Tag: Jesus

• The Pause Between Acts

  April. 19, 2025 Day 7 of Holy Week Reflections Holy Saturday Today is Holy Saturday. Today we pause between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. A pause. An empty space. There is no Eucharist in the tabernacle. In fact, the tabernacle doors are wide open, and empty. The candle above the tabernacle has been extinguished. There…

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  April 19, 2025

  Essay, faith

  Angelus, Ave Maria Press, blessed-virgin-mary, Catholic Church, Catholic school, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Jared Dees, Jesus, prayer, Praying the Angelus, Regina Caeli, teaching

• Behold, Your Mother

  April 18, 2025 Day 6 of Holy Week Reflections, Good Friday Good Friday, March 29, 2024 On Good Friday in previous years our parish had had the Seven Last Words, but the practice had lapsed for some years. Last year, our pastor Fr. Lee brought it back with a twist. He asked seven parishioners to…

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  April 18, 2025

  Essay, faith

  Angel Gabriel, blessed-virgin-mary, Catholic Church, Good Friday, Jesus, John 19:26, Mary, new-eve, Pope John Paul II, St. John, the Cross on Calvary, wedding at Cana, woman at Calvary

• Good Friday: Behold, Your Mother

  Yesterday, Good Friday, my church parish had a new liturgy at noon, The Seven Last Words of Jesus. These are phrases attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. A string quartet played an orchestral piece composed by Joseph Haydn designed specifically for this service. More info about this piece of music is here: Seven parishioners were…

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  March 30, 2024

  Essay

  Banneux, Beauraing, blessed-virgin-mary, christianity, Fatima, haydn, Jesus, jesus-christ, Lourdes, mother-of-god, new-eve, redemption, salvation, seven-last-words

• In the Silence

  Silence. As a former middle school teacher, I have often thought, “How can you hear me if you are talking?” Or, “Weren’t you listening? I just explained how to do this.” As adults and educational professionals who spend all day in noisy, busy classrooms, is it possible for even us to listen and talk at…

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  September 4, 2020

  Essay

  Jesus, John the Baptist, Mother Teresa, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, pray, silence, teacher

• Who’s Your Favorite?

  These “top 10 of this” and “favorite 5 of that” lists are very popular these days. Someone is always posting a list of these types of things on Facebook: list your favorite book (Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier), favorite song (“Your Song” by Elton John), favorite color (pink), favorite day of the week (Sunday), favorite…

  michardillo

  March 4, 2018

  Essay

  Catholic, God, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Jesus, Mary, middle school, rosary, teaching