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The Whole World Becomes Irish and Celebrates St. Patrick
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
He was raised in a Christian home in Britain toward the end of the fourth century. It was an age much like our own, gripped by a “culture of death” and filled with a spirit of lawlessness. Tragedy struck Patrick at sixteen years old when he was kidnapped by Irish Pirates and taken to the…
Led by the Spirit into the Desert of Lent with Jesus Christ
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.” (Luke 4:1) “The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light.” (Gaudium et Spes, # 22,…
Catholics and Social Justice: Time to take Back the Term
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
Last year I participated in a gathering of Catholic Leaders who take their Christian faith seriously and try to inform their social, cultural, political and economic positions in accordance with it. They came from every walk of life and understand the implications of their faith on social, cultural, political, and economic participation. They try to…
Turn Away From Sin: Who Needs Lent? We Do
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Deacon Keith Fournier
Lent is an invitation of God’s grace, which, if we enter into with our entire person, can draw us, especially at its’ closure, into a deeper embrace of the power of the Resurrection. This Wednesday I will administer the ashes to the faithful who come forward to identify themselves as pilgrims on the 40 day…
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