“Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you.”
Category: FEASTS
Feast days are ranked according to their importance. Solemnities are the most important (typically commemorating Jesus or Mary), followed by feasts. Usually, “feast” celebrates saints which I’ve assigned to their own category. There’s a bit of an overlap of feast vs Solemnity. For example, while Mary’s major day on January 1st is a solemnity, her birthday on September 8th is a feast.
Christ The King
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Jesus, a king? The Solemnity of Christ the King is a bit jolting given how Jesus lived, owning nothing, having authority over no one, and…
First Snow For All Souls
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First snow, magnificent snow, quietly settling in the trees, leafless arms wide open to receive their winter garment from above.
Exaltation Of The Holy Cross
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If Jesus has told us and continues to tell us that to be his follower we must take up our cross and follow him then…
A Perfect Union of Hearts
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A card with the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has on the flip side The Miracle Prayer. Here’s how it closes, “I consecrate…
“So then, Are you a king ?”
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord’s pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in…
Closing November With Christ the King
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We have come through November, the austere month of silence, of seeking a place of solitude to be alone with the Lord to hear him speak to us and for us to speak to him about those we love who have died.
Pondering Purgatory
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I heard a middle-aged man in a wheelchair say to the teller when asked if he needed help, “Thanks, but I’ve got a long purgatory ahead.” That caused me to ponder purgatory.
Mary and Jesus Heart to Heart
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June 27 and 28, 2019 Mother of Perpetual Help The Church places two great feasts shoulder to shoulder, a day apart for all…