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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Annunciation | Fiat | serving others
The great Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, March 25, is the liturgical day when the Church recalls and meditates upon the moment when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced to her that she had “found favor with God” and that she would conceive in her womb and bear a son whom she would name Jesus. She gives her “yes” or in Latin “fiat,” fiat referring to the full Latin scripture verse where Mary replies to Gabriel “Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum”— “May it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).
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We are in a new phase of Lent. There is no longer a focus on penance, but on promise. Taking its inspiration from the prophet Isaiah, it describes God's promise to Israel. During the Babylonian exile, Israel felt that God had forgotten them because of their grievous sin. They believed God had "kicked them to the curb" or "thrown them under the bus." God uses picturesque figures of speech to reassure them of his love, despite the discipline he had enforced.
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Do you want to be well? Every time we go to the dentist, eye doctor, orthopedist, cardiologist, etc., by our presence in their waiting room, we answer that question with a resounding “yes.” In a sense, the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years was in a waiting area when Jesus approached him and asked that fundamental question.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Seasonal Reflections
The blood of hundreds of saints has been painted in royal red to commemorate their martyrdom. Other saints painted in shining gold were brilliant miracle workers, eloquent preachers, or attractive missionaries. Hundreds of saints are pictured with pen, scroll, ruler, or book because they were great teachers, scientists, or founded schools, monasteries, or hospitals. Many saints were authors of great books that are still read by thousands today.
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Feast of St. Joseph | holy-family
Since the feast of St. Joseph is celebrated on March 19th (note: this year it has been transferred to March 20th) in the Church's liturgical calendar; March has traditionally been observed as the month of St. Joseph. To mark this special day, let us consider three reasons we should "Go to Joseph."
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Sacred Heart enthronement | Scripture Study | reading the Bible
St. John the Apostle highlights the Sacred Heart of Christ in his gospel when he relates that he rested his head on the chest of Jesus, after our Savior shared the heartbreaking news of Judas’s betrayal (John 13:23).
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