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A past Holy Thursday in the hospital on this Holy Thursday
A day in the life of a Catholic Hospital Chaplain Get up at 5… clean out oil stocks.. today is Holy Thursday Chrism Mass get new oils..say prayers, before going to hospital at...
30 pieces of silver
Today is Spy Wednesday. Judas was a spy for the high priests. We read in Matthew 26: 14-16: “Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, and...
The Angel of Death and the Passover
In the Book of Exodus God send a angel to kill all the first born in Egypt from the the animals to the first born of pharaoh. God says to Moses to put the blood of the passover...
The unsung hero on Passion Sunday ‘The Donkey’
As animal go the donkey gets a bad rap…Think of donkey in Shrek… But as we read in book of Isaiah 1:3 “An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s manger but Israel does not...
Passion Sunday
Second readingFrom a sermon by Saint Andrew of Crete, bishopBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel Let us go together to meet Christ on...
Thoughts on Lent Fr Stefan
“The fast of Lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whole life and practice virtue. Turning away...
Fulton Sheen thought on Anointing of the Sick
Futon Sheen writes ‘Our Blessed Lord instituted a sacrament for our spiritual wounds, ie confession.' As confession is oriented to healing spiritual wounds. Anointing of the sick...
Reading a Fulton Sheen book
Read this on chapter on Anger ‘If we met ourselves in others, we would hate them.’ What He is saying that we are quick to judge others in anger because we don’t see the same sin...