Leading pro-life groups in the UK are very upset today after MPs voted for censorship zones outside abortion centers that ban people from praying silently outside businesses that kill babies in abortions. MPs were voting on an amendment to a clause introducing buffer zones around abortion clinics, which had been added into the Public Order... Continue Reading →
Pope asks Church to pray for abuse victims
The Pope’s prayer intention for March, illustrated by the monthly Pope Video with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, is for all those who have been victims of abuse. This month’s message is dedicated to all the people who have been victims of abuse, “especially to those committed by members of the Church,” that they may... Continue Reading →
Charges dropped, for now, against woman arrested for praying silently outside UK abortion clinic
“It’s important to me that I can continue my vital work in supporting women who’d like to avoid abortion if they only had some help,” she said. “In order to do so, it’s vital that I have clarity as to my legal status. Many of us need an answer as to whether it’s still lawful…Charges... Continue Reading →
Thousands of Men Holding Rosaries Sing Ancient Marian Hymn at Basilica in Poland
This is what real men look like: Are Poland and Hungary the only truly Catholic countries left in Europe today? More than ever we need strong heroic men like these shown here to fill our churches, homes, society once again. We need their witness to halt the tide of waning faith and emptying churches in... Continue Reading →
Fasting, Forgiveness, and Miracles
If you are looking to be more successful in your prayer life, two practices I strongly recommend are to pray with others, and to combine your prayers with some form of penance such as fasting. Fasting may be an alien concept to many Catholics, something we do with great difficultly on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday... Continue Reading →
Divine Office | Two bodies, but a single spirit
In today’s Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a sermon by St. Gregory Nazianzen (329 – 390 A.D.). Gregory Nazianzen, “Gregory of Nazianzus”, was the son of Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus, a Christian convert. (Nazianzus is a small town in Cappadocia, now the village of Nenizi in the Turkish province of Aksaray). He... Continue Reading →
What is the desire of your heart? Prayer is desire
To pray is to exercise our desire. St. Augustine tells us that “the desire of your heart is itself your prayer. If you wish to pray without ceasing, do not cease to desire. The constancy of your desire will itself be the ceaseless voice of your prayer.” In a mystical dialogue, God says to St. Catherine of Siena, “Do you... Continue Reading →
Video: The moment when Catholic woman praying silently is arrested by THREE police officers – Catholic Herald
This is the moment when three uniformed police officers arrest a Catholic woman for standing silently outside an abortion clinic.They are seen approaching Isabel Vaughan-Spruce close to the British Pregnancy Advisory Services Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham, which in September was granted a “buffer” zone by the local authority to prevent people praying outside... Continue Reading →
Prayer for the Morning. December 23, 2022
Prayer for the Morning. December 23, 2022 Jesus Christ is the light of the world:come, let us adore him! Glory to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia! Hymn Meter: LMThis hymn can be sung to the tune used…Prayer... Continue Reading →
The Liturgy of the Hours: An Introduction
As the official prayer of the church, and the corporate prayer alongside the Eucharist, the Liturgy of the Hours are extremely important and spiritually powerful. Sadly they are not practiced by enough lay members of the church. Let’s talk about what they are and why they are important.The Liturgy of the Hours: An Introduction