Category Archives: Lent

Lenten Contemplations: Day Twenty

Day Twenty Give Up Misery It seems, as we grow older, and our dreams and personal goals are not always fulfilled, that we begin to sink into a world of sadness and regret: sorrow at not achieving our goals, and … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Nineteen

Day Nineteen Golgotha is Just Ahead Walking through the Stations of the Cross, on Friday evenings, is eye-opening to me and gives me something to think about, not only in a specific focus on the final trials of our Lord, … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Eighteen

Day Eighteen One Moment at a Time We’ve been talking a lot about reassessing our lives, and giving up old habits and things which are detrimental to our health.  I’m sure during those forty days Jesus fasted in the desert, … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Seventeen

Day Seventeen What Are You Doing Here? One morning, a few years ago, I woke up and my first thought was: What am I doing here? I wasn’t referring to where I was currently residing but where my life was … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Sixteen

  Day Sixteen Share Your Life with the Divine They asked us today to contemplate what we would say if we met Jesus; what would we ask Him? What would we talk to Him about? I wondered what most people … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Fifteen

Day Fifteen The Golden Thread During RCIA talks this week, the topic of our individual importance came up. We referenced, “It’s a Wonderful Life!” with Jimmy Stewart and how every single person affects all the people around them in both … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Fourteen

Day Fourteen “O Lord, It’s Hard to be Humble!” I was raised in a home where one child struggled to make it through school—not because of lack of smarts, but because of the system—and the other was able to achieve … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Thirteen

Lenten Contemplations: Day Thirteen Day Thirteen Turn Off The TV I remember the old days, long before video games, social media, the computer, and colour television, and for that matter, before the TV shows were really even discernible. There were … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Twelve

Lenten Contemplations: Day Twelve Day Twelve Let Go and Let God A friend of mine is dying. He’s in his eighty-first year, and was very active up until a few months ago when he suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, attempted … Continue reading

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Lenten Contemplations: Day Eleven

Lenten Contemplations: Day Eleven Day Eleven Give Up Your Past The Friday evening Stations of the Cross have begun at our church. We celebrate the Mass first, and then different groups within the congregation follow one of our priests and … Continue reading

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