “Binding” Himself to the Church and Her Ministers http://catholicism.org/pope-speaks-of-union-in-the-eucharist-and-christ-binding-himself-to-the-church-and-her-ministers.html http://catholicism.org/pope-speaks-of-union-in-the-eucharist-and-christ-binding-himself-to-the-church-and-her-ministers.html#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:06:17 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=22375 This is a clip from the Holy Fathers Holy Thursday sermon: “We too, all of us, need to learn again to accept God and Jesus Christ as he is, and not the way we want him to be,” the Pope added. “We too find it hard to accept that he bound himself to ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/pope-speaks-of-union-in-the-eucharist-and-christ-binding-himself-to-the-church-and-her-ministers.html/feed 0 Marriage in a Catholic Church Is a Right Only If Couple Believe in Sacrament’s Call to Holiness http://catholicism.org/marriage-in-a-catholic-church-is-a-right-only-if-couple-believe-in-sacraments-call-to-holiness.html http://catholicism.org/marriage-in-a-catholic-church-is-a-right-only-if-couple-believe-in-sacraments-call-to-holiness.html#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:12:32 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=20910 Pope Benedict XVI Saturday Address: Getting married in church is a right only if you believe in “true marriage” that is, an act for the realization of the “integral good, human and Christian, of the spouses and of their future children, ultimately projected towards the holiness of their lives”.  From here, follows the importance of ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/marriage-in-a-catholic-church-is-a-right-only-if-couple-believe-in-sacraments-call-to-holiness.html/feed 0 Eucharist Stories http://catholicism.org/eucharist-stories.html http://catholicism.org/eucharist-stories.html#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:11:39 +0000 Very Rev. Canon Howe http://catholicism.org/?p=18153 [Taken from The Catechist, by the Very Rev. Canon Howe. Imprimatur: Edm. Canonicus Surmount, Jan 26, 1922.]

There once lived a man who had given himself up to every passion, and had become by his life a scandal to all who knew him. Being at length upon his death-bed, his family, who were good ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/eucharist-stories.html/feed 0 “I Am With You Always” and Again “The Son of Man Shall Come” http://catholicism.org/i-am-with-you-always-and-again-the-son-of-man-shall-come.html http://catholicism.org/i-am-with-you-always-and-again-the-son-of-man-shall-come.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:10:17 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=17607 Il reviendra avec son coeur immense, avec son coeur de flamme, son âme de pauvre et son sourire. Il reviendra ! Et le Coeur Immaculé de Marie triomphera!

I love this motto from the late Abbé de Nantes’ periodical for La Contre-Réforme catholique au XXIe siècle. In the English translation it reads:

“He will come again with ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/i-am-with-you-always-and-again-the-son-of-man-shall-come.html/feed 0