Daily Archives: 15 August 2015

Rest, Sabbath, and Devotions Then and Now

Posted on 15 August 2015 by catholicsensibility

Today’s holy day finds itself on a weekend, and a comment from the PrayTell site seemed worth a new thread. Why not here? Devotions were easier to gather for in urban Catholic ghettoes than in far-flung suburban parishes. On the … Continue reading →

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Dives in Misericordiae 14lm: A Mission of Mercy

Posted on 15 August 2015 by catholicsensibility

We wrap up the longest section of the encyclical with a statement that the Church plans to be at that “essential” place of forgiveness: The Church rightly considers it her duty and the purpose of her mission to guard the … Continue reading →

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Envy and the Need for Mercy

Posted on 15 August 2015 by catholicsensibility

One NCReg commenter, Ronald Jones, noted the backlash at this post against Paul Inwood’s composition being selected as the official “hymn” for the Jubilee of Mercy: Your attitude and comments are an unbelievable display of unchristian behavior. They are however, a … Continue reading →

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Laudato Si 62: The Gospel of Creation

Posted on 15 August 2015 by catholicsensibility

The encyclical letter Laudato Si is available here on the Vatican website. Today we begin our examination of Chapter Two, The Gospel of Creation. We’ll take a bit more than a month to cover paragraphs 62 through 100. As the … Continue reading →

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