1st Sunday of Advent: "Why do You let us wander, O Lord"

The Immaculate Conception & Other Conceptions

(Sign/Voice)

 Saint Francis Xavier & "Silence," December 3

Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle, November 30

• Celebrating Christ the King: 12 Interesting Facts About Christ the Redeemer Statue (National Catholic Register, 11/26/23)

• Chris Slattery, Direct Assistance to Moms & Changing Laws, RIP (Catholic 365, 11/24/23)

• Dublin archbishop responds to stabbing of 3 children that sparked violent riots (CNA, 11/24/23)

• An important look at the Israeli perspective...

• Report: Nigeria Is the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ to Be a Christian (Thomas Williams, PhD, 11/19/23)

• ‘Anti-Christian hate crimes’ in Europe up 44% in past year, watchdog group says (Catholic World Report, 11/17/23)

• Squeezing the World's Vulnerable People (Victor Davis Hanson, 11/9/23)

"what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for Me" (Christ the King, 11/26)

 

(sign/voice)

• "In this house of ours, which is the world, everyone has a right to experience the light of charity; no one must be deprived of that light. May the steadfast love of Saint Therese stir our hearts on this World Day of the Poor, and help us not to 'turn our face away from anyone who is poor', but to keep it always focused on the human and divine face of Jesus Christ our Lord" (Pope Francis, message for the 11/19/23 World Day of the Poor).

• AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Missionary Congress calls for the canonization of those killed in odium fidei" and protection strategies from the violence affecting the ecclesial community (Agenzia Fides, 11/18/23)

• November 18 was the 45th anniversary of the US Bishops' pastoral on people with disabilities:
• Our Treatment of People with Disabilities 

• Ukraine Sure Doesn't Look Like a Democracy Anymore | Opinion (Newsweek, 11/17/23)

• "Twenty years and one day ago, there was not a single state in the Union that considered it proper—or possible—for one man to be married to another" (The American Conservative, 11/18/23)

• Capitol Police: Anti-Israel DNC Riot Was 'Not Peaceful' (CatholicVote org, 11/17/23)
• Hundreds of Thousands Flood DC to March [peacefully] for Israel (DailySignal, 11/14/23)
The Strickland Dismissal (World Over, 11/16/23)

Silence in the Face of the Homosexual Infestation of the Clergy (Crisis Magazine, 11/16/23)

Catholic-Funded Org Has Direct Ties to Marxists, Abortion Providers, and LGBTQ Activism (The Lepanto Institute, 11/12/23)

11/19 : "an unfailing prize" (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

When one finds a worthy wife,
her value is far beyond pearls.
Her husband, entrusting his heart to her,
has an unfailing prize.
She brings him good, and not evil,
all the days of her life.
She obtains wool and flax
and works with loving hands.
She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her fingers ply the spindle.
She reaches out her hands to the poor,
and extends her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting;
the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Give her a reward for her labors,
& let her works praise her at the city gates

(sign/voice for 33rd Sunday) 

Our Treatment of People with Disabilities 

• In rare move, Pope forcibly removes conservative Texas bishop (AP News, 11/11/23)

• Sign language tools corresponding to the A cycle of Sunday/Christmas Mass readings (Catholic365, 11/11/23)

• Hong Kong government: 10 bishops' appeal for Jimmy Lai is 'Contempt of Court' (asianews, 11/10/23)
• Senior Catholic leaders sign petition calling for immediate release of Jimmy Lai (Doughty Street Chambers, 11/7/23)

• Catholics and pot: Denver archbishop speaks out against marijuana use, U.S. drug culture (Catholic News Agency, 11/10/23)

• BREAKING: Pro-Life Hero Mark Houck Sues Biden DOJ That Targeted Him (CatholicVote org, 11/8/23)

• No votes for people who are ok with slaughtering human infants or who think it's ok to mutilate kids' gonads.  No votes for people who pretend that supporting monogamous heterosexual marriage is a hate crime (Catholic 365, 11/8/23)

• Media Attacks Speaker Johnson, Son for Avoiding Pornography (DailySignal, 11/7/23)

11/12: "Resplendent and unfading is wisdom"

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sign/Voice) 

• Same Sex Attraction (Catechism in a Year, 11/4/23)
• “New Ways” and a Very Old Proclivity (Catholic Stand, 11/4/23)

(Very graphic:)

• Nigerian bishop: Tens of thousands spent to rescue kidnapped priests, seminarians (Catholic News Agency, 11/3/23)

• U.S. Bishops Ignore Embarrassing [sic] Papal Letter on ‘Climate Crisis’ (Thomas Williams, PhD, 11/1/23)
• Laudato Si, Laudate Deum, & "Climate Change" (Catholic365, 10/4/23)

• Speaker Johnson Slams FBI Over Targeting of Religious Americans (Daily Signal, 11/1/23)

• Being Signs of Contradiction (Catholic365, 10/30/23)