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St. Lucia buns

December 12, 2007, 11:06 am

For the first time in many moons (like, since high school!) I am able to make the St. Lucia buns for St. Lucia (or St. Lucy’s) feast day tomorrow. Yay! If you have never had these, they are wonderfully...

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Gloria in Excelsis

December 23, 2007, 8:09 pm

Tomorrow is The Big Day, or, if you prefer, The Day Before The Big Day. Since I sing Midnight Mass, Christmas Eve always feels like The Day to me, since it’s a long day. Singing Midnight Mass is one of...

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2008, 8:07 am

I don’t normally make resolutions (because I can never keep them, ha), but I found this at the Anchoress, and it seems like something worth incorporating into daily spiritual life. So maybe saying this...

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Things I never thought about #1

March 12, 2008, 2:44 pm

Something like this. The beginning: There is a translation point regarding the optional rite of washing feet (the “Mandatum” or “Command” – whence the word Maundy) on Holy Thursday. In many places...

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Independence Day

July 4, 2009, 8:35 am

A thought from Samuel Adams: A general dissolution of the principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy…While the people are...

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The (almost) last Mass of Advent

December 23, 2009, 2:44 pm

(Almost last, because my parish has a 7 a.m. tomorrow…so technically that’s the last, before the Vigil Masses begin at 4:00 p.m.) Before I give you the end of Advent notes, I thought I’d share this...

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Christmas at St. Pat’s

January 14, 2010, 1:25 pm

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Erin Go Bragh! At St. Pat’s

March 16, 2010, 6:37 pm

So, if you were to think, “Gee, I bet a parish called St. Patrick does some awesome stuff for St. Patrick’s Day,” you’d be so correct. Tonight we had Mass, the litany of the Irish Saints, a processing...

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