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Easter Sunday: Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. – George Herbert
In the Acts of the Apostles, “when Peter says he is a witness to Jesus’ resurrection, he does not only guarantee the truth of Christ’s rising – though that statement is itself momentous. What lends force to his words is his assurance of the fact that Jesus, who was...
Sundays of Lent
During the coming Sundays of Lent, we will offer the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. This is a long-held prayer within the Church. My understanding is that this devotion arose within the Church in the Middle Ages, as a way of allowing the faithful to...
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday this week is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the holy season of Lent. As such, it is a day of universal fasting and abstinence in the Church. Ashes will be conferred after mass next Sunday. For the sake of clarity, on such a holy day, the Church asks...
