Tag Archives: Salvation

But Where is Jesus?

By Rae | Published: February 10, 2010
Over the past few months I have been given a great gift. By American standards I have been poor. It is not real poverty: there has been plenty of (really cheap) food, and I was not homeless. But money is tight. Very tight. I can write about this now because I am finally convinced that we really are quite [...]
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I Submit the Obvious

By Rae | Published: January 19, 2010
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be [...]
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Single-Hearted Advent

By Rae | Published: December 15, 2009
Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples, he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us, he is the Savior of every nation. Lord God, let your blessing come upon us as we light the candles of this wreath. May the wreath and [...]
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Choosing Marriage

By Rae | Published: December 12, 2009
December 12 is important because it is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is  memorable for me because in 2006 I did not get engaged on December 12. For the record, I did not become engaged on any of the other days in 2006, but December 12 is notable because the man with [...]
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Love: Or Why I Do Not Try To Convert You

By Rae | Published: November 13, 2009
I am a Catholic of the sort who really loves being Catholic. You know, the sort who goes to Church six days a week and is sad on the seventh (which is today, but I guess it is good penance for a Friday?). I do not simply love practicing Catholicism, I really believe that the [...]
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Tenebrae

By Rae | Published: April 14, 2009
This is a short clip from last week’s Tenebrae service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Forgive all quality issues, I was trying to pay attention to the service. Even though Tenebrae is an ancient tradition, I only learned about it a few years ago. My current parish does not have Tenebrae so I [...]
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