Greetings from the "Pastor's Desk." This is an opportunity for me to share some daily thoughts, reflections and meditations with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy offering them to you.
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Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.
For the grace to see the face of Christ in the least of our brothers and sisters, we pray.
During Lent we focus on living temperately. We look for areas in our lives to cut back: sweets, entertainment, luxuries. In addition to examining our excesses, it’s a fitting time to look at how mean many of our brothers and sisters can be. Instead of simply denying ourselves, why not go a step further? Give up a hot meal and provide one for the poor or marginalized. Forego a new item of clothing to provide a warm coat for someone in need. In all we say and do in our Lenten sacrifice, we must remember it’s a luxury to be able to choose to cut back. We must ask for guidance so that our daily choices are mindful of the dignity and value of the least among us. |
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Polycarp, bishop and martyr |
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"Leave me as I am. The one who gives me strength to endure the fire will also give me strength to stay quite still on the pyre, even without the precaution of your nails." ~Saint Polycarp
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"It's a form of trade, you see. I ask God for souls and pay Him by giving up everything else." ~Saint John Bosco |
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"Let your intentions in the fulfillment of your duties be so pure that you reject from your actions every other object but the glory of God and the salvation of souls." ~Saint Angela Merici |
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"To hope that any other will please me does wrong to my Spouse. I will be his who first chose me for himself. Executioner, why do you delay? If eyes that I do not want can desire this body, then let it perish."...One victim, but a twin martyrdom, to modesty and to religion; Agnes preserved her virginity and gained a martyr's crown. |
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Moses built the house, yet did not complete it and went away. Then God raised up the choir of prophets by his spirit, and they built on the foundation of Moses, but could not complete it and also went away. All of them, through the spirit, saw that the wound was incurable, and that none of the creatures was able to heal it, except the Only Begotten, the very Mind of the Father, and His very Image. ~Saint Anthony of Egypt |
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