Archive for December, 2013

The BVM Gets Results

December 31, 2013

Injunctions granted on the eve of the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, in three lawsuits against the contraception mandate. (Including one from Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor.)

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Happy St. Nicholas Day!

December 6, 2013

St. Nicholas (270-343 A.D.) was the Greek bishop of Myra (in modern-day Turkey.) He is remembered for his generous, secret gift-giving. In our window, he holds three sacks. This recalls how he once helped a loving father who could not afford dowries for his three unmarried daughters—destining them to a life of destitution, or worse. Under the cover of night, St. Nicholas threw 3 bags of gold coins through their window. (Alternate tellings of this story have him dropping them down the chimney or placing them in the daughters’ drying stockings.) He is also known as the saint who punched the heretic Arius at the council of Nicea in 325 AD. His feast day is December 6th.

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Prayers of the Faithful / Petitions / Intercessions (Year C)

December 5, 2013

14th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C (July 7, 2013)

15th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (July 14, 2013)

16th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (July 21, 2013)

17th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (July 28, 2013)

18th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C (Aug 4, 2013)

19th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Aug 11, 2013)

Solemnity of the Assumption, Year C  (Aug 15, 2013)

20th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Aug 18, 2013)

21st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Aug 25, 2013)

22nd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Sept 1, 2013)

23rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Sept 8, 2013)

24th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Sept 15, 2013)

25th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Sept 22, 2013)

26th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Sept 29, 2013)

27th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Oct 6, 2013)

28th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Oct 13, 2013)

29th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Oct 20, 2013)

30th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Oct 27, 2013)

Solemnity of All Saints, Year C  (Nov 1, 2013)

All Souls Day, Year C  (Nov 2, 2013)

31st Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Nov 3, 2013)

32nd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Nov 10, 2013)

33rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Year C  (Nov 17, 2013)

Solemnity of Christ the King (Nov 24, 2013)

Click to view additional Year C petitions (from 2016)

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