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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
  • To Filmmaker, 88-Year-Old WWII POW Is Still 'Daddy'
    WASHINGTON (CNS) —Paul Loong was determined to survive the POW camps where he was held by the Japanese for three years. While imprisoned, Loong kept a journal that had a chance of surviving him if he never made it out alive. But Loong did. And ...
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    World War II POW Paul Loong is seen in an undated photo.
  • Catholic Creates 'Rosary for the USA' for Nation in Need of Prayer
    PHOENIX (CNS)—As Manny Yrique prayed before the Blessed Sacrament, his heart was burdened with concerns about the United States and the level of animosity in American discourse. "I knelt down to pray and I was overwhelmed by the feeling that Our Lord wanted me to ...
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    Dee, Antonio and Manny Yrique pray the rosary in their Phoenix home May 8.
  • Dalai Lama Wins Templeton Prize
    WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CNS)—The Dalai Lama was named March 29 as the winner of the 2012 Templeton Prize. A statement from the John Templeton Foundation, which selects the winner, said his "long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science and with people far beyond his own ...
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    The Dalai Lama attends the Templeton Prize at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
  • Civic Commitment Must Respect Beliefs of Others, Pope Says
    SANSEPOLCRO, Italy (CNS)—Celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of a town founded to be a model of Gospel peace and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said Christians today must find ways to infuse their cities and nations with Gospel values while welcoming and respecting people with other beliefs.
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    Franciscan friars wait in cold, rainy weather for Pope Benedict's arrival at the Sanctuary of La Verna
  • Half a Century Later, Still Answering Fatima Questions
    SOTTO IL MONTE GIOVANNI XXIII, Italy (CNS) -- The feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, is the occasion every year for millions of devotees to celebrate the apparition of Mary to three Portuguese peasant children in 1917 and to meditate on her call for ...
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    Pilgrims visit the home of three young shepherd children who had visions of Mary in 1917 in Fatima, Portugal.
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Margaret of Cortona: Margaret was born of farming parents in Laviano, Tuscany. Her mother died when Margaret was seven; life with her stepmother was so difficult that Margaret moved out. For nine years she lived with Arsenio, though they were not married, and she bore him a son. In those years, she had doubts about her situation. Somewhat like St. Augustine she prayed for purity—but not just yet. <p>One day she was waiting for Arsenio and was instead met by his dog. The animal led Margaret into the forest where she found Arsenio murdered. This crime shocked Margaret into a life of penance. She and her son returned to Laviano, where she was not well received by her stepmother. They then went to Cortona, where her son eventually became a friar. </p><p>In 1277, three years after her conversion, Margaret became a Franciscan tertiary. Under the direction of her confessor, who sometimes had to order her to moderate her self-denial, she pursued a life of prayer and penance at Cortona. There she established a hospital and founded a congregation of tertiary sisters. The poor and humble Margaret was, like Francis, devoted to the Eucharist and to the passion of Jesus. These devotions fueled her great charity and drew sinners to her for advice and inspiration. She was canonized in 1728.</p> American Catholic Blog All He wants you to do is be kind to one another in every circumstance in life; whether it be in death, feeding the hungry, visiting those in prisons, or whatever. Death is not the end, it’s just the beginning.
 
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BIBLE REFLECTIONS
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St. Matthias, Apostle
"I Call You Friends"
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Jesus in John’s Gospel is completely focused on the love that the Father has shared with him and, through him,with the world. In today’s reading, he assures his followers that they are not slaves but friends. Friend is a significant word, no matter how much it gets thrown around in casual conversation.
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