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“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.” -Pope St. Pius X
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s happening at Mass… By journeying through the parts of the Mass, we hope you will find new excitement in this joyful and meaningful celebration of our Faith every Sunday (or every day)!
Today’s Bored at Mass feature: The Opening Rites
Okay. You just finished singing the opening hymn and Mass has begun! Together, as a community of believers, everyone makes the sign of the cross. Here is what one of the Early Church Fathers had to say about the power of the sign of the cross:
“By the sign of the cross all magic ceases; all incantations are powerless; every idol is abandoned and deserted; all irrational voluptuousness is quelled; and each one looks up from earth to heaven.” –St. Athanasius (De Incarn. Verbi, t.1)
Did you know that the priest’s greeting to you that follows comes straight out of Scripture? “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). In another greeting, the priest says, “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:3). “And also with you!” we reply.
Catholics Come Home Lost & Found Tip: When the priest invokes peace upon you, take a moment to prepare yourself to receive that peace. Ask yourself if you really are in a peaceful state of mind as you begin the Mass. Offer to God anything that may be keeping you from your peacefulness. Chances are, you’ve spent all week waiting for a moment of “peace”—well, now you’ve got it!
To dive deeper into the parts of the Mass, grab “The How-To Book of the Mass” by Michael Dubruiel in our CatholicsComeHome.org bookstore!
CCH News:
Tom Peterson, Founder and President of CatholicsComeHome.org, is presenting a workshop at the 2010 Annual Legatus Summit in Dana Point, CA, which is being held this week, February 4th – 6th. This year’s conference theme is “Challenging the Culture” based on the scripture passage 1 Cor 16:13, “Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.”
Other presenters at the conference are:
His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago
His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York
Patricia Heaton, Emmy-Winning Star from Everybody Loves Raymond
Also, President George W. Bush will be a guest at the conference.
The mission of Legatus is to study, live and spread the Faith in our business, professional and personal lives. Pope John Paul II in an address to Legatus said, “The world needs genuine witnesses to Christian ethics in the field of business, and the Church asks you to fulfill this role publicly and with perseverance.”
Please keep Tom’s presentation and safe travels in your prayers.
Remember to visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in your faith and love of Christ and His Catholic Church.
Are you devoting enough time to prayer in your life? After all, it’s a necessity. But if you are like many people, you may find praying difficult at times. Perhaps you get easily distracted or aren’t quite sure how to approach God in your prayer…or maybe you just keep “forgetting!”
Dr. Peter Kreeft has this to say in his excellent book, Prayer for Beginners: “What is the main problem with this prayer?
“Simply remembering to do it. This is embarrassing, because this forgetting is so foolish. Why do we forget? Clearly this forgetting is not merely a mental problem. There are mental blocks to remembering. Something in us fears remembering. And I think we all kno
w what that is.
“When we do remember and call him, and he comes and acts, he does all the work, for free! Our part is only to call; the Great Physician makes house calls and charges nothing. And yet we continually fail to call him. Is this reasonable?” (Chapter 9).
Learn more about prayer at CatholicsComeHome.org today. Also, visit our Shop section for more great book recommendations from our CCH team!
It seems like our Holy Father always knows just the right thing to say, doesn’t it? Here are some beautiful words from the introduction of Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” (Charity in Truth).
“Charity is at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine. Every responsibility and every commitment spelt out by that doctrine is derived from charity which, according to the teaching of Jesus, is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36- 40). It gives real substance to the personal relationship with God and with neighbour; it is the principle not only of micro-relationships (with friends, with family members or within small groups) but also of macro-relationships (social, economic and political ones). For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, “God is love” (Deus Caritas Est): everything has its origin in God’s love, everything is shaped by it, everything is directed towards it. Love is God’s greatest gift to humanity, it is his promise and our hope.”
Can you see God’s love at the origin of your own relationships?
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More wonderful lives touched…check-out the supportive comment below from a ‘fan’ at our CatholicsComeHome.org facebook page:
“My husband and I became Catholic in 2009 and the majority of our friends and family just don’t understand why. So we started a podcast to try to explain, to them and others, why we came home to the Catholic Church. Your website was very helpful as we’ve made our journey, and we always tell people to look there first when asking questions. Thank you!!”
Visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in your faith!
Look at the great zeal for the spread of the Gospel we find in these men of the early Church!
Do we pray for the strength and courage to proclaim our faith with the fervor of saints like these?
Some words from St. Paul to Timothy that we too can reflect on today: “For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe” (1 Tim 4:10).
To learn more about the Bible, the saints and the early Church, visit CatholicsComeHome.org.
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.
Most feast days in the Church commemorate the death of a saint, when one enters eternal life with Christ. Today’s feast day is unique, and special – the celebration of a conversion! We see through Paul that Christ is always present, ready to convert our hearts to Him in our daily lives!
Paul’s whole position about Jesus turned around dramatically – he went from persecuting Christians to becoming a Christian, and desiring ONLY to preach in lands that had never been preached to. This is a wonderful example for each of us to follow! How can we listen to Christ, and turn to serve Him?
We pray that CatholicsComeHome.org‘s use of TV and internet media will continue to reach those most in need of Christ’s light, love, and message of hope! He has great plans for us!
St. Paul, Pray for us!
On this 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion, we pray for the healing of the lives of all women who have been affected, and for the intercessory prayers of the millions of children in heaven as a result of this decision.
1) Please view the beautiful VirtueMedia TV spot below in which Norma McCorvey (aka ‘Jane Roe’) tells her own story, including the truth that she never has had an abortion, and encourages all to stand for Life from natural conception to natural death: click here to view the “Norma” TV spot
2) We celebrate that CatholicsComeHome TV ads have also inspired women wounded from abortion to find healing, and return to Christ’s loving and forgiving Catholic Church for support and hope. Read the amazing testimonial below:
The Diocese of Providence post-abortion ministry, posted this on the Year of Evangelization Facebook Page:
“Thanks to this [the CatholicsComeHome.org] campaign a woman who had an abortion went to confession and has joined our Healing the Wounded Heart Support Group, received communion for the first time in years and has returned to her home parish after being away for 2 decades. Praise God! Post abortion ministry has brought hundreds of women and men home to the Catholic Church. IN RI there are many brave women who attest to this. Thank you Bishop Tobin for embracing this campaign!”
3) Please visit the following link to the CatholicsComeHome.org website to learn more about the Catholic Church’s teachings in defense of life.
Sadly, many Catholics haven’t had the opportunity to really learn what’s happening at Mass… By journeying through the parts of the Mass, we hope you will find new excitement in this joyful and meaningful celebration of our Faith every Sunday (or every day)!
Today’s Bored at Mass feature: Entering the church
When you enter your church, you are probably used to blessing yourself with holy water while making the sign of the cross. Do you ever think back to your baptism when you do this? If not, you should! Every time you repeat this gesture, you should be reminded of the waters of your baptism and being baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
And what’s that thing Catholics do (sometimes quite quickly) right before they sit down? Oh yes, genuflect. We often forget that this small gesture is one of adoration. It helps to “get us focused” on who is present in our midst—in the tabernacle. When we enter the sanctuary, we are in the presence of God!
Catholics Come Home Lost & Found Tip: When you cross yourself with holy water, remember this: You belong to Christ, just as much now as on the day of your baptism! Also, realize the act of adoration you participate in when you genuflect to the tabernacle. You aren’t just touching your knee to the ground for no reason…You are acknowledging the Presence of the Son of God in your midst!
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