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DAY 29: THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. Today we celebrate Mary's "yes." When the angel, Gabriel, came to Mary and told...
Sarah Beth Dippel
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DAY 28: LOUISIANA
Louisiana is my home. I've moved around plenty and currently call Jackson, Wyoming, my place of residence. But Louisiana is my home....
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DAY 27: EUCHARISTIC PROCESSIONS
Scrolling through FB in the last few days, I have seen numerous posts of priests and bishops processing around their towns and city...
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DAY 26: LAETARE SUNDAY
Laetare is a Latin word that means "rejoice." Cris and I streamed live Mass from Lake Charles, Louisiana this morning. It was lovely to...
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DAY 25: THE ROSARY
When I was a little girl, I used to pray the rosary curled up with my Great-aunt Lida until I fell asleep. I can still see her hands...
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DAY 24: TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD
This Lent is the real deal, friends. The Lord is calling us to trust Him completely. None of us have any control over this unsettling...
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DAY 23: ST. JOSEPH
Happy St. Joseph Day! St. Joseph gives of himself as the husband to Mary, the Mother of God, foster father to Jesus. Where I come from,...
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DAY 22: ONE, HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH
This morning, I sat down at my computer to write my daily post. The tab was open to FB, and at the top of that feed was Fr. Chris was...
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DAY 21: THE HOLY TRINITY
On the feast of St. Patrick, it seems appropriate to talk about the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. St. Patrick was a...
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DAY 20: DIVINE PROVIDENCE
What is Divine Providence? Well, it goes like this, God is guiding history, although many are blind to it and often in doubt of it. When...
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DAY 19: THE MASS
This Sunday, when so many churches are empty, I can only think of writing about the Mass. Empty churches, does our Lord thirst for His...
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DAY 18: THE MISSAL (Part 3 of 3)
Many Catholics, including myself, like to use a missal to follow along during the Holy Mass. The missal is the book that contains the...
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DAY 17: THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR (Part 2 of 3)*
The liturgical calendar is created by the Secretariat of Divine Worship of the USCCB (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops) each...
Sarah Beth Dippel
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Day 16: THE LECTIONARY (Part 1 of 3)*
The Lectionary is the book containing the readings for the Mass of the day. The daily Mass readings have two cycles (1 and 2). The Sunday...
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DAY 15: ST. JOSEPH NOVENA
Nearly a decade ago, I was attending a daily Mass with my parents in the church where I grew up. That day, they were beginning the Novena...
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DAY 14: MARTYRS
My thoughts this morning were on another subject to write about until I saw Abby Johnson's FB post referring to Masses canceled in Rome....
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DAY 13: HOPE (as a Theological Virtue)
For a Catholic, hope is the supernatural movement of our will by which we, with confidence and trust, aspire to what God has promised for...
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DAY 12: SUNDAY (and why I won't be doing Penance today)
For Catholics, every Sunday, even those in the middle of Lent, is a mini-Easter! Today is a day to Rejoice! Today is the celebration of...
Sarah Beth Dippel
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DAY 11: FORM AND MATTER
The Catholic Church has seven sacraments. For a sacrament to have validity, there must be the correct form and matter. (I'm going to keep...
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DAY 10: NO MEAT ON FRIDAY
Not eating meat on Friday coincides with fasting or penance. As Catholics and many Christians believe that our Lord gave up His life for...
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