Catholic News CathNews is a service of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. It offers daily Catholic news updates (when you subscribe—in the top right hand corner of the site), media releases and other news items.Catholic News Service has a rich history of journalistic professionalism and is a leader in the world of Catholic and religious media. With headquarters in Washington, offices in New York and Rome, and correspondents around the world, CNS provides the most comprehensive coverage of the church today.U.S. Catholic puts faith in the context of everyday life, with a strong focus on social justice. For 80 years we have been a courageous, forward-thinking forum for discussion among a broad range of voices.Origins is the CNS documentary service delivering important church texts quickly and accurately for almost 50 years. Origins publishes texts from the Vatican, pope, bishops, Congress, Senate, Supreme Court and church leaders around the world. So much appears in Origins - some 225 texts yearly: texts in the news; noteworthy texts on the church's mission. You'll definitely appreciate Origins' depth and scope.
Liturgy here . It is a copyrighted work noted here .LiturgyTools.net is a comprehensive site for liturgical preparation, celebration and education. It is “one person’s labour of love, built up over the last six years and expressing the fruits of 30 years spent supporting musicians who are serving in churches.” A true gift for our parish!
Reading at Mass Catholikes is a very accessible and fine prayerful resource, inspired by Pope Francis’ encouragement, for spending a few minutes each day reading and reflecting on a passage from the Gospel. This site also offers other helpful prayer resources.Sunday Gospel Reflections for each Sunday of the year.video and audio reflections on the Scripture readings of the day, from the Catholic Bishops of the United States.
Prayer For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; The Liturgy of the Hours (also called “The Divine Office”) is the daily prayer of the Universal Church sanctifying the hours of our day. Through this Liturgy we join with Jesus in his prayer to God. The Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours constitute the formal, public prayer of the Church. The Liturgy of the Hours originated in monastic communities of women and men, as they prayed (often sang or chanted) the Psalms, readings and prayers that compose the Liturgy.The Bishops at the Second Vatican Council encouraged all the baptised to gather and pray the Hours: When the baptised pray the Liturgy of the Hours, they are “not only performing a duty for the Church, they are also sharing in what is the greatest honor for Christ's Bride: for by offering these praises to God they are standing before God's throne in the name of the Church…” (SSC, #85) The parish will seek to find ways to pray the Hours at certain times of the Liturgical year. The prayers for each Hour can be found here and here . An overview of the Liturgy of the Hours is found here . Lectio Divina is an ancient monastic prayer practice which can be prayed alone or with others. The explanation here offers the background and approach for praying in the spirit of Lectio Divina.Pray-as-you-go is a prayerful podcast (c 10-13 mins) in the spirit of Lectio Divina on one of the Scripture readings for the daily celebration of the Eucharist.Sacred Space is an online site for quiet, meditative prayer in the spirit of Lectio Divina, with the help of scripture chosen for every day of the week (including Sunday) and on-screen guidance. The Examen of Consciousness or the Awareness Prayer is a form of daily prayer from the “Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556). Fr Dennis Hamm SJ offers a helpful overview and simple guide for praying the Examen. He calls his guide “Rummaging for God : Praying Backward through your Day ”. A spiritually rich website that focuses on Ignatian spirituality and the Examen is IgnatianSpirituality.com . The Rosary is a meditative form of prayer recitation drawn from the Gospels that focuses on the various mysteries of the life of Jesus. It has a long and complex history. A knotted prayer rope, still used today by Eastern Christians, helped the desert fathers in the Third Century to pray the Jesus Prayer and the Our Father. However, it was not until the 16th century that the “Hail Mary” was added to the prayer form and the expression “Rosary” first used to refer to the prayer beads.The Rosary, popularised by the Dominicans, enabled the peasant and illiterate laity simultaneously to imitate the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours with its 150 Psalms taking place in Monastic Communities. Many pious accretions and litanies have been added to the Rosary over the decades. A helpful overview for praying the Rosary is offered by the US Catholic bishops who also suggest other forms of Rosary prayer . In 2002, Pope John Paul II added the “Luminous Mysteries” (“Mysteries of Light”) to the Rosary.
Bible & Theology Study Encore is a collection of digital resources from presentations at the School of Theology and Ministry of Boston College, Boston USA. It is suitable for Catholic adults wanting to learn more about their faith. The archive includes podcasts and videos of on-campus events, as well as Encore Access—a guide to using selected videos for discussion with members of a faith community.video and audio educational resources on various topics for Catholic adults presented by faculty and visiting staff of the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA.this site .this site .(CCEL) makes classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars.K.C. Hanson , offers many resources to the background of the Bible with excellent accompanying photographsNew Testament , all accessible on YouTube.
The Vatican & Pope Francis Vatican website offers links to all the papal documents and encyclicals and, of course, to all the writings of Pope Francis.Catholic News Agency , founded in 2004 in South America. It has links to many other resources, some of which represent a more traditional view of Catholic theology and bible study.
Preparing a Funeral Preparing for and celebrating a Funeral , you might like to make use of this preparation guide, “A Guide for Preparing the Funeral Liturgy in the Catholic Parish of St Peter The Apostle”. This guide will help in the immediate preparation for the Funeral Liturgy in our parish church.A vigil service with either the body or cremated remains present. If the body is present, the casket may be either open or closed. It is a moment when family and friends gather around the body, with prayer and readings from Scripture. Biblical Readings for the Vigil Liturgy can be found on this website . This is also a time when those who knew the deceased may offer their own thoughts and the person and their life. This is the most suitable occasion for eulogies.here . A member of the parish ministry team would be able to assist you with this. A funeral Mass or Service with either the body or cremated remains present. If the body is not present, the service is referred to as a Memorial Mass.readings from Scripture , Prayers of the Faithful , music, and a homily seek to express faith in the presence of God in the midst of death and the firm conviction that life does not end in death. If a eulogy is offered it will be after the final prayer after Communion, and brief (no more than 7-8 mins). A graveside committal service with burial of the body or cremated remains or the placing of the remains in a columbarium or mausoleum. The ceremony is usually shorter than the above, with a variety of selections for prayers available from the ritual. Again, if you wish to be involved in selecting the prayers and readings, a member of the ministry team would be able to assist you. A Meditation on Those who have Died Encounters with Silence
Communion to the Sick here .
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