February 2009
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Today is the feast when we remember how the Immaculately Conceived Mother of Jesus appeared to a poor and humble peasent in a small village in France. The First Reading of Mass, from Genesis, refers to the Creation of man at the hands and breath of God. What we know specifically from this passage, is how the human person has a special place within all of creation. The human person is not equated...
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“We remember that the Lord said himself, I am the way. And just now when the...”
– Augustine Sermon 190, 4
Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, When Mary and Joseph brought their son, our Lord Jesus into the Temple, according to custom, to make an offering for their son. The event is described in the Gospel reading of today. (Luke 2:22-40).
The history and origin... 