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Perseverance

Perseverance
Photo: “82 Stevenson Savart 0211” via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ For the past week or more, we’ve been watching true grit and perseverance at work during the Winter Olympics. There was Lindsey Vonn who at age 41, returned to competitive skiing, overcoming a torn ACL to compete in the downhill event. …
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Sackcloth Wednesday: How Lent Used to Begin

Sackcloth Wednesday: How Lent Used to Begin
Though only the "public sinners" had to engage in this practice, it didn't end after one day. Catholics around the world are familiar with Ash Wednesday, the day and corresponding liturgy that marks the beginning of Lent. On that day the priest imposes ashes on the forehead of the individual while saying the words, "Repent, and…
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Salt and Light Matthew 5:13–16

Salt and Light Matthew 5:13–16
Through your life of charity toward those around you, you must be like salt. Salt preserves food from corruption. Your life must do the same for others by grace. Salt brings out the flavor of food. You must help bring out Christ in others’ lives. Salt disappears into food. You must do the same by…
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Heartfelt Worship

Heartfelt Worship
I don’t know about other cities, but if you’re from Chicago, like I am, and other Chicagoans ask you where you lived in that city, you automatically answered with the name of your family parish.  St. Rita’s was always my answer.  They would respond naming their parish, and we’d think nothing of it!  The parish…
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