Why Do We Call This Friday Good?
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Today is Good Friday, a solemn day when we commemorate the Lord’s Passion and death. But on this day when we remember the sorrow, the pain, the devastation of ... Read more
What It Means to Wash One Another’s Feet
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Today we celebrate Holy Thursday, the birthday of the priesthood and the day Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist. In the Gospel reading for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper ... Read more
Palm Sunday: Who Are You in the Passion Story?
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Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, and during Mass today there are actually two readings from the Gospel. The first takes place at the beginning of Mass before the Procession. ... Read more
What It Means to Love the Church
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What does it mean to love the Church? Does it mean you get a warm fuzzy feeling when you walk into the building? That you enjoy the company of ... Read more
When Healing Doesn’t Look Like You Thought It Would
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In what ways do you need healing? Whether it is physical or emotional, we all have wounds that need to be healed. Scripture offers plenty of examples of Jesus ... Read more
Finding Grace in Ordinary Time
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On Sunday we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord, and the end of the Christmas season. We’re back in Ordinary Time, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be full ... Read more
Getting to Know God
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Our Catholic faith is not just a set of ideas, it’s a relationship. The Greatest Commandment Jesus gave is to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, ... Read more
Finding Gratitude in Every Circumstance
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“It’s not happiness that will makes us grateful, it’s gratefulness that will makes us happy.” – Br. David Steindl-Rast It’s that time of year when gratitude comes to the ... Read more
Why do we give thanks?
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“In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 It’s that time of year when we remember ... Read more
Why You Should Pray for All Souls – Even if You’re Not Sure They’re in Purgatory
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For Catholics, the entire month of November is dedicated to praying for the Holy Souls. And it’s all the more important to do so this year, as the Vatican ... Read more
The Thread Connecting Sunday to Sunday
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For Catholics, our faith is not simply an idea or a set of principles, it is a relationship. In fact, Scripture frequently uses the imagery of a bride and ... Read more