Friday, April 29, 2022

April 29 2022 - St. Catherine of Siena and the Avignon Papacy

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 St. Catherine’s incorrupt body is preserved in the beautiful gothic basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome.  I visited her a few tim...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

2nd Week of Easter 2022 - Wednesday - Authentic Christian Belief

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Belief. The word belief is found almost 100 times in St. John’s gospel. After Jesus’ first miracle, the wedding at Cana, John’s notes how th...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

2nd Week of Easter 2022 - Tuesday - Learning how to learn again

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 Last week, throughout the Easter Octave, we read from each of the four Gospel writers, their accounts of Jesus' resurrection, and the L...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Easter Octave 2022 - Friday - Catch Fish, Eat Breakfast

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  We all know the famous story in the Gospels about Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry approaching the apostles on the sea of Gal...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Easter Octave 2022 - Monday - Fearful, yet overjoyed

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  When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the place where Jesus was buried, their first encounter was with an empty tomb.   Lovingly ...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Holy Saturday 2022 - Morning Prayer - What is happening?

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The ancient homily on Holy Saturday states: “What is happening? There is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Holy Week 2022 - Spy Wednesday - The sin of Judas Iscariot

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 Wednesday of Holy week is known as Spy Wednesday because on this day Judas Iscariot made the shameful bargain with the high priests to betr...