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THIS WEEK AT ALL SAINTS

MASS SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF LENT IV (March 18, 2012) 19, Monday – St. Joseph, Spouse of the BVM – The painting above is St. Joseph’s Dream by Gaetano Gandolfi 1774-1803. (In your prayers remember broken families) 20, Tuesday – St. Cuthbert (Pray for men everywhere) 21, Wednesday – St. Benedict (Pray for the [...]

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FR. LAWRENCE ADAM’S CLASS

  http://www.commonprayer.org/ ‘We hold the Catholic faith in its entirety; that is to say, the truth of Christ, contained in Holy Scripture; stated in the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds; expressed in the Sacraments of the Gospel and the rites of the Primitive Church, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer with its various [...]

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Liturgical Piety II

Prayer as Athletics   In basketball season we get excited over our favorite university. The colors come out, we “Google” the schedule and our collective blood pressure goes up – things get very personal. One basketball coach refers to his school’s student body as the team’s sixth player. But the fact of the matter is [...]

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His back to the Congregation?

Why does the priest have his back to the congregation? In short: because we are not worshipping one another; nor is worship a personal encounter with one’s neighbor. Worship is bowing down to God; knowing him to be God and knowing our selves not to be God and being grateful. The celebrant is leading the [...]

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