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As someone who works for the Church, it is often difficult to set healthy boundaries between my work life and my personal life. As a parish staff member, it is easy to feel like I should always be doing more. After all, unlike office workers at huge companies, I know I wouldn’t be “doing more” for a faceless, multi-national, bazillion-dollar corporation. Instead, I would be “doing more” for Jesus, for my Beloved, for the God who made me. How could I say no to that? And yet, Jesus does not call us to wear ourselves ragged, as though we had to earn our place in His heart...Read More
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In lieu of a letter from me this week I wanted to share with you the letter that all the bishops received from Pope Francis regarding the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to Our Lady this past Friday, March 25th. [Click here to read more]Read More
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It’s the Third week of Lent. How is your Lent so far? Have you been working on deepening your friendship with Jesus, and to be his loving presence to everyone? Are you carrying your cross and uniting your sacrifices, whether freely chosen or joyfully embraced with Jesus, who himself suffers for you? Are you praying more, giving more and fasting more? If your response to any of these questions is negative, do not be discouraged. Lent is a process (of purification and enlightenment), not a destination. Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. [Click to continue reading]Read More
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How can you allow the Lord to be the grand author of your life? Sacrificing your plans, your dreams, your expectations and letting God write the pages of your life. This Lenten season, I am spending time reflecting on how much better my life has been since letting go of my wishes and placing my life in the hands of the Lord...Read More
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We are in the second week of Lent. Before we notice, this graced season will once again be behind us. We must therefore make the most of it. Lent is about deepening our relationship with God who enters into a covenant with us. This relationship, nurtured by prayer, would result in the transfiguration of our hearts and minds as we would be permeated by the light of the Lord, who himself is our salvation. This week I invite you to reflect a little on the Second reading for this weekend. [Click to read more]Read More
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It is strange for Christians to retreat into the desert every year during Lent. We are broken, tired, and wounded. Work’s demands have worn us thin. Family life’s constant rubbing of personalities has chafed us raw. Spiritual commitments drain us—we either feel guilty about not fulfilling them, or despise them as another chore to cram into a busy and hectic day. So why the desert?Read More
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Every year, on the First Sunday of Lent, the church gives us the opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ desert experience. Immediately after his baptism the Spirit leads Jesus into the desert where after fasting for forty days and forty nights he was hungry, and was tempted by the devil. Imagine for a second what forty days’ worth of hunger might feel like. The devil comes in Jesus’ most vulnerable moment and tempts him with what he needed the most at that time, food...Read More
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