Posts Tagged ‘great mystery’
Three Couple Saints Still Teaching Us How to Love
The Church gives us a calendar full of saints, and this July it hands us three married pairs worth knowing. Each marriage speaks to something we’re still learning ourselves. We often picture saints as solitary figures – the hermit in his cave, or the martyr standing alone before the lions. But holiness is just as…
Read MoreCalling Volunteer Feet
It’s that time of year when parishioners scatter like startled sheep. The call goes out for volunteers to have their feet washed on Holy Thursday, and suddenly, we’re armed with a thousand excuses. We get it – our knobbly, stinky feet aren’t exactly our best feature. The idea of baring them in public, especially to…
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