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Prepare for the Second Coming of Christ
For most of us, the beginning of Advent brings on all sorts of memories and excitement – mostly directed at the celebration of Christmas. Even for the most staunched “delayers,” […]
For most of us, the beginning of Advent brings on all sorts of memories and excitement – mostly directed at the celebration of Christmas. Even for the most staunched “delayers,” […]
The turn of the liturgical year into its “home stretch” is a turn toward a focus on the Last Things – heaven, hell, death, and judgment. As we move into […]
This Sunday’s collect prayer happened to strike me as I was looking through the Roman Missal to explore the prayers for Mass. For the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we […]
Going around the classrooms on the first day of school provided many entertaining moments, as the joy (mostly for the younger grades) and the mild dread (mainly in the older […]
I recently had the great joy of attending three ordinations of close friends to the priesthood (including here in our own diocese). The last of these ordinations, in the Diocese […]
In the early part of June, we often have the joy of celebrating priestly ordinations. This year is no different, as on Saturday, June 1, at the Cathedral of the […]
As we take a turn at the end of April and beginning of May, for many of us who are attached to the flow of the school year (students, teachers, […]
“But now we know the praises of this pillar, which glowing fire ignites for God’s honor, a fire into many flames divided, yet never dimmed by sharing of its light, […]
“Through the Passion of Your Only Begotten Son, O Lord, may our reconciliation with You be near at hand, so that, though we do not merit it by our own […]
“By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God, may we walk eagerly in that same charity with which, out of love for the world, Your Son handed Himself over […]
“The Lord anointed my eyes: I went, I washed, I saw, and I believed in God.” The Communion antiphon for this Fourth Sunday of Lent, which shares the Gospel passage […]
“When I prove my holiness among you, I will gather you from all the foreign lands; and I will pour clean water upon you and cleanse you from all your […]