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Step-By-Step Guide to Walk with Jesus this Holy Week

A Biblical Walk from the Last Supper to Calvary By Edward Sri We can accompany Jesus during the climax of Holy Week by reading the parts of the Passion Narratives as the events would have unfolded from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. This is something I’ve done...

Coronavirus: Meeting God in Uncertainties

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The coronavirus news suddenly became very personal to me on Friday, March 13 at 11:30 a.m. when I got the call from my wife. Don’t worry. No one in our household caught the virus. We’re all healthy. But my wife was informing me that the State of Colorado had...

My Sunday Without Mass

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We trust that God sees our hearts — hearts that long for him, perhaps more than ever before. I had been watching the spread of the coronavirus on the news for several weeks. But it became very personal last Friday at 11:30 a.m. when I got the call from my wife....

What to Do When You Can’t Go to Mass—An In-Home Celebration of the Word

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In-Home Celebration of the Word of God When You Can’t Go to Mass When we are unable to participate in Holy Mass, we can still recite some of the prayers from the liturgy, ponder the readings from Mass and pray a prayer of “Spiritual Communion.” This is not a liturgy...

Advent with Mary: “In Haste”

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Two words about Mary from the Bible describe most of our lives in December: “in haste.” We run in haste to the mall, post office, grocery store. In haste, we rush to the office parties and pageants. We pack the bags, pack the car or race to get the house clean and...

A Biblical Response to Church Scandal: What Can We Do?

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In the face of scandals in the Church, Catholics are experiencing a wide range of emotions: shock, sorrow, anger, bewilderment. Many of the faithful feel helpless and wonder, “What can we do?” The Church needs more than political, legal and crisis management...