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Psalm 23; a New Experience

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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, Beside still waters he leads me. If I were a sheep, the opening words to this hymn of praise written by a shepherd boy named David over 3,000 years ago would be describing heaven to me. A…… Continue reading Psalm 23; a New Experience

The Paschal Mystery & Easter Joy

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I did not fully understand the term “Paschal Mystery” until I read “A Holy Longing”  by Ronald Rolheiser.  In Chapter 7 “A Spirituality of the Paschal Mystery”  Rolheiser  writes that “No spirituality can pretend to be mature without grappling with the timeless, haunting questions of suffering and death.” I recite “Christ has died, Christ has…… Continue reading The Paschal Mystery & Easter Joy