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Encountering Christ: Lifted Up: On Good Friday, Jesus’s followers experienced the pain and devastation of his suffering and death, but Jesus presented his upcoming Passion differently in today’s Gospel. He spoke of being lifted up as Moses lifted the serpent on a pole in the desert. Everyone who looked upon the serpent was healed. Jesus was…

St. John Chrysostom Feast Day: September 13 John Chrysostom was the son of a Latin father and a Greek mother; his mother, Anthusa, was widowed at the age of twenty, soon after his birth. Putting aside all thought of remarriage, Anthusa gave all of her attention to her son: she gave him the best classical…

September falls during the liturgical season known as Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Pentecost), which is represented by the liturgical color green. Green is a symbol of hope, as it is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a…

FEAST DAY AUGUST 23 St. Rose of Lima is the patron of Peru, South America, and the Philippines. Her name was Isabel de Flores. She was born in Lima, Peru on April 20, 1586. Her father was a Puerto Rican, who had come to Peru in 1548 with the Spanish conquistadors. She received the name…