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Monday, April 6th, 2009and with that, we tend to get a lot of questions on the foot-washing rite at Mass. Here are a couple pertinent links: The Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday (CUF Faith Fact) Choosing the Twelve, Again (CUF Blog) And a few other items for your Holy Week consideration: Christ the Obedient Son: Lessons from [...]
New articles at CUF.org
Thursday, March 5th, 2009If you mosey on over to the Lay Witness homepage on the CUF website, you’ll find some new items of interest, including: More Lenten resources Scott Hahn discussing St. Paul and our adoption as children of God Douglas Sousa on recovering a sense of sin–with the help of the biblical concept of “covenant” Enjoy!
Are you ready for Lent?
Friday, February 20th, 2009Every year it seems that I get my “Lenten stride” about three days before Holy Week. I always regret not doing more, sooner. Here are some resources and answers to Lenten questions to help us start Lent on the right foot: –Read Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for Lent 2009. –Read Pope Paul VI’s Apostolic Constitution [...]
The Glory of These Forty Days
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008My favorite Lenten hymn is “The Glory of These Forty Days.” What I like so much about it is its simple melody coupled with lyrics attributed to St. Gregory the Great that clearly teach us–or at least remind us–what Lent is all about. The glory of these forty days We celebrate with songs of praise; [...]
Listen to Your Lawyer
Friday, February 15th, 2008“Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.” [...]
The Pope on the Lourdes Day
Monday, February 11th, 2008In yesterday’s Angelus address, Pope Benedict XVI offered this brief reflection on the appearance of Our Lady to St. Bernadette at Lourdes: “This year the beginning of Lent providentially coincides with the 150th anniversary of the apparitions at Lourdes. Four years after the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Blessed Pius IX, [...]
Give It up!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I remember well my first Lent in a religious community in the 1980s. Most of us seminarians, like many people out in the world, gave up sweets for 40 days. The one time that this penance really came into play was during the afternoon coffee break. The nearby Au Bon Pain restaurant donated day-old pastries [...]
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