The mystery of the Catholic Bishops’ suspending public gatherings at Mass and closing churches because of Covid-19 has a Corpus Christi conclusion. How providential and…
Category: LENT
The writing here stresses the forty-day period of reflection, penance and fasting before Easter Sunday. The word ‘Lent’ originated from the Latin word Quadragesima, meaning forty days. The season starts on Ash Wednesday. Marking the foreheads with ashes reminds us of the virtue of humility and the transient nature of life on Earth.
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…
No Planes In A Clear, Blue Sky
Posted in A Covid-19 Lent, and LIFE IN CHRIST
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…
WHO Cares About Virus Names
Posted in A Covid-19 Lent
Early in the outbreak, the virus was named 2019-nCoV. Remember the name novel coronavirus? That was its first name used by the World Health Organization.
Be Merciful To Me
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.
Pray, Fast, Ski Ash Wednesday
Posted in LENT, and PRAY AND PLAY
The weather reports and warnings for Ash Wednesday stirred my excitement with its promise of Mercy and a ton of snow.
Return To Me Says The Lord
Posted in LENT
Lent is here. That time for going deeper, diving into the infinite sea of God’s heart where we will find our lasting happiness, tasting it…
