Melissa Moody

Heart of our Year

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“Holy Week is not so much a time of sorrow, but rather a time to enter into Christ’s way of thinking and acting. It is a time of grace given us by the Lord so that we can move beyond a dull or mechanical way of living our faith, and instead open the doors of our hearts, our lives, our parishes, our movements or associations, going out in search of others so as to bring them the light and the joy of our faith in Christ.”
-Pope Francis

Palm Sunday – Leading Onward and Upward

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Human Being by Cat Power

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“Human Being” touches on the individuality and interconnectedness of the human condition.

You’ve got a right
You’ve got a right
You’ve got a right, you’re a human being

You’re a human being
You’re a human being
You’re a human being

You’ve got a right to scream
When the dark one’s here to stay
You’ve got a right to be
What you want and where you wanna be

You’ve got a right to breathe
To breathe
You’ve got a right
You’re a human being

You’ve got your own voice so sing
You’ve got two hands, let’s go and make anything
We all got rules we all have to break
We all have to make those mistakes

When I say, I know the way, I’m only trying
No don’t nobody know where the road to life is really lying
See the people on TV get shot in their very own street
People just like you, people just like me

Can’t you see you cut your hand on the advantages
You could stand to manage your damages
You, my dear, are a force to feed, not to fear

You’ve got a right to anywhere, anything
You’ve got a right, you’ve got a right
You’re a human being

Lowly Yet Chosen

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Solemnity of St. Joseph

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Authentic true power is service. Look at Saint Joseph.

“He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph’s wife. He carried out this vocation with complete fidelity until at last God called him, saying: ‘Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord’”
-St. Bernardine of Siena

Pope Francis: God never tires of forgiving us

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The Lord never gets tired of forgiving, though we tire of asking his forgiveness. These were some of the words of the new Bishop of Rome, who celebrated Mass in the parish of St. Ann in the Vatican on Sunday. Pope Francis said that the Son became man to bring the hearts of all the infinite mercy of God. In the simplicity and spontaneity of a shepherd among his flock on the day of the Lord, Pope Francis said that the Gospel episode of forgiveness given by Jesus to the adulteress illustrates that today, we too like to listen to the word of the Son of God, but at the same time, sometimes, “we like to condemn others.” “It is not easy to rely on the mercy of God” he said, “because it is an incomprehensible …