Holy Saturday is a day of stillness and solitude.
The songs of the joyous entry into Jerusalem are long forgotten.
The actions at the Passover are but shadows. . . .
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The sayings of Jesus on the cross (also called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions gathered from the Gospels and attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. We can use these words to meditate on the Passion and Death of Jesus. We can . . .
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Back to topThis day, this moment, is sacred.
You will never see it or experience it again.
To think otherwise is to believe
deceiving eyes, and
irrational mind over
the wisdom contained in . . .
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Back to topOn February 2, the Church observes the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord commemorating the day on which the child Jesus was brought to the temple to be consecrated to God. Because the true light has now come into the world, the commemoration includes the blessing of candles used in liturgical . . .
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Back to top. . . these are all graced moments from God. . . .
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Back to topIn recent days I have been struck by the passages in the Gospels that report how Jesus would go off alone to pray. Although I have no official count . . .
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Back to topAmerican culture values individualism and doing over communality and presence. We often identify ourselves by what we own, whom we know, or what work we do. To stop . . .
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Back to topSister Verda Clare Eichner died October 19, 2012, in hospice at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Sister was in her sixtieth year of Benedictine Monastic Profession. On Friday, October 26, 2012, visitation . . .
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Back to topHave you ever had a time when things just didn’t turn out right? Maybe you hoped to go golfing with your friends and it did nothing but rain. Maybe your efforts to rebuild a relationship are met with distain. Maybe your faith life seems . . .
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Back to topPrayer is individual because, of its essence, it is relationship between God and the individual, but it also draws us into communal prayer, representing all of creation . . .
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Back to topIn my last post I asked you to tell me what you wanted to know about my life, especially in terms of my anticipated Perpetual Profession. Several people responded with a wide range of questions and I loved it! Here I will tackle . . .
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