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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Though most people are thinking of this as "Super Bowl Sunday", it is also this special Feast Day which comes 40 Days after Christmas. Several years ago, Pope John Paul II inaugurated World Day for Consecrated Life which is also [...]
Guess God is fixin’ us up!
As we begin this new year we find three of our sisters facing joint replacement surgeries within the next few weeks. We are grateful for the wonders of modern medicine that makes it possible to improve the quality of life [...]
Christmas past…
With today's Feast of the Baptism of Jesus we begin Ordinary Time The Christmas Season is behind us on the liturgical calendar but ever present as we meet Jesus and celebrate His presence with us every day. Earlier we posted [...]
A Fresh Start!
God gives us new beginnings every day, but a new year is a different kind of beginning, isn't it? I think of Dag Hammersjold's famous quote: "For all that has been, thanks... for all that will be, yes." That's a [...]
Yesterday’s Over – but Christmas has just begun!
We had a great day yesterday celebrating Jesus' birth with our faith community at Eucharist, at the Liturgy of the Hours with extra singing in a chapel decorated with candles and pointsiettas galore and a lovely little creche (see [...]
Still Waiting – just a few more days
We have started Christmas decorations, but won't do the chapel or dining room until Christmas Eve day. Our Advent Wreath has a timely picture that depicts the scene of those last days before the first Christmas. Anticipation is part of [...]
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