For me, the words of the song, Jesus, Remember me, opens up the deep and hidden meaning of Lent. We don’t go through our 40 days in the desert, we don’t go through this passion on Good Friday because we think the outcome is in doubt.
Author Archives: Louis
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Apr
Every year when we celebrate these three amazing days of the Triduum, I like to think about these three days as a single continuous event. I like to see the connection between tonight’s Last Supper Mass, tomorrow’s Passion, and Saturday’s Easter Vigil. These three days, these three events are like facets in the face of a jewel.
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St. Eligius, was born around the year 588. His virtuous parents brought him up in the fear of God. As the child was industrious, they placed him with a renowned goldsmith, and he became very skillful in his profession.
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St. Polycarp was personally converted to Christianity by St. John the Evangelist, who appointed him Bishop of Smyrna, which he ended up governing for seventy years.
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St. Dymphna, Patron Saint of those afflicted with nervous and mental disorders, was born in Ireland in the 6th century. Her father was a pagan King; her mother a devout Christian
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Mar
If Jesus came to my house and knocked on the door, I’m sure I’d be more happy than I’ve ever been before.
If Jesus came to my house I’d like Him best to be about the age that I am and about the height of me.
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Mar
Mar
Have you ever considered who the patron saint of baseball might be? The answer might surprise you! While there is no saint, officially designated by the Church as the patron saint of baseball there are a few contenders! Both St. Rita and St. Sebastian are the patron saints of baseball
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Mar
St. Dorothy, a young and beautiful girl in the city of Caesarea, in Asia Minor. She suffered torment and torture because she refused to marry a pagan or to sacrifice to the pagan idols.