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Hope

Hope

A few years ago, when we were on our parish pilgrimage to France visiting the beautiful village where St. Margaret Mary lived, we met an older nun at the chapel who not only greeted us warmly but couldn’t wait to tell us this joke. A mother held out 2 suckers in her hands, one red…

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St. Henry Suso

St. Henry Suso

Feast day January 25 Anyone who endures dryness at prayer or feels abandoned by God will find instruction, and perhaps some relief, in the experience of Henry Suso. A mystic who called himself the “servant of Eternal Wisdom,” he endured long stretches of spiritual darkness interrupted only by occasional bursts of brightness. Henry’s life says…

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Astonished at His Teaching

Astonished at His Teaching

If a student walked into a classroom and announced to his peers, ‘there’s no class today’, the students would probably question him. But if the teacher walked into the room and announced no class, he would probably be stampeded by the students rushing to leave. The difference in responses is that the teacher had the…

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Reflection on the Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

Reflection on the Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

It is one of the great experiences in life: to be chosen for something. Remember walking down the school hallway to where the list of who made the basketball team, or the school play, was posted? And the feeling you got when you saw your name? As we get older, the stakes get higher, but…

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