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Crafting A Post-Easter Evangelization Plan While the significance of Easter brings a seasonal swell in Mass attendance, it’s the commitment to a strong year-round engagement plan that truly captures the transformative potential for your parish. Recognizing that post-Easter enthusiasm often fades, parish leaders have an opportunity to implement strategic actions that foster the ongoing involvement of every individual who walks through their doors on Easter Sunday. The Power of Personal Outreach and Community Building Reaching out personally after Easter, with compassion and genuine interest, has the incredible power to touch hearts. A heartfelt message expressing gratitude for attending or giving,…
Father God has promised that He will never leave you or forsake you. He has not abandoned you. His perfect love casts out all fear. Rest in His love. Receive from your heavenly Father all the father’s blessing that you craved from your earthly father. Be blessed with life-changing encounters with the Father heart of God. Be blessed to receive His perfect healing that can make you whole. Allow Him to bring healing, recovery, and restoration of your broken trust. Your Father’s best healing work restores your heart and soul according to His design that He had for you before…
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – At the start of Holy Week, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh – and Primate of All Ireland – said, “There is no better time for people of all faith traditions to unite in a great cry for peace, justice, and dignity for all.” The archbishop invited everyone to find some time for prayer and reflection as the Church enters into Holy week – which occurs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. “We journey alongside Jesus, who entered Jerusalem to the crowds singing ‘Hosanna’, but who, within days, faced an angry mob shouting ‘crucify him; crucify him’!”…
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. But there is another story behind the story … Source link
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water without price from the fountain of the water of life. – Revelation 21:6 Please help spread the Gospel. Share this Scripture with family and friends on Facebook and other social media. We are grateful for your support… Can you give as little as $10 a month to support great Catholic content? We strive to operate on a very small budget, but we need your help.…
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark in England says society is called to care for the suffering, “not to bring about their death.” The archbishop issued a pastoral message on assisted suicide as the British Parliament is facing pressure to legislate on the procedure. In England and Wales, the 1961 Suicide Act makes it illegal to encourage or assist someone to take their own life, while laws in Scotland and Northern Ireland prevent dying people asking for medical help to die. Campaigners have made numerous attempts to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide in the United Kingdom in…
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “God is not removing you from your environment. He is not taking you away from the world, or from your condition in life, or from your noble human ambitions, or from your professional work… But he wants you to be a saint — right there!” -Saint Josemaría Escrivá, The Forge, #362 Image credit: “Saint Josemaría Escrivá” (detail) | Oficina de Información de la Prelatura del Opus Dei en España, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Please help spread the Gospel. Share this quote with family and friends on Facebook and other social media.…
A Prayer in Awe of Who Jesus Is This Palm SundayBy Amanda Idleman “Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.” – Hebrews 13:15Life has a way of numbing us to wonder. The weight of our to-do lists, the responsibilities that we carry, and the uncertainties around us can crowd our vision. They can suck all the emotional and spiritual wind out of us. Leaving us without anything to be in awe of. Palm Sunday is an invitation. A chance to clear our vision. To…
“Be assured of God’s love for you. Seek by his grace to heal the damage of sin. Seek communion with him and with those who make up his Church and those who are not yet within. His love for all of us is unconditional. His joy is infinite. His mercy overflows.” The Cross is the great paradox of Christianity. More than a few people have asked me over the years why the Catholic Church focuses so prominently and persistently on the Crucifix. One inquirer even suggested that the Crucifix hanging above the Altar is too intense a reminder of the…
It might seem something of a jump that we’ve gone from the beginning of Lent to Palm Sunday in one week. But — unless your parish has adult catechumens preparing for Baptism at the Easter Vigil (in which case there will be particular prayers, blessings, and dismissals for them after the Sunday homily) — the Masses of Lent will largely resemble Masses that Catholics experience throughout the year. It’s only with Holy Week, starting with Palm Sunday, that the liturgy begins regularly to demonstrate unique features, and it’s those we want to discuss. First of all, while we speak of…