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REJOICE! Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast. ~ Entrance Antiphon, 4th Sunday of Lent REJOICE! This word begins our worship as the family of God. Worship, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is the, “…participation of the … Continued
Third Sunday of Lent I would suspect that most of us Catholics, if not all, have had at least one Lent that has come and gone with it hardly registering. Certainly, this has happened to me more than I’d like to admit. Indeed, when living my life at its worldliest, it was possible for an … Continued
Running Raw, Lizard Meat, and Lent Some things are perhaps best left to fade away into the forgotten halls of history: the AMC Gremlin, leisure suits, and the ancient Greek Olympic practice of running nude. Astonishingly, from 800 BC to 400 AD, nearly all of the events of the Olympiad were performed in-the-buff. According to … Continued
Outpouring! I just have to tell you, we are extremely blessed in the Lansing Diocese. Not only in our own parish priests, but also in the priest in our area, our Catholic Schools, and the teams at the diocese who work to provide opportunities for the faithful that individual parishes could never provide on their … Continued