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David Goyer Hired To Write New Superman Film

More news in about plans for the Superman reboot – Warner Bros. has hired David S. Goyer to pen the script for the upcoming film, entitled The Man Of Steel.
Latino Review is reporting that the new superhero movie will not be an origin story, Lex Luthor and Braniac will be involved, one plot line will [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 25, 2010

Thursday of the First Week in Lent

Reading I
Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25
Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish,
had recourse to the LORD.
She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids,
from morning until evening, and said:
“God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you.
Help me, who am alone and [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 24, 2010

Wednesday of the First Week in Lent

Reading I
Jon 3:1-10
The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
“Set out for the great city of Nineveh,
and announce to it the message that I will tell you.”
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh,
according to the LORD’s bidding.
Now Nineveh was an [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 23, 2010

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Reading I
Is 55:10-11
Thus says the LORD:
Just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,
So shall my word [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 22, 2010

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle

Reading I
1 Pt 5:1-4
Beloved:
I exhort the presbyters among you,
as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ
and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed.
Tend the flock of God in your midst,
overseeing not by constraint but willingly,
as God would have [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 21, 2010

First Sunday of Lent

Reading I
Dt 26:4-10
Moses spoke to the people, saying:
“The priest shall receive the basket from you
and shall set it in front of the altar of the LORD, your God.
Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God,
‘My father was a wandering Aramean
who went down to Egypt with a small [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 20, 2010

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Reading I
Is 58:9b-14
Thus says the LORD:
If you remove from your midst oppression,
false accusation and malicious speech;
If you bestow your bread on the hungry
and satisfy the afflicted;
Then light shall rise for you in the darkness,
and the gloom shall become for you like midday;
Then the LORD will guide you [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 19, 2010

Friday after Ash Wednesday

Reading I
Is 58:1-9a
Thus says the Lord GOD:
Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,
lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;
Tell my people their wickedness,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
They seek me day after day,
and desire to know my ways,
Like a nation that has done what is just
and not [...]

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Daily Scripture Readings : February 18, 2010

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Reading I
Dt 30:15-20
Moses said to the people:
“Today I have set before you
life and prosperity, death and doom.
If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God,
which I enjoin on you today,
loving him, and walking in his ways,
and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees,
you will live and grow numerous,
and [...]

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Ash Wednesday Reflection : Fitness for Life

By Anthony Axe, O.P.

Joel 2:12-18
2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
Matthew 6:1-6,16-18

Putting on weight not only means that we can’t get into our favourite clothes but also that we don’t feel as well as we would like and don’t function as efficiently. So we try to get rid of it by eating sensibly. Many of us approach Lent in [...]

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