Lent 2020
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Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare
“Laetare” is the singular imperative of “to rejoice,” and that was exactly what our parish priest urged us to do today. After all, the gift of continuing to be able to attend Mass in the midst of nation-wide diocesan closures is one we cannot be grateful enough for! Thank God for our little parish! Laetare…
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Lent day 22: and rejoice unto him with trembling
Psalm 2:11-13 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling. Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him. I often worry about my own discipline.…
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Lent day 21: The Sixth Station – Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee, because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Meditation: Consider that the holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so afflicted and His face bathed in sweat and blood, presented Him with a towel, with which He wiped His adorable face, leaving on it the…