Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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17 March 2023
17 March 2023 Friday of the Third Week of Lent/ Optional Memorial of Saint Patrick, bishop Holy men are so few and far between that the bare ...
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16 March 2023
16 March 2023 Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Today’s responsorial psalm is “if today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” This is ...
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15 March 2023
15 March 2023 Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent It was on this date in the year 1711 that Fr. Eusebio Francisco Kino died. In 2020, after a ...
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14 March 2023
14 March 2023 Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent There was a prayer in the Old Testament: “O Lord, do not deliver us up forever, or make void ...
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13 March 2023
13 March 2023 Monday of the Third Week of Lent St. Ignatius Loyola wanted poverty to be a profound characteristic of the newly founded Society ...
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12 March 2023
12 March 2023 Third Sunday of Lent These days, the Catholic Church asks her faithful to fast for only two days per year. That’s not very much ...
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7 January 2023
7 January 2023 Christmas Weekday Saint Ignatius has his retreatants ask God for certain gifts at particular moments of the retreat. His ...
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6 January 2023
6 January 2023 Christmas Weekday Beware of being overly passive in the spiritual life. “Whoever possesses (ὁ ἔχων, qui habet) the Son has life; ...
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5 January 2023
5 January 2023 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop According to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, love consists in a mutual ...
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4 January 2023
4 January 2023 Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious According to the first epistle of John, chapter 3, the Son of God was revealed ...
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