Fr. Peter Adrian, O. Praem.

Day Forty | The Great Fast

Something strange is happening. There is a great silence on earth today. There is a great silence and stillness, because the King is asleep.

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Day Thirty Nine | The Great Fast

The practical dictates of the Church contain a deep wisdom, because they are tuned toward the salvation of souls. Today, we are commanded to fast and to abstain from meat, which punctuates the significance of this holy season of penance. Let us return love for love.

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Day Thirty Eight | The Great Fast

The liturgy of the Church pivots, today. Gold vestments return in a flourish, and the Church celebrates the gifts of the Eucharist and the Mass. Do not cling to a dreary spirit today, even if the occasion is tinged with a holy anxiety as we approach the cross.

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Day Thirty Seven | The Great Fast

When we fail, we have a choice. Do we weep and seek forgiveness, like Peter, resolving to persevere? Or do we despair, like Judas?

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Day Thirty Six | The Great Fast

As we continue our penance into the most solemn week of the year, we should enter into ever greater devotion. But we must not place faith in ourselves, but ever growing trust in Christ.

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O Radix Jesse

O root of Jesse, standing as a sign amongst the peoples . . . to you the nations will make their prayer: come and deliver us and delay no longer.

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Runaround Answers

"Do you want to be healed?" Our Lord’s simple question is unassumingly aimed at helping this man in the most pertinent difficulty that he has been facing.

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