Month: March 2013

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Obispo Robert C. Morlino

Semana Santa y protección del auténtico matrimonio

Queridos amigos:

Mientras pasamos de Semana Santa a la Pascua, una de las cosas más saltantes que encontramos es un alarmante oximorón, una contradicción aparente, en términos de la muerte de Jesús en la Cruz tan desagradable como tortuosa, y sin embargo hermosa.

Es uno de los misterios más tremendos de nuestra fe: la terrible fealdad y la tortuosidad, detrás de las cuales está escondida la más hermosa Verdad en toda la historia humana.

La Semana Santa mantiene la yuxtaposición de estas dos realidades. Nuestras liturgias de Semana Santa se inician con la belleza del Domingo de Ramos, con la procesión de Jesús en Jerusalén.

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Chris Lee

Semana Santa y protección del auténtico matrimonio

Queridos amigos:

Mientras pasamos de Semana Santa a la Pascua, una de las cosas más saltantes que encontramos es un alarmante oximorón, una contradicción aparente, en términos de la muerte de Jesús en la Cruz tan desagradable como tortuosa, y sin embargo hermosa.

Es uno de los misterios más tremendos de nuestra fe: la terrible fealdad y la tortuosidad, detrás de las cuales está escondida la más hermosa Verdad en toda la historia humana.

La Semana Santa mantiene la yuxtaposición de estas dos realidades. Nuestras liturgias de Semana Santa se inician con la belleza del Domingo de Ramos, con la procesión de Jesús en Jerusalén.

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Bishop Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison

Holy Week and protecting true marriage

Dear friends,

As we make our way through Holy Week to Easter, one of the most remarkable things we encounter is a startling oxymoron, a seeming contradiction, in terms of Jesus’ death on the Cross as ugly and tortuous, and yet beautiful.

It’s one of the most tremendous mysteries of our faith — horrible ugliness and tortuousness, behind which is concealed the most beautiful Truth in all of human history.

Holy Week itself maintains the juxtaposition of these two realities. Our liturgies for Holy Week open with beauty on Palm Sunday, with the procession of Jesus into Jerusalem.

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Cheryl Horne, For the Catholic Herald

Volunteers from parishes joining together in Feed My Sheep effort

MADISON — In 2012 several parishes banded together with the Catholic Multicultural Center, Kids Against Hunger, as well as the organization 6:8 Making Service Personal and made a plan.

The plan, called Feed My Sheep, was to invite people from local Catholic parishes to donate toward building 25,000 meals for people in need in the Madison area and throughout the world. Each meal only cost a quarter, yet 25,000 meals sounded like a lot of quarters . . . and it was.

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Sr. Margie Lavonis

God brings good out of suffering and evil

Cutting Edge by Sr. Margie Lavonis

Most people would find it difficult to get through a day without reading or hearing about some violent or painful situation.

It can be about people being beaten or killed for protesting an unjust situation in their countries, or about the threat of nuclear bombs being used by an unstable ruler.

There are stories about homes and lives being destroyed by natural disasters or of a company who has to lay off many of its employees due to the poor economy.

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Fr. Donald Lange

Let us live our Easter faith every day

Seeing with Jesus' Eyes, a column by Fr. Donald Lange

A mother overheard Danny, her five-year-old son, talk with his friend Jeremy whose father recently died. “Where did your dad go when he died?” asked Danny. “Mom said that he went to Heaven,” replied Jeremy.

“What’s Heaven?” asked Danny.

Jeremy answered, “Mom said that Heaven is a place where we go after we die. Everyone will be happy. We’ll see Jesus, his mom, my grandma, grandpa, dad, and others we know who died. I can’t wait to go there!”

“Wow! Wow!’ said Danny, “But how did your dad get to Heaven? His car is still here.”

“I don’t know,” replied Jeremy. “I’ll ask mom. She knows everything!”

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