I am unabashedly a woman of faith and it informs most of my writing.
Sunday March 6, 2022 Psalm 91 is a comforting Psalm on the surface. It promises that if you live in the shelter of the Almighty, keep God as your fortress, the angels of the Lord will keep watch over you. They will make sure no evil ever comes your way. Yes, that all sounds well […]
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Saturday March 5, 2022 I’m going to talk about my dad. Today is his 100th birthday. The Responsorial Psalm is Palm 86. Our response is “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may walk in your truth”. I had the best teacher. God gave me Daddy. My father is a man of strong faith. He does
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Friday March 4, 2022 St. Casimir Why do we fast? The readings today are all about fasting. I ask again, why do we fast? Or better yet, do we fast? What type of fasting are we called to do? Think about how to prepare for a dinner party. We plan a menu. We make sure
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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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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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Today is the feast day of Timothy and Titus, disciples of Paul. What is most compelling to me about this day is not what they did, but how they acquired their faith. In the readings for today tell us that Timothy’s faith was handed on to him by his grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice.
Today is the feast day of St Agnes, an early martyr. Hers is the name I took as my Confirmation name about 55 years ago. As a third grader, I was impressed how a girl not much older than I was had the courage to stand up for her faith. I was impressed with her
Today in Luke’s Gospel https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010722.cfm a leper comes to Jesus. Luke tells us that the leper is “full of leprosy”. I think of leprosy as a sort of rot. The un-named leper (un-named so insert yourself into the story) is rotten to the core. Still a request for healing is made. Does that mean that
Friday December 31, 2021 Jesse Tree- Angels Psalm 96: 1-2 Out last Jesse Tree symbol is angels. The Psalmist tells us to sing a new song to the Lord. The refrain is “Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad.” A new song was sung by the angels on Christmas: “Glory to God!” And down
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Thursday December 30, 2021 Jesse Tree- Magi Psalm 96:8b-9 and Luke 2:36-40 The Jesse Tree addition is a symbol of the Magi. As the Psalmist commands us to do, they bring gifts and tremble before the Lord. The Gospel from Luke tells of a prophetess, Anna, who is overjoyed at seeing the child Jesus at the
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