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Pope Francis’ TED Talk

“Only by educating people to a true solidarity will we be able to overcome the ‘culture of waste,’ Which concerns … the people who are cast aside by our techno-economic systems which, without even realizing it, are now putting products at their core, instead of people,” the Pope said in the papacy’s first ever TED Talk.

Resources for Catholic Living

The panel on the Selfies Episode put together a list of resources for good, Catholic living.  Here they are for you here: The Catholic Company Morning Offering The LifeTeen Blog Laudate (iTunes) (Google Play) Dynamic Catholic Daily Reflections iBreviary Tan Books Is there a service that you love that you want to share with us?Continue reading “Resources for Catholic Living”

Readings for the Vigil of the Holy Night of Easter

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Reading 1 Gn 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said,Continue reading “Readings for the Vigil of the Holy Night of Easter”

Good Friday Readings

Pope Francis said something during his very first general audience that inspired me to reflect on the suffering Jesus endured during his Passion for the sake of our redemption. He said, “Living Holy Week means increasingly entering into God’s logic, the logic of the Cross, which is not first of all that of pain andContinue reading “Good Friday Readings”

Holy Thursday Readings

Let us reflect this Holy Thursday on Sacred Scripture and the Evening of the Lord’s Supper. Reading 1    EX 12:1-8, 11-14 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. TellContinue reading “Holy Thursday Readings”

Stations of the Cross

Most parishes throughout the country offer Stations of the Cross on Fridays during Lent.  While most use the traditional Way of the Cross, my parish here in Raleigh began mixing it up by using St. John Paul II’s version, from 1991. JPII prayed Via Crucis on Good Friday, 1991, in the Vatican.  It has been transcribed, and publishedContinue reading “Stations of the Cross”