In our parish, shortly after the secular New Year, the Church hosts a series of lectures. These generally lead up to a recruitment of parishioners interested in small faith groups to study Church teachings on a particular subject during Lent. Last year the series was on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This year the focus is on End Times and the teachings of the church.
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The Road to Damascus
Today the faithful celebrate the Conversion of Saint Paul, one of the great events in the history of the Early Church. It was on the road to Damascus that a man named Saul was confronted by the risen Lord. That experience changed the face of Christianity.
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Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Altagracia. She is considered to be the Dominican people’s heavenly protector and spiritual mother.
Continue reading “Our Lady of Altagracia and Clam Chowder”Bootlegger’s and Saint Anthony
Bootlegger’s and Saint Anthony? Please explain. Well, today is National Bootlegger’s Day and the Feast of Saint Anthony. Just who is Saint Anthony? That might be the better question.
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Today I want to share with you yet another Feast Day of Our Lady. January 8 is the Feast of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. The title dates back almost three centuries. It is said that when invoked in prayer, Mary has interceded in decisive ways.
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Today is Epiphany Sunday. The Epiphany isn’t so much a date but rather the recognition of three events in the life of Christ. The word Epiphany means Manifestation. It comes from Greek roots that mean “to show, to display” (phainein) and “on, to” (epi). An epiphany is a time when something is shown, displayed or manifested to a particular audience.
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Today is the 6th day of January. In the days of old, before Weekends and Weekdays, when it wasn’t important to move things around, today was The Feast of Three Kings or the Epiphany of the Lord. Along came work weeks, and before you knew it, things were moved to Sunday whenever possible.
Continue reading “We Three Kings”On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
My True Love gave to me Twelve Drummers Drumming. As the folklore goes, the Twelve Days of Christmas were an elaborate way of teaching children their Catechism in a time when Catholics were persecuted in England.
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And all this day brings. On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me Eleven Pipers Piping. This begs the question, who are the eleven pipers? We call them Apostles. Christ called them Chosen.
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My True Love gave to me Ten Lords a Leaping. So often, this is depected in a comical way. That’s okay, for we know that God has a sense of humor. How else could you explain the aardvark?
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My True Love gave to me Nine Ladies Dancing. Dancing for joy. Dancing for gratitude and the Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit. God so loved the world, that He gave us His only begotten son. And the Son so loved the world that He gave us the Holy Spirit.
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My True Love gave to me Eight Maids-A-Milking. What is milk but the comfort and strength from a mother to her child? Eight Maids-A-Milking represent the comfort those who were lost received from Christ when he delivered the Sermon on the Mound. These is known as the Eight Beatitudes.
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My True Love gave to me Seven Swans a Swimming. The Seven Swans represent the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. We have been blessed with different gifts, according to God’s grace given to us.
Continue reading “On This 7th Day of Christmas”And the Sixth Day of Christmas
On the 6th Day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me Six Geese a Laying. The geese are laying eggs – new life, new creation. Just as the Lord created the world in six days.
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My True Love gave to me Five Golden Rings. Christians know these Five Golden Rings as the Pentateuch. Christ knew them as the first 5 books of the Torah. Both know the Five Golden Rings as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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