Remove from your midst . . . malicious speech

Saturday after Ash Wednesday   Remove from your midst . . . malicious speech.    It can be easy to read these words and think they don’t really apply to us.   But have you ever said, “You’re not sorry!” when someone is trying to apologize to you?   Or “She...

This, rather, is the fasting that I wish

Friday after Ash Wednesday   This, rather, is the fasting that I wish.    The Israelites had such reverence for the holiness of God that they were careful to follow specific rules when they came to worship in the Temple.   Before prayer, for example, they...

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble

7th Week in Ordinary Time   God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.   Some years ago, a parish priest and one of his deacons had a heated and open disagreement in front of many members of their parish.   They eventually worked out their differences,...

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