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by bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | ashes, Ask Father Mike, Body of Christ, Boundary Waters, Cremains, cremation, Cremation burial, Featured, News | 0 |
Q) I am hoping to be cremated when I die. I would also like my family to bring my ashes up to the Boundary Waters and scatter them there, since it is where I feel closest to God. Is that OK?
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | ash wednesday, ashes, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Church in Philippines, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Philippines | 0 |
Priests in the Philippines will be allowed to mark the foreheads of Catholics on Ash Wednesday, ending a two-year ban on the Lenten tradition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 25, 2022 | ash wednesday, ashes, Faith Fundamentals, Lent, News, Practicing Catholic, Van Sloun | 0 |
It’s a public acknowledgment that a person is a sinner who wants to do better, he said. “This is a great witness to other people,” Father Van Sloan said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 17, 2021 | All Soul's Day, Archdiocese of Baltimore, ashes, burial, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
If you have an urn or vessel containing the remains of a loved one sitting on a shelf in your home, Father Patrick Carrion would like to help you put that to rest.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 17, 2021 | ash wednesday, ashes, Blessed Virgin Mary, Essay, Features, Jesus Christ, News, repentance, T.S. Eliot | 0 |
Salutem in Domino (Health and salvation in the Lord)! That traditional Latin greeting encapsulates our hope and prayer every day of our lives, but one that we raise with particular intensity for the next forty […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 16, 2021 | ash wednesday, ashes, Featured, Lent, News, Spring, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Ash Wednesday and Lent are a time to recall that new life emerges from the ashes and that spring blossoms from the bleakness of winter, said a noted Italian theologian.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, ash wednesday, ashes, Cotton swab, COVID-19, Father Margevicius, Featured, Local News, News, Pandemic, Pandemic-driven changes, Q-tip, Repent and believe in the Gospel | 0 |
Ash Wednesday might look different this year, in the midst of a global pandemic that is rounding the clock to year two. But the message remains the same: “Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 25, 2020 | ash wednesday, ashes, Jesus, Kristin Armstrong, Lent, Living with Christ, Matthew 6:1-6, Matthew 6:16-18, News | 0 |
A clean heart create for me, O God; and a steadfast spirit renew within me. (Psalm 51:12) Ash Wednesday, in all its solemnity and reverence, is one of my favorite religious days. I love the humble act of repentance, the cross formed by ashes across my …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2020 | ashes, death, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Lent, memento mori, News | 0 |
“Remember that you are dust and into dust you shall return.” – Eccl. 1:20 “I’ve had this premonition,” my dad began musing as my family gathered together to share a holiday meal, “that when I die, it will be sudden, like in a car accident or heart attack.” My father has always been introspective and […]
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