Posted in Covid-19, Death/Resurrection, and Paschal Mystery
Thank you, Lord, today is Resurrection Sunday and truly you have Risen. Glory to your holy Resurrection, O Christ our God. Bizarrely, I celebrated the…
Posted in Death/Resurrection, and Paschal Mystery
Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there,…
Pope John Paul II asked Cardinal Ratzinger in March 2005 to prepare the Way of The Cross meditations for Good Friday. Less than a month later Cardinal Ratzinger would be elected to the Chair of Peter. Here are those mediations along with John Paul II’s writing on the meaning of Suffering.
In today’s Gospel, the Jews are set to stone Jesus for claiming to be God, “You, a man, are making yourself God.” (John 10:33). Jesus…
As I walked the frozen south shore of Bark Lake on the Madawaska River today, as I do every late spring, the beautiful shoreline once…
A microorganism spreading across the earth faster than the 2019 wildfires of Australia has silenced the restless pace of megacities, hitting every inhabited continent in…
We’ve all been affected–hopefully not infected–by Covid-19, and learned a ton about the virus, the traits of the disease it causes and the way a…
Posted in Death/Resurrection, and Lent
Time has me fascinated with these tiny wrinkles appearing on my skin like dew on the evening grass. Time is a river carrying me to…
Posted in Death/Resurrection, Journal, Lent, and Play and Pray
Light stands proudly on the evening horizon pushing the long dark winter nights away. March is not rude or aggressive in its pursuit of spring and summer.
Posted in Lent
A Lenten Morning Hymn with thees and thous gets reshaped only because my heart was moved by the Writer’s words enough to want to join my version with his, centuries later.
Posted in Lent, and Play and Pray
I love Ash Wednesday. With every year turning my hair more grey and my skin a tad more wrinkled it strikes deeper. “Remember you are…
Posted in Eucharist, Featured, Mary, and Paschal Mystery
There’s a huge number of titles given to Mary. Beautiful ones like Mystical Rose, or this one used in the Litany to Our Lady…
On the doorstep of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 11, an hour with you Jesus in the Holy Eucharist began with my mind still and…
Posted in Christmas/Incarnation
Let’s not forget Joseph. So, what better day for putting him in the spotlight than Holy Family Sunday. The readings for Mass highlight…
Posted in Christmas/Incarnation, and Mary
The best way to begin the new year is in the arms of our Holy Mother, Mary. The Church provides that way for us on January 1.
Posted in Christmas/Incarnation
Awake, you who lie in the dust, awake and give praise. Behold, the Lord comes with salvation. – St. Bernard of Clairvaux (190-1153) The…
Posted in Christmas/Incarnation
Beginning with The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came, bathe in the sacred lyrics of four of my favourite Christmas Carols
Posted in Mary
Chosen from among women to be the Mother of God
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