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GAUDATE SUNDAY- THE GREAT Os
This third week of Advent is filled with choice morsels giving us much food for thought in the Liturgy as we await the coming of our Savior.First of all this Sunday is called GAUDETE SUNDAY,because of...
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EXPECTATION OF MARY
The Feast of the EXPECTATION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY was a feast that was originally celebrated in Spain, but later spread to other Catholic countries.countries. It is not on the universal...
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MARY IN HASTE
Belles Heures- 15th C.We have an unusual set-up this year in Advent as we celebrate the 4th Sunday and then go right into Christmas, as Monday is the eve, and for us as Benedictines we sing the first...
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CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
Lyuba Yatskiv- Ukraine Today is born unto us the Hope of our world! Today our Savior is born, and we are born anew. Today the Church is filled with new life. Glory to God in the Highest."The birthday...
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12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS??
Lyuba YatskivWe sing the song 12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS all during Advent (well nuns don’t) and when the Birth is upon us, we say, “thank God it is all over”. Do most people even have a clue what these...
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REVEALER OF THE FATHER
Lyuba YatskivOne of my favorite Doctors of the Church, St. Augustine, wrote: “He is the One through whom all things have been made and, on Christmas, Who has been made in the midst of all things. He...
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ANGELS REJOICE WITH US
Lyuba YatskivSaint John Chrysostom (his name means "golden-mouthed), one of the great doctors of the Church, was at the same time a Pastor and the Patriarch of Constantinople, where he too preached...
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OUR MOTHER WHO WATCHES
Onorio Marinari- 1715MAY OUR HEAVENLY MOTHER WATCH OVER ALL IN THE NEW YEARTHAT WE MIGHT HAVE PEACE, JOY, HEALTH AND MANY GRACES.
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HAPPY DUCKS!
We had the Christmas bird count in our county this past Saturday. Due to the inclement weather on count day this year, the overall numbers of both species and total birds were low compared to past...
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HOLINESS IN PERU
Our nearest neighbors are in Perufor three months with their two young daughters to immerse themselves in the language and people. This reminds me that I have several Peruvians on the list being...
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THE 12TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS- EPIPHANY
Sadeo Watanabe- JapanIn an earlier Blog, we mentioned the end of the Christmas season for many Christians is December 26 (some even manage to stretch it to the day after New Year), while the 12 days of...
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FLAME OF CHARITY IN THE ANDES
In December of 2018 a great man died in PERU where he had given his life for the peoples there. He was 94.PADRE UGO de CENSI SCARAFONI was born in 1924, in Polaggia, a village in the province of...
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SAINTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
“The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night. But for the most part, the formative stream of the mystical life remains invisible. Certainly the most decisive...
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HOLINESS IN ART
One of our favorite nuns, a TV personality, died at the Carmelite Monastery in Quidenham in Norfolk right after Christmas, at the grand age of 88. All in our Community were avid fans of her programsi n...
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SAINT OF CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Week of Prayer for CHRISTIAN UNITY is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between 18 January and 25 January. It is an octave ,that is, an observance lasting eight...
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NIGERIA'S PATRON SAINT
I don’t normally get involved in this Blog in politics- especially foreign countries I know nothing about- but the killings in African countries is disheartening. Nigeria was in the news last week...
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HOLY JESUIT AND HIS FAMILY
As readers know I am very dedicated to Jesuit saints, having been educated by the Jesuits. A new one for me is Jesuit novice TOMAS MUNK and his father FRANTISEK.From 1939 to 1945 Hitler’s campaign to...
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SAVIOR OF HIS PEOPLE
Tibor and son PeterWe have had a wonderful Rabbi here this past week on retreat from Arizona. He shared with us a fascinating story of a friend who died on January 20 at the age of 96. We were so...
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A WEARIED HOPE
While the Holy Father was speaking to youth in Panama last week, his message was for the whole world.Recognizing the weariness felt in the priesthood and in religious communities due to the sins that...
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NEW MONKS IN TASMANIA
New Benedictine monasteries seem to be popping up all over the world in the strangest of places and started by Americans. Silverstream in Meath, Ireland is one example, but the latest is in one of my...
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