Archive for Articles/speeches
The Power of Christ’s Blood (St. John Chrysostom)
You may not know that one of the promises clergy & religious make upon entering their vocation is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (AKA Divine office.) This is a routine of prayers that they pray at various times throughout the day to make sure that they don’t lose sight of their relationship with [...]
Pope Benedict XVI’s World Youth Day 2010 Message
(from Mike: You may not know this, but World Youth Day is meant to be celebrated each year on a local level, usually on Palm Sunday. Here is Pope Benedict XVI’s message for this year’s World Youth Day, from www.vatican.va.) Dear Friends, This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the inauguration of World Youth Day [...]
Halloween (Courtesy LIFETEEN.com)
(Mike will resume blogging next week, on Tuesday. For now, here’s some thoughts from LIFETEEN.com’s Greg Iwinski, the content editor of LIFETEEN.com and the host of the Catholic Movie Reviews podcast. You can see the original - as well as a fantastic dog costume – at http://www.lifeteen.com/default.aspx?PageID=FEATUREDETAIL&__DocumentID=255642) It’s almost Halloween – a day that causes Christian [...]
The Rapture dispelled
(This is something Archbishop Thomas Collins, the Archbishop of Toronto – formerly our Bishop here in Edmonton – had e-mailed me a few years ago to share with my youth in response to questions about the Rapture. As Archbishop Collins says, there are some groups of Christians who believe that before Jesus comes again, there [...]
LIFETEEN.com – answering your Catholic Questions
Every couple of weeks, LIFETEEN.com offers a podcast answering some questions about the faith- so I’m posting it here for your benefit. It’s also available via iTunes if you want to take it on your iPod.
WCR Article – May XLT
Originally posted on the WCR website. WEM tragedy warns of danger of teen party life CHRIS MILLER WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER EDMONTON – Given the tragic occurrence at Rock ‘n’ Ride, the potential dangers of youth using drugs and alcohol is a timely topic. “You only have to look back at the Rock ‘n’ Ride incident [...]
St. Paul & Ecumenism
Julien Hammond, who spoke at our January XLT, had an article on St. Paul & Ecumenism published in the Celebrate! Magazine. Here is the article, taken from: http://www.celebrate-liturgy.ca/fileadmin/user_upload/Julien_Hammond.pdf When St. Peter’s successor, Pope Benedict XVI, officially launched the Pauline year for the Catholic Church, he did so in the company of the ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, [...]
In the Image and Likeness of God
The following is the text of Archbishop Richard’s Smith talk at the launch of the Archdiocesan Nothing More Beautiful initiative, given on December 12, 2008, at St. Joseph’s Basilica, as published in the Western Catholic Reporter: Jesus Christ is the answer to the question that is every human life.” (cf. Pope John Paul II – [...]
Drinking & Partying in the Bible (from LIFETEEN.com)
(This article was written by LIFETEEN.com’s Bible Geek, and can be found at http://www.lifeteen.com/default.aspx?PageID=BGQADETAIL&__DocumentID=255594) Q: Hey BG – thanks for all these answers here. My question is this: since it’s the year of St. Paul, me and my friends from Life Teen are trying to read more stuff he wrote. What did St. Paul say [...]
How does your cell phone affect your prayer life?
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 23, 2008 (Zenit.org).- In the age of cell phones and the Internet, the Holy See’s spokesman warns that your prayer life could be in danger. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, made these remarks on the most recent episode of the weekly Vatican Television program “Octavia Dies.” “There [...]