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For most of my life I experienced Lent – with its emphasis on sin and self-denial – as a dreary annual punishment. It was a season I dreaded but accepted vaguely as a necessary reality of life before Heaven. However, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Spring is coming. The unusually beautiful weather that we’ve enjoyed is an early promise of the new life of spring. This promise of new life is also reflected in the season of Lent which began last Wednesday. Far from being … Continue reading
Here we find ourselves on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is a season we rightly associate with penance. However, let us remember that the true aim of Lenten penance is transformation of our souls through conversion of … Continue reading
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity [compassion], he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be … Continue reading
Happy Our Lady of Lourdes, everyone! A few weeks back, I got some hate mail. You know what I’m talking about. An anonymous email from a made-up email address from someone who tried to character assassinate me. Sigh. I mean, … Continue reading
This Wednesday, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. We have the pleasure of having Fr. Reginald Martin, O.P., lead us in the Shrine of St. Jude’s novena for Our Lady of Lourdes. Fr. Reginald began the novena … Continue reading
When any of the priests are ‘on call’ or ‘on duty’, it means that we have to handle anyone that comes in through the door asking to speak to a priest, any devotee of the St Jude Shrine that needs … Continue reading
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, Where your fathers tempted me; they … Continue reading