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What does HOLY mean?
Write down the first three words that come to mind when you think of the word holy. Are the words about God, me, or someone else? Think about them for 5 minutes. What do these words mean to you? Do any of these words apply to people you know, who you think are holy? What can we do to be more holy people? Click here for today’s reading: “Speak to the whole Assembly… and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God am holy.” Holiness means hanging enough with God to let God’s ways and perspective rub off on us. But God’s a sneaky one. If we hang…
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Help Others – Feed the Hungry
Take a look at today’s reading: The first reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah 58:7 asks to bestow your bread on the hungry. Check out the list of food pantries: volunteer, bring some food, say hello to a hungry neighbor in line. Lots to think about and do: “repairing the breach; delighting in the Sabbath; following Jesus; hanging out with sinners.” Plenty to do today, but these are too many for one day – and somewhat complex. We’re going to borrow some of these for another Lenten day.
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Lent & Social Media in the Church
On this week’s JustLove, Monsignor Sullivan kicks off Lent by discussing how it could be observed in 2017. On the show Sherry Hayes Pierce an Independent Social Media Consultant who helps Catholic parishioners, parishes and dioceses improve their social media skills and incorporate social media in their evangelization efforts through her blog and website Church Social Tips. Msgr. Sullivan and Sherry will be talking about why it is so important to share the faith on our social media pages – especially during Lent – as well as discussing what types of social media posts parishes and dioceses should be posting in order to engage their followers. Jacquie Martin a recent…
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My Guide to Unwimpy Fasting
This fasting thing is complicated. If you doubt, check out the first of today’s reading. It’s gotten a bad name in many religious circles and yet it’s made a real surge in some secular ones – go figure. In Catholic circles, in my less than humble opinion, we’ve become whooshes on fasting (I include within fasting what is technically abstinence). Here’s the “rigorous” demand placed on Catholics for Lent: 1) Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent no meat. Big deal – only cheese pizza, shrimp, chocolate cake and sushi on 6 of the 40 days. Don’t get me started on those who ask and those who grant…
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Hang with God on this First Lenten Thursday
No ashes or other give-aways today – not even a name for the Thursday after Ash Wednesday. So just quietly hang with God and rejoice in his invitation to live and love: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 “Today I set before you life and prosperity… Choose life then that you and you descendants may live by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice and holding fast to him.” Click here for the full reading.