New Catholics - Good Friday service has a collection each year which directly benefits the Church in the Holy Land, including medical care, education, upkeep of the holy sites, etc.
War has limited & stretched their resources.
Please prayerfully give if you go.
"Sometimes to find the light, we must first touch the darkness."
The main alter of my parish church, St. Mary's of Greenville, stripped on Holy Thursday night to commemorate the Passion of Christ.
The story of Good Friday is in one sense the most typical story of all: an authoritarian regime putting to death anyone who dares dissent, religious leaders more concerned with their own power than the truth, people eager to spit on anyone who calls out their hypocrisy.
Yet, it is also the strangest story of all: how an unjust act led to …
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Notes have become the playground of my writing. Sometimes an article gets started and then gets revised as I fine tune what I’m trying to say. The picture in this case is one that I took when I was at Christ The Good Shepherd in Saginaw, MI. One of many pictures I have in my collection.
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“I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.” — Gena Rowlands
Writers & Typewriters & The Ten Commandments: Day 5: Dathan all sudsy with a Chicago Typewriter. M’yah, see?
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“He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
(Philippians 2:8-11)
Jesus rides a donkey, a symbol of peace, into the heart of violence and oppression. This Holy Week, we have the opportunity to reflect on the kind of symbols we embrace — and how they challenge us to action in this moment.
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Lord, free your people in Nicaragua. Strengthen them in this desert.
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“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament...There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth..."—J.R.R. Tolkien to his son Michael, March 1941
The tendency to value human beings based on their perceived normality and economic production is ever present across the political spectrum and around the world. We do not value what cannot be priced.
Our true value is that we belong to God and are made in his image!
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"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Luke 23:42
This is a phrase that has been in my mind all week heading into Easter. Something that I’ve been reflecting on in my own journey in this Catholic faith.
This moment that is recorded deals with the two thieves that are on the Cross with Christ at the crucifixion. One who mocks Christ for being there. The other with a more repentant heart. As he pleads for his soul.
How many times can we see ourselves in both thieves on the Cross? I …
My wife and I took our kids on a quick vacation this week, which is why I’ve been so quiet on Notes. She worried it would be unfair to share pictures because so many people aren’t fortunate enough to be able to visit such beautiful places in the current economic climate, but also because so many people we know and love are currently spen…
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50-Year Championship Change Flashback April 17th, 1975: Scott Casey defeated Karl Von Steiger (CH) for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship at the Sports Arena in Amarillo, Texas
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Ya'el of Bethany is one of my favorite characters in 's “Immortal Champions” universe.
I hate golf. Have always hated it. This stems from enforced watching tourneys in my early years. Trump can take his nine iron and insert it where the sun doesn't shine on his butt and shove it all the way up till he chokes. Save us all the misery of having to put up with the crap of MAGAism and Trumpism every effing day of our lives and the nauseating
minute by minute coverage of
every court hearing. Don't NYT and WaPo have other
stories and events to cover?
CNN?
Yes, I'm royally ticked off. Have se…
GOOD rant! I hope getting all that out makes you feel comfy & relaxed! You said it all..
I feel a bit better, Maggie. Thanks.😁
