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by bcadmin | Dec 10, 2021 | joy, News, rejoice, Rejoice in the Lord, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” When I hear these words from St. Paul, I’m tempted to think that he is being overly optimistic. How can we rejoice in the Lord always? How can a parent who has lost a child rejoice? How can someone who has unjustly lost his or her job to a vaccine mandate rejoice? How can we as a culture rejoice when thousands of innocent children are being aborted every day?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Featured, Isaiah, joy, Laetare Sunday, Living the Faith, News, penance, promise, rejoice, sacrifice, suffering | 0 |
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2021 | Already/Not Yet, joy, Laetare, Lent, Lenten altar, Lenten joy, Lenten somberness, life, News, Penances, rejoice | 0 |
Lent is something of a proving ground. Because love is demonstrated not in sentiment or feeling but in what we are willing to sacrifice for our beloved, as I heard in a recent homily, the way in which we practice penances during this liturgical season can provide us with a sobering status check.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2020 | Advent, Advent week 3, Bleak times, Gaudete Sunday, News, Picks, rejoice | 0 |
The 19th-century English poet Christina Rossetti had never heard of COVID-19, climate change or many of the woes that beset us in the bleak midwinter of 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 20, 2020 | Catholic Hotdish, Gaudete Sunday, Gaudium, joy, News, rejoice, Third Sunday of Advent | 0 |
The Third Sunday of Advent is also known as Gaudete Sunday. The word “gaudete” is derived from the Latin words “gaudium,” joy, and “gaudeo,” to rejoice or be glad.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | Carmelite, Featured, Hope, In the Spotlight, Living the Faith, News, patience, Prayer, rejoice, Virtue | 0 |
Patience. This simple word can evoke such a variety of responses! “It’s impossible to practice, I simply get so annoyed.” Take a moment and examine what our first thoughts are when you hear the word PATIENCE. Was it a negative thought? Often this virtu…
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