lent

Dust

“Do you think the Lord is trying to tell us something?” my husband asked after we heard about power outages in Texas and winter storms from the Gulf to Maine. Meanwhile we in the Northern Plains “warmed up” to   -18F in time for morning coffee. I’m surprised hellfires hadn’t resumed in California. “If He is,” I…

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Ash Wednesday 2021: The One Thing that Gets People to Run to Church, and they Ruin It

Tell me any other day of the year that has no obligation to attend Mass that gets as high an attendance as Ash Wednesday? The success of Ash Wednesday to create favorable desire to go to Church should be lauded, right? So popular is it, that other denominations have been imitating it and having their…

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BFD: Lent Day 46: Easter Eve — The Entombment.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 46: Easter Eve — The Entombment.)

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BFD: Lent Day 45: Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 45: Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross.)

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BFD: Lent Day 44: Maundy Thursday— Jesus’ Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist.

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2r3nhz/Lent_Day_44_-_Maundy_Thursday.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 44: Maundy Thursday— Jesus’ Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist.)

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BFD: Lent Day 43: Wednesday in Holy Week — The Death of Jesus.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 43: Wednesday in Holy Week — The Death of Jesus.)

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BFD: Lent Day 42: Tuesday in Holy Week— The Thirst upon the Cross.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 42: Tuesday in Holy Week— The Thirst upon the Cross.)

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BFD: Lent Day 41: Monday in Holy Week — The Dereliction of Jesus on the Cross.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 41: Monday in Holy Week — The Dereliction of Jesus on the Cross.)

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BFD: Lent Day 40: The Sixth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Commends His Disciples to His Holy Mother’s Care.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 40: The Sixth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Commends His Disciples to His Holy Mother’s Care.)

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BFD: Lent Day 39: Saturday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — The Good Thief.

This is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations from Bellarmine Forum (Lent Day 39: Saturday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — The Good Thief.)

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