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Category: Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 42: A Tale of Two Apostles

The worst of times was coming; two of them knew it. John’s Gospel tells it this way:  Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” After indicating the villain will be the one to whom he hands a morsel after dipping it,

Published March 26, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Lent, Nonfiction, Saints, Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 40: And So It Begins…. and Ends… and Begins Again

Palm Sunday was one of the few days of the year my mother went to Mass. I don’t recall ever going with her, but I do recall the way she’d carefully drape her palms around her

Published March 24, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Family, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality

Lent 2013, Day 39: Of Rejection… and Acceptance

HSBC, which once upon a time was the world’s local bank as well as my own, recently rejected one of my credit card transactions simply because the online merchant is based in

Published March 23, 2013
Categorized as Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Spirituality, Writers' Conferences, Writing

Lent 2013, Day 38: Believe the Works

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Bold words in today’s Gospel from Jesus: If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; but if I

Published March 22, 2013
Categorized as Catholicism, Lent, Nonfiction, Sisterhood of Saints, Spirituality

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