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January 25th Medjugorje Monthly Message
NOTE: We respectfully recognize and accept the final authority regarding apparitions, locutions and prophecies presently being reported around the world rests with the Holy See of Rome and the Magisterium of Holy Mother Church to whose judjment we humbly and obediently submit.
"Dear children! I call you, little children, to pray without ceasing. If you pray, you
are closer to God and He will lead you on the way of peace and salvation. That is why I call you today to give
peace to others. Only in God is there true peace. Open your hearts and become those who give a gift of peace
and others will discover peace in you and through you and in this way you will witness God's peace and love
which He gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
For more on Medjugorje, click on MEDJUGORJE AND MORE
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Feast of Saint Timothy and Saint Titus
TODAY'S LITURGY:
First Reading:
Timothy 1: 1-8 or Titus 1: 1-5
Responsorial:
Psalm 89: 4-5, 27-30
Gospel:
Mark 4: 1-20
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR ST. TIMOTHY
Look upon our infirmities, almighty God, and since the burden of our misdeeds is heavy upon us, grant that the glorious intercession of Blessed Timothy, Thy Martyr and Bishop, may be our protection.
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR ST. TITUS
O God, Who did adorn Blessed Titus, Thy Confessor and Bishop, with apostolic virtues, grant that we, through his merits and intercession, may live righteous and godly lives in this world, and may come worthily to our Heavenly home.
DAILY LITURGY
Today is the Feast of the early Bishops Saint Timothy and Saint Titus while tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of the virgin Saint Angela Merici. For the readings, liturgies, meditations, and vignettes on these feasts, see DAILY LITURGY.
The DAILY WORD
"And other seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other seed fell upon good ground, and yielded fruit that grew up, made increase and produced, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred-fold." 'Then He said,' "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mark 4: 7-9
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Legislating the legality of life means love for the innocent preborns
A growing wave is swelling in America to not only reaffirm, but legalize the right to life for all - born and preborn. In today's column, Frank Joseph, MD, a committed retired Catholic physician from Southern California, publishes the proposal called The Constitutional Right to Life Act of 2000 which goes to great lengths to reinforce what our Constitution protects and which the pro-aborts have been violating for years as we continue this special pro-life column for the DailyCATHOLIC throughout this Respect Life Week 2000. For his column today, see Pro-Life Prescriptions: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!
A holy monk named Hildebrand becomes Pope Saint Gregory VII
He and two holy succeeding Popes attempt to restore the Church to its pure mission that Christ intended, but outside forces once again raise their ugly head late in the eleventh century
  We continue our on-going series of this abridged History of the Mass and Holy Mother Church over a 2000 year span called 2000 YEAR VOYAGE ON THE BARQUE OF PETER. Today we cover the later part of the second half of the Eleventh Century from Pope Saint Gregory VII to the edge of the twelfth century with Blessed Pope Urban II who initiated the First Crusade. For Installment thirty-five The New Millennium: The new Gregorian influence from a man named Hildebrand, see BARQUE OF PETER
  
Appreciation of the Epistle of Saint James
 Today we continue with our new series in the search to uncover the wonderful treasures of the Church contained in the great Deposit of Faith, concentrating on the Books of the New Testament with today introducing the Epistle of Saint James. For the ninty-sixth installment, see APPRECIATING THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF OUR FAITH
The Archbishop of Prague Cardinal Miloslav Vlk has withstood decades of persecution
We continue with this special series introducing you to the Princes of the Church. Our one-hundred-fiftieth red-hat we feature, in alphabetical order is 67 year-old Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague in the Czech Republic since 1991 who suffered under communist persecution for twenty years. He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John Paul II during his Consistory of November 26, 1994.
For more on Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, see COLLEGE OF CARDINALS COLLECTION
Events that happened this Weekend in Church History
 
On this date 1 year ago the Holy Father stopped off in St. Louis, Missouri for a day after three days in Mexico to close the Synod of the Americas. He was accepting the invitation of his friend Archbishop Justin Rigali. It was his only stop in the U.S. and the Pope took advantage to reinforce the necessity of promoting and upholding the culture of the Sanctity of Life. He was received warmly at every venue during the 24 hours he was in the gateway city before overflow crowds. For other time capsule events that happened in Church history on this date, see MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
The patriarchal nature of man
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the words of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen have been known to launch a thousand images in one's mind, one of the ways this late luminary did so much to evangelize the faith. Because of the urgency of the times and because few there are today who possess the wisdom, simplicity and insight than the late Archbishop who touched millions, we are bringing you daily gems from his writings. The good bishop makes it so simple that we have dubbed this daily series: "SIMPLY SHEEN".
"Every child born of woman has two fathers: his earthly father, without whom he could not have life, and his Heavenly Father, without Whom he could not possess a personality, a soul, an irreplaceable 'I.' The mother is the essential partner through whom both fathers work."
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Coming Thursday:
Another thought-provoking, conscience-tweaking column by Pat Ludwa in his VIEW FROM THE PEW
The Pope's most recent important address in THE VICAR OF CHRIST SPEAKS
Pro-Life Prescriptions by Dr. Frank Joseph in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!
The 97th installment on the treasures of the great Deposit of Faith in our daily series APPRECIATING THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF OUR FAITH
Time Capsules in Church History focusing on January 27th
Another gem from SIMPLY SHEEN
DAILY LITURGY for the Feast of Saint Angela Merici and Ordinary Time on Thursday and the Feast of the Angelic Doctor Saint Thomas Aquinas on Friday.
...and much more in our 19th issue for 2000!
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WORLDWIDE NEWS & VIEWS
with a Catholic slant
News Ticker from
Catholic World News For more from CWN and other Catholic wire services, see stories below
Head of Congregation for the Causes of Saints to announce today eleven decrees on candidates eligible for beatification and canonization this year
 
The Vatican has leaked information that Pope John XXIII will definitely be approved tomorrow for beatification this year since the necessary miracle has been confirmed. In addition to him, ten others will be announced and many are holding their collective breath that one of them will be the canonization of Blessed Sister Faustina. continued inside
Holy See closes Christian Unity Week where it began - at St. Paul's Outside the Walls
 A week ago the Holy Father opened the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by opening the fourth and final Holy Door at St. Paul's Outside the Walls and yesterday the same basilica hosted the closing ceremonies attended by leaders of numerous different faiths in ecumenical service presided by the President of the Jubilee Central Committee Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. continued inside.
State of the Church 2000 released by Vatican
The Holy See, at the end of Christian Unity Week, released statistics for 2000 on the universal Church which numbers one billion Catholics in prayerful hope the one billion non-Catholic Christians will someday return home to Rome. The figures pinpoint the growth in the Church as well as trouble spots that need shoring up and prayer. continued inside.
Cardinal Winning takes his lumps but continues crusade against gay referendum in Scotland
 
Many are condemning Scotland's Cardinal Thomas Winning for his staunch stand against a homosexual referendum that would greatly deteriorate the moral values of his country but thanks to his outspoken defense of God's laws, he has brought to the attention of the world the great danger if Section 28 passes in Britain. While echoing the Church's stance to love the sinner, but hate the sin he is launching an all-out attack on homosexuality that is awakening voters to the damage it would do though the media is doing everything it can to misconstrue his words and crucify him in their inimitable liberal culture of death manner.
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Defense evidence for Rwandan Bishop should prove his innocence
The case by the Rwandan government to blame thousands of genocide deaths on the Church by offering up Bishop Augustine Misago of Gikongoro as the scapegoat just took a hit when testimony showed proof that the Bishop is being set up and is innocent of charges which we believe ultimately will point all the more accusingly at the corrupt regime that really ordered the killings by the Hutus. continued inside.
As presidential campaign begins to get hot and heavy, Falwell sues White House over files used to discredit religious and pro-life leaders
Self-appointed Christian Right Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell has filed suit against the Clinton administration for a "black data book" compiled by them which contains data on all religious and pro-life leaders that has been and can be used for the specific purpose of a smear campaign by the White House. Richard Nixon had the same kind of list of his enemies, not necessarily religious leaders but this administration has labeled the Christian Right as the enemy and many suspect Falwell is on to something. continued inside.
Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith opened by Cardinal Ratzinger on Feast of St. Paul's conversion
Headed by the Prefect of the all important Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a Plenary Assembly got underway yesterday that will extend through Monday in which the body of curial bishops will tackle pertinent issues in the Church as well as the growing trend to desensitize mankind by "neutering" human beings where man and woman's particular God-given roles are blurred and even disgarded as old-fashioned and outmoded.
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