Living the Mass Teachings on Offering Self and Daily Life
A teaching card from Sister Maria Giovanni explains placing gifts on the altar during Mass. Offer God your soul with all powers and body, mind, heart, and senses. Include actions, work, studies, prayers, joys, and sufferings as daily life offerings.
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Maria Giovanni
Chat of the week New Year reflections on NOWs and loving God
The piece muses on how the new year 1959 arrives in small moments called now and may be used to love God. It contrasts partygoers churchgoers and sleepers and stresses living in the present to do the most important thing.
Redemption and Christ's Sufferings In Catholic Teaching
Questions and reflections on the Incarnation and Redemption pair, Christ’s sufferings and death, the Resurrection and Ascension, and related prayer practices. Includes prompts to compare newspaper stories, discuss the Rosary mysteries, and debates about life after death.
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Simeon
Christ
Evon
Jesus
Pilate
This Week's Poems Spanish Lullaby
A brief poem by Louis Untermeyer recounts the nativity scene with Mary rocking the infant Jesus. The father crafts a cradle, and the child sleeps secure as the mother and divine presence watch over him.
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Mary Mother
First Christmas Crown Sparked by a Star
Poem fragment highlights a small bright star guiding the infant Jesus to a royal crown. Imagery centers on the nativity scene and heavenly light rather than solar or lunar bodies. The text attributes the crown to symbolism of Christmas night.
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Jesus
Marie J, Kelly
Confirmation Sponsorship Rules for Sponsors by Sex
The text explains sponsor requirements for confirmation, noting the sponsor must be the same sex as the confirmand and that sponsorship duties are simpler than baptism godparents. It states the sponsor places a hand on the shoulder during the sacrament and clarifies duties.
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