Daily Archives: 3 March 2018

Liturgy of the Word for the New Marian Memorial

With word of Pope Francis authorizing a liturgical observance, a memorial, for Mary, Mother of the Church, some liturgical texts here, as yet untranslated from Latin: Reading: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (enmity between Eve and the snake) Psalm: 87:1-2, 3+5, 6-7 … Continue reading

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Aparecida 357: Avoiding Material Greed

357. But hedonistic and individualistic consumerism, which jeopardizes human life for the sake of immediate unbridled pleasure, obscures the meaning of life and degrades it. Yes, this is a serious problem, but from within religion, the notion of a duality, … Continue reading

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