THURSDAY

      Be glad that He has sent His Blessed Mother to remind us of His Will and guide us through these trying times. His guidance is very clear in the messages to the Hidden Flower of the Immaculate Heart in which Jesus and Our Lady reaffirm our resolve to fight abortion and what we, as His soldiers on the front lines need to do. That is the theme of Messages one hundred seven and one hundred eight. Click on "I SOLEMNLY TELL YOU...!"

      We need a balanced meal for physical nutrition and we need a balanced diet for spiritual nutrition. The tenets of the Catechism provide this and thus we provide nutritious snacks with our daily capsules on the teachings of Holy Mother Church as we conclude our capsules on Confirmation. Click on CATECHISM CAPSULES

    Dear children: Today I invite you to comprehend your Christian vocation. Little children, I led and am leading you through this time of grace, that you may become conscious of your Christian vocation. Holy martyrs died witnessing: I am a Christian and love God over everything. Little children, today also I invite you to rejoice and be joyful Christians, responsible and conscious that God called you in a special way to be joyfully extended hands toward those who do not believe, and that through the example of your life, they may receive faith and love for God. Therefore, pray, pray, pray that your heart may open and be sensitive for the Word of God. Thank you for having responded to my call!
For more on Medjugorje, Click on MEDJUGORJE

Catholics who think they can have their pie and eat it too, will need more than Alka Seltzer!

      The debate over liberalizing standards to allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive the Sacraments even though they are not in full compliance with Church teaching...is not going to sit well with modernists! But it fits very well with the traditions and teachings of a Church that will not be cowered into compromising on morals and values. That's the deduction from this week's article in the unofficial weekly Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano regarding the "conscience clause" many liberal bishops had been pushing for. Click on Divorced to read more.

United Church in Canada Divided over Mystery of the Divinity

     Canadians do not officially acknowledge Thanksgiving Day and they're having an even harder time acknowledging and digesting the words of the leader of Canada's largest Protestant denomination - the United Church of Canada. Maybe they should change their name to the Divided Church of Canada after their leader expressed heresy about Christ's divinity. The camps are forming on both sides as the assembly struggles with what to do and whether to expell the main man or endorse him and his non-Christian position. Click on Canada to read more.

Fidel feeling his way among Christians as he meets with Protestant leaders

      Communism hasn't worked in the tiny exiled island of Cuba, so maybe prayer is the only answer. That is the take from Fidel Castro's meeting with non-Catholic church leaders in Cuba this past week where Castro continues his increasingly about face stance on religious freedom in preparation for the Holy Father's visit in January. Click on Castro to read more.

As we wind down this final week of the Church year, we have all Weekday Masses in Ordinary Time for the rest of the Week, climaxing with the commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday before Advent begins the next day. Click on LITURGY OF THE DAY

For all other standard features, articles and columns, click on Archives

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November 27, 1997 volume 8, no. 40         DAILY CATHOLIC