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TUESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER

One of the things that is great about being a daughter of God is having brothers and sisters in Christ, a family created by God. When I...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 21, 20202 min read

MONDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER

I am a daughter of God. Those seem like bold words. Not my words, I prefer to sit in the back and let others have the attention. But...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 20, 20201 min read

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

On Divine Mercy Sunday we hear the words from the Gospel of John, Jesus has appeared to the disciples as a group for the first time and...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 19, 20201 min read

EASTER SATURDAY

It's funny how belief works. Peter and John are threatened by the Sanhedrin to stop telling the Good News of the Lord, but they refuse...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 18, 20201 min read

EASTER FRIDAY

Hint: It's still a solemnity! Don't fast, its a feast! Today's Gospel is again a favorite scripture passage of mine. It is so full of...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 17, 20202 min read

EASTER THURSDAY

"Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?" Jesus speaks these words to the disciples in today's Gospel from...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 16, 20201 min read

EASTER WEDNESDAY: HEARTS ABLAZE

Today is one of my favorite Gospel passages, The Road to Emmaus. I am so easily able to put myself in the shoes of the two disciples....

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 15, 20201 min read

EASTER TUESDAY: THE LORD'S PLAN

In today's Gospel, we read that Mary Magdalene is distraught. She can't stop weeping, believing that someone has carried away the body of...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

EASTER MONDAY: EASTER IS EIGHT DAYS

Today is the Monday within the Octave of Easter. The octave of any feast includes the seven days following the feast and the feast...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

EASTER BLESSINGS

Dear Friends, This Lent has been such an opportunity for grace. It has been a true joy and blessing to share my faith with you during the...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 46: HOLY SATURDAY & THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER

Today we wait. We are still in darkness; I dare to say the greatest darkness of the Lent and Triduum seasons. As if we haven't already...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 45: THE CROSS

Today is Good Friday, the day we celebrate our Lord's Passion and death. Recently, I heard today referred to as Black Friday. It gave me...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 44: HOLY THURSDAY

Today is Holy Thursday. The Triduum, the shortest season of the liturgical year, begins tonight at the Mass of the Lord's Supper. If we...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 43: SPY WEDNESDAY

Today is Spy Wednesday. Today is the day Judas will betray our Lord. Judas will go to the chief priests and offer to deliver Christ to...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

Holy Week: BONUS EDITION!

Holy Week in the past has brought a few challenges. There was the Holy Week that I totaled my car. The Holy Week, I had to have emergency...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 42: HOLY TUESDAY & THE WITHERED FIG TREE

Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots. Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi,...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 41: HOLY MONDAY

Day 41? I thought Lent was only 40 days? Well, yeah. I failed to mention; there are 6 Sundays in Lent. If we include Sundays, there are...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20202 min read

DAY 40: PALM SUNDAY

Today begins Holy Week, holy by definition, means to set apart. This week is the most sacred time of the liturgical year. What was Jesus...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20202 min read

DAY 39: QUARANTINA

Before we begin Holy Week, I'd like to focus on the quarantine. No, I am not talking about the coronavirus quarantine, I am referring to...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read

DAY 38: THE BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Last year, for our honeymoon Cris and I, went to Italy. We visited Florence, Sienna, and Assisi. We saw so many beautiful churches like...

Sarah Beth Dippel

Apr 14, 20201 min read