Carlo Acutis and the Gift of Presence
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Often attributed to John Lennon, this quote from American journalist Allen Saunders speaks to me especially this week of April 21, 2025, as I write this piece...
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Lent with the Saints: Ezekiel
When there are people to be baptized in my parish during Lent, the whole season takes on a different character.
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Lent with the Saints: John the Evangelist
The Gospel, in its simplest terms, shows us how Jesus has come to reveal the Father.
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Lent with the Saints: Paul
Old Testament readings take priority in Lent. Most of the First Readings on weekdays are from the Hebrew Scriptures; the First Reading each Sunday is chosen to recall the story of salvation.
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Lent with the Saints: Martin de Porres
Hosea 6:1–6; Psalm 51:3–4, 18–19, 20–21ab; Luke 18:9–14> Picture the simple Dominican brother Martin de Porres moving humbly among the sick and poor of Lima, Peru, in the seventeenth century. His work was long and arduous as he cared for ...
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Lent with the Saints: Teresa of Calcutta
No list of lenten saints would be complete without Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was fortunate enough to see her in person in June 1981.
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Lent with the Saints: Patrick
Luke's Gospel gives one of many episodes in the story of Jesus where he drives out a devil and brings relief to a person who has been possessed.
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