March 2022

Thursday March 3, 2022

Thursday March 3, 2022 Katherine Drexel Today, Moses exhorts the Israelites to ‘choose life’. That may seem like a silly thing to say, “choose life”, but there is more to it than meets the eye. This not a matter of eating today to nourish yourself so as not to die. No, this is a matter […]

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Spring is happening

Our Witch hazel bush is opening. It is one of the first signs of Spring in our yard. This bush has inconspicuous flowers of the deepest orange. But what they lack in show, they make up for in fragrance. It is easy to see (smell?) why this was used as after shave lotion. Any man

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Ash Wednesday March 2, 2022

Today we begin the Liturgical Season of Lent, a period of preparation for Easter. The readings the Church gives us today are the same every year, but somehow, they are always fresh with new meaning. The prophet Joel calls a whole nation to fast and pray for forgiveness. He calls them to an assembly –old

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