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Thoughts from the Grotto

The Grotto. I woke up this morning with Lourdes on my mind. My thoughts went straight to the Grotto where the Blessed Virgin Mary transformed a poor cave into a place of heavenly sweetness. She came down into the life of St. Bernadette which was beset with all kinds of difficulties and trials. Mary is …

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“Where are you staying?”

1 Sm 3:3b-10, 191 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20Jn 1:35-42 The Scripture readings this past Sunday, yesterday, continue the progression of Christmas, Epiphany and the Baptism of Jesus (which is an epiphany, as is the wedding feast of Cana). After St. John the Baptist identified Jesus as the Lamb of God, two of his disciples, hearing this, …

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