Oh what a glorious Friday the Lord has made! The sun rose today. Birds have taken to the sky. Somewhere out there new live is coming into this world. Isn’t that reason enough to give thanks?
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The Beauty of an Ember Days of Summer
Today is both the first of three Ember Days of Summer and the Memorial Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle. Ember Days is a throwback to an earlier time in the Church. While observed by most of the Ordained, many within the lay community don’t even know Ember Days exist.
Continue reading “The Beauty of an Ember Days of Summer”Blessed Be Mary, Mother of the Church
Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday, often referred to as the birthday or anniversary of the establishment of the Catholic Church. We believe that God anointed the Apostles with His divine Spirit on Pentecost. The following day, today the faithful celebrate the Memorial Feast of Mother Mary.
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O Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Early Morning With Family
Few Americans today understand the importance of extended families. I don’t know why that is – the need to separate the way families do here. I cherish my Filipino roots. Our Titas and Titos are extensions of our parents, to be respected and honored.
Continue reading “Early Morning With Family”Feasting on a Beautiful Friday
The Patron Saint of France is a woman. Or rather a girl. Her name is Joan of Arc. She was born in Normremy, in northeast France. Joan was just 19 when she was burned alive. What crimes could this girl have committed that cost her very life?
Continue reading “Feasting on a Beautiful Friday”Celebrate Ascension Thursday with a Coq au Vin Supper
Today is the fortieth day of Easter regardless of who might do the counting. That makes today Ascension Thursday. It marks one of only a few Ecumenical Feasts, meaning it is celebrated by multiple denominations within the Christian Faith.
Continue reading “Celebrate Ascension Thursday with a Coq au Vin Supper”Say Happy Birthday with Kremówka Papieska
Never, ever did I imagine I would live to see an American selected as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. When I was born Pope Pius XII was the Bishop of Rome. No surprise that the Bishop of Rome, the Pope of the entire Catholic Church worldwide was born in Rome. Although he reigned for just over 19 years, I was 2 when he died. There is nothing about Pope Pius XII that I personally remember.
Continue reading “Say Happy Birthday with Kremówka Papieska”This is the Way
“And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way.”
Continue reading “This is the Way”I’ve Got a Guy for That
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Matthias. While counted as an Apostle, he was not one of the original twelve. A follower and devoted disciple, Matthias had been among those following Christ’s ministry since the Jordon River.
Continue reading “I’ve Got a Guy for That”Blessed Be Our Lady of Fatima
Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima. It marks the first of 6 consecutive apparitions that occurred on the 13th of each month in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. This was a time of great conflict in the world as the Great War raged on.
Continue reading “Blessed Be Our Lady of Fatima”A Blast from the Past This Friday
Okay, maybe not that far back, but you get the general idea. I’ve been so busy lately that I didn’t plan a proper Friday Share for today. Rather than skip a day (today marks 1,510 consecutive days together), I thought I’d reach back a few years and shake the cobwebs off a recipe we’ve shared before. More on that in a moment.
Continue reading “A Blast from the Past This Friday”Praise Be!
American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost announced as new pope and will take the name Leo XIV.
A Saturday Feast with Saints Philip and James the Less
Today we celebrate the feast day of two of Christ’s Chosen apostles. Why are these two men remembered together? The obvious answer would be that they were both Apostles. If that were the case, why not have a feast day for all twelve and be done with it?
Continue reading “A Saturday Feast with Saints Philip and James the Less”The Second Friday of the Easter Season
Our Friday reprieve from abstinence is behind us now. While we are still celebrating the Easter Season, the laws governing Friday Penance and Observations have once again returned.
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