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TOP TEN MOVIES OF LAST WEEK
&bnsp; Continuing with our summer replacement to keep everyone abreast of the proper entertainment to take in, we present this week's top ten movies from a Catholic perspective including our take and the official review by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Last week's champ - "Lethal Weapon 4" was relegated to second by the snappy crack of the "The Mask of Zorro" whiplash at the box office. This zesty, fun, adventuresome film centers on the character made famous by Disney in the 50's and 60's and deals with early California. The dashy, debonair Banderas is the first true Spanish actor to play a Spaniard. Click on MOVIES & MORALS: TOP TEN MOVIES
A prayer as simple as the Our Father can offer a beautiful melody to God
In this weekend's issue the Hidden Flower of the Immaculate Heart speaks from her heart on the simplicity of prayer and the simplicity of what God asks of His children. We overcomplicate it and when we do, we mess up the symphony. When God asks for a simple melody, we don't have to produce a marching band or full orchestra. A simple solo acapello will do if it is sincere. Click on SYMPHONY OF SUFFERING
TIME CAPSULES
For time capsule events in Church History for July 24, 25 and 26, click on ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
Coming MONDAY
- Ninth installment of our marathon series on the newest Apostolic Letter Dies Domini in THE VICAR OF CHRIST SPEAKS
- Father Stephen Valenta's column HEARTS TO HEART
- July 27th in Church History in our Time Capsule section: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
- LITURGY OF THE DAY for Monday and Tuesday in Ordinary Time
- ...and much more in our 144th issue for 1998!
WORLDWIDE NEWS & VIEWS with a Catholic slant
HEADLINES:
Cardinal Ratzinger clarifies Apostolic Letter on Bishops' Conferences for media
With the Holy Father enjoying his second day of summer residency in the cooler clime of the hills above Rome at Castel Gondolfo, Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith met with the media and other officials yesterday to officially release and explain the Pope's Apostolic Letter Apostolos Suos which regulates Bishops' Conferences and their authority via theological and canonical norms. For more, click on Apostolos Suos
Government cover-up takes strange twist as Guatamalan police point finger at priest for murder of bishop, suggest tryst with secretary.
It would seem, in an effort to throw off suspicion of their own soldiers, the Guatamala government is now accusing the priest who discovered the murdered body of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Joseph Gerardi, a crusader for civil rights. Using trumped-up charges against Father Mario Leonel Orantes Najera, Guatamalan authorities also arrested the bishop's cook Margarita Lopez accusing her of having an affair with both Fr. Najera and the slain bishop. For more, click on arrest
Now it's up to the Senate to finish the override of Clinton's Partial-birth ban veto.
A pro-life House of Representatives easily passed an override of Bill Clinton's veto of the Partial Birth Abortion ban. However the real test comes next in the U.S. Senate where Republican pro-lifers are furiously mustering as many votes they can to let the President know America will not go along with the culture of death. A two-thirds majority is needed to effect the override and speculation now is that they are still three to five votes short. Memo to the senators: There's always prayer!!! For more, click on veto override.
House of Lords exhibits commons sense; not exactly something common with House of Commons
Maybe common sense and decency are returning to England after all. After the House of Commons voted to reject the House of Commons mandate that the age of consent be lowered for homosexuals. Their greatest fears are that it will open up more problems and make the spread of the gay lifestyle more available to younger people. Though their rejection is not a legal vote, it does carry a lot of weight within the British government and hopefully the homosexual measure will die. For more, click on House of Lords .
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July 25th Medjugorje Monthly Message
Dear children! Today, little children, I invite you, through prayer, to be with
Jesus, so that through a personal experience of prayer you may be able to discover the beauty of God's
creatures. You cannot speak or witness about prayer, if you do not pray. That is why, little children, in the
silence of the heart, remain with Jesus, so that He may change and transform you with His love. This,
little children, is a time of grace for you. Make good use of it for your personal conversion, because
when you have God, you have everything. Thank you for having responded to my call. For more on Medjugorje, click on MEDJUGORJE
In developing the cream of the crop, God created the sundae to remind us of Sunday
In this weekend's editorial we equate ice cream with the ingredients of man's makeup in overcoming our bad habits in this lazy, convenience-crazed society that prevents us from becoming firm believers. Because of that we too often find ourselves melting into a puddle of milky lukewarmness and going sour on God because we do not seek the refreshing refrigeration of sanctifying grace. For the editorial titled The scoop on keeping cool in God's eyes during the summer and beyond , click on this weekend's CATHOLIC PewPOINT
Oh how we've been duped by the media!
In her column this week, Sister Mary Lucy Astuto reveals how clever and insidious the father of lies is and the methods he uses to penetrate our homes and hearts without us actually realizing what damage is being done until it is too late. For Sister's column, "Satan is entering your home" , click on GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
"The Eucharistic celebration does not stop at the church door"
We continue with our marathon of installments on the Apostolic Letter Dies Domini released three weeks ago in order to bring the readers the entire document over the next several weeks, including footnotes at the end of each installment. Today we bring you Chapter Three - DIES ECCLESIAE - "The Eucharistic Assembly: Heart of Sunday" part four For the eighth installment on keeping the Lord's day holy, click on THE VICAR OF CHRIST SPEAKS
WEEKEND LITURGY
This weekend is pretty ordinary as in Ordinary Time except for Saturday when we celebrate the feast of SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. Though the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time supercedes the feast of Saint Anne and Joachim, we bring you vignettes on the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For the liturgies, readings, meditations and story of St. James, plus St. Anne and St. Joachim, click on LITURGY
PRAYERS & DEVOTION
Following is the Prayer from the Preface of the Mass for Saint James the Apostle:
Jesus, our Redeemer, called Saint James from humble labor with fishing nets and made him a fisher of men for their salvation. He responded to the divine call with a prompt and faithful spirit; therefore he merited to undergo the torment of martyrdom and to enter into glory before the other apostles of the Lord.
PROVERB
OF THE DAY
"There are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him; haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, the false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers." Proverbs 6: 16-19
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