St Catherine of Bologna Catholic Parish

Mea culpa, mea culpa, using such excuses as frolicking in South Carolina (well, visiting), fascination with the health care melodrama, March Madness, skiing & other distractions ( e.g., taxes!), I’ve been remiss in my blog homework! So here’s some food for thought”, gratis the 3/13 [...]

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In my preparation for Easter, there has always been a temptation for me to gloss over the suffering of Jesus in His last days. I mean, He’s God, and His resurrection seems so easy, effortless even. Yet, I must remember that even though Jesus is [...]

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Forgiveness. It’s a tricky thing. You can say I forgive you, but frequently we will harbor that ill-will. We sometimes never really completely let it go. The persons name comes up and boom before you know it you start feeling those “feelings” again. All the [...]

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Have you heard Amy Grant’s new song, “Better than a Hallelujah”? Here is the chorus: We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts Are better than a Hallelujah…sometimes… I couldn’t get the song out of my head this [...]

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The fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. If only we could live out these virtues on a daily basis. Would our community, even our world, be different? Wouldn’t you think it would have to be if [...]

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