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Failing at Lent?
We are now more than halfway through the Lenten season. I don’t know about you, but by this point I tend to feel as though, in the routines and busyness … Continued
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Jesus always prays with us
The Lord Jesus is our model and teacher of prayer. As the Catechism states, “The drama of prayer is fully revealed to us in the Word who became flesh and … Continued
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Mass is the Last Supper and Crucifixion
Passion Sunday, Year AFirst Reading: Is 50:4-7Second Reading: Phil 2:6-11Gospel Reading: Mk 14, 15 Holy Week begins this Sunday. It includes Holy Thursday and Good Friday, when Jesus definitively accomplished … Continued
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The Hearing Aid Files: our story thus far
Back in October of last year, I decided to face up to the fact that, like many others my age, I was experiencing age-related hearing loss, also known as presbycusis. … Continued
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The turbulent teen: Yes, you can make sense of adolescence
After eight years of having teenagers in the house and with 13 more years of this nonsense to go, my husband and I had an opportunity to educate ourselves on … Continued
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Debating climate change, continued
The question of whether there is climate change or not seems to miss the point. Ten thousand years ago, all the coastal mountains, Vancouver and beyond, were covered with a … Continued
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Pat Cash pioneered Vancouver’s priest review process
Patrick Cash was a systems specialist who consulted on information technology for the Archdiocese of Vancouver and served as chairman of its IT Committee for many years. He died on … Continued
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‘I will put my law within them’
Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year BFirst Reading: Jer 31:31-34Second Reading: Heb 5:7-9Gospel Reading: Jn 12:20-33 The theme of this Sunday’s liturgy is command and obedience. Although Jesus was God’s son, … Continued
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Church and soul are at work in the Liturgy of the Hours
The Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine Office or Breviary) is made up principally of the Psalms. 20th-century Czech liturgist and writer Father Pius Parsch wrote, “The two … Continued
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American Fiction offers lots to talk about after the credits roll
Occasionally a film is produced which is not only a great example of film art and entertainment, but which also challenges the viewer to reflect on the issues raised long … Continued