For those of you who missed it live, the recording of my Advent Webinar is now available for your convenience! You can watch this on your own or get together with a group of catechists/DREs for viewing. Enjoy!
Liturgy and Sacraments
Blessings for the Revised Roman Missal
In just a few short weeks, we will begin using the Third Edition of the Roman Missal. I do hope that you’ve taken advantage of the number of resources I’ve made available over these past few months! Here are a few more resources: A 4-page blessing/prayer service outside Mass done by LTP based on the Book of Blessings: Blessing of Missal. A blessing from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is for use on the First […]
Advent
Show Me a Day When the World Wasn’t New
I received an e-mail from a co-worker announcing that another co-worker had given birth to a healthy beautiful baby boy. The subject line of the message was, “Show me a day when the world wasn’t new.” This caught my attention. The quote is attributed to Sr. Barbara Hance (1928–1993), and I think it’s a wonderful Advent thought. In fact, this quote and the e-mail about the newborn baby made me think of my pastor’s homily this […]
Advent
Advent: Sharing Stories of Hope, Part 3
Welcome to the final installment of this brief series on sharing stories of hope during Advent. Previously, we’ve talked about how, through storytelling, we share our most important values, and how the stories we share, especially about people in need, must be stories of hope or “action motivators” rather than “action inhibitors.” During the holiday season, it is common to share stories about people in need of our charity and support. In his book, Cannonball […]
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