Holy Week: Monday
This year, I have experienced Lent in a whole new way. Having a child changes everything, they say, and faith is not the least of these. Whether it’s because I spend more time at home, or because my...
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“Yet I hear you saying to me: It sometimes seems to me that I am without this desire [to turn to God]. My answer to this is: Why do you feel such grief upon the subject of this seeming lack? Loss of...
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“In so many instances in creation, it pleases God to use the instrumentality of one creature to do good to another, especially in the all-important task of leading souls to Himself.” – Your Vocation of...
View ArticleHoly Thursday
“Reading the Gospels, there are many times we might wince at something one of the Twelve says or does. . . . We’re meant to see something of ourselves here—like these disciples, we often miss the boat...
View ArticleGood Friday
“Our freely chosen penances for Lent by now have begun to grow into virtues within us. As the Catechism reminds us: ‘Human virtues are firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of...
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Happy Easter!
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name...
View ArticleAn Even Holier Week
Last week may have been “Holy Week,” but this week—the Octave of Easter—is perhaps even holier. It struck me only midway through the week that this time deserves some reflection, as well. I love the...
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Happy Holy Week!
My writing is focused elsewhere this week, so I’m revisiting my end-of-Lent thoughts from last year. A happy and fruitful Holy Week to you! Holy Week: Monday Holy Week: Tuesday Holy Week: Wednesday...
View ArticleChurch Closed
This evening begins the Easter Triduum—Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. (It looks like four days, but it’s three, trust me.) Reviewing the times for services this year, I...
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