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Entries for February 2024
Posted on February 25, 2024
2nd Sunday of Lent St. Benedict Joseph Labre Reflection
During this week's Mass readings we hear about Abraham "our father in Faith".
He is challenged by God to remain faithful in the most difficult of circumstances. St. Benedict Joseph too, experienced life in a most difficult way. Our patron's prayer life, pra...
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Posted on February 21, 2024
Bishop Robert Barron Addresses the Mental Health Crisis
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Today, I received an email from one of our members sharing a Youtube video with Bishop Robert Barron from Word of Fire addressing the current mental health crisis in our country. I posted...
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Posted on February 18, 2024
"Our comfort is not in this world. God afflicts us because he loves us; and it is very pleasing to Him, when in our afflictions he sees us abandon ourselves to his paternal care."
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783)
During this first week of Lent we hear of two themes: first, Our Savior is led into the desser...
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Posted on February 15, 2024
This Translation of Psalm 50:
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy kindness:
According to the abundance of thy mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, a...
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Posted on February 13, 2024
Mary Opens the Door to Lent
EDITORIAL: The Father willed that Mary’s free choice would bring the Messiah into the world. And he wills that each of his sons and daughters use this same freedom to receive the gift of his merciful love and turn back to him with every fiber of their being.
“God created us without us: But he di...
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Posted on February 13, 2024
Hello Everyone,
As I prepare for Lent this year, my memories went back to remember the times on this day that my late wife Theresa would bake for our daughters the traditional "King" cake with the figurines inside. This prompted a desire for me to do some historical research looking at how diffrent cultures pre...
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Posted on February 08, 2024
A Lenten Practice- The Liturgy of the Hours
Praying the Liturgy of the Hours during the season of Lent
The Liturgy of the Hours is an act of ultimate, pure selflessness in which countless Catholic clergy, religious, and lay people engage ev...
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