Today is the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, an occasion to honor “Mary’s yes” and celebrate Christ’s incarnation. The Church typically celebrates this feast on March 25, but given it fell on a Sunday this year, the Annunciation was transferred to Monday. Last year the feast fell on a Friday during Lent so […]
Turning Mary’s “Yes” Into a Pork Chop on a Stick?
Yesterday I had an email exchange with a good friend who is also an ordained deacon — and a very good one! We had a short back and forth about the statement our Bishop released this week to remind Catholics in our diocese that the requirement to abstain from meat has been waived today. A […]