Lenten Letter Drop
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What’s In My Backyard?- Muskrat
What’s In My Backyard? Lake Friends: Muskrat For the introduction to this series, see here Meet the muskrat! When is a rat not a rat? When it is a muskrat! These aquatic animals are rodents but they are much more closely related to voles and lemmings than to rats. Muskrats are adapted to life in
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March 22 2024 Daily Prayer
Every day, we will post a few brief prayers inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. O Lord, open my lips. And my mouth shall declare your praise. Psalm 28:1-3, 6-9 To you, O Lord, I call, my rock, hear me. If you do not heed I shall become like those in the grave. Hear the
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What’s In My Backyard?- Tracking
What’s In My Backyard? Projects: Tracking For the introduction to this series, see here It is winter or early spring. The ground is covered with snow or mud and the weather is quite cold. There are no insects or flowers, many birds have migrated to warmer areas and there doesn’t seem like there is much
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March 21 2024 Daily Prayer
Every day, we will post a few brief prayers inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. O Lord, open my lips. And my mouth shall declare your praise. Psalm 30 I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me and have not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, I cried to you for help
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Naming the Days of Lent Part 5
Separation Saturday Jesus came to bring all things back into unity. But we can resist this call by stubbornly clinging to what we think we know rather than working together to discover the Truth which is Jesus. Knowledge Friday There are different types of knowledge. A person could know many facts about another person without
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Naming the Days of Lent Part 4
Squint Saturday There is not a commandment against squinting but spiritual squinting is very dangerous. What is it? It is when you take a sideways look at someone and compare yourself to them either by thinking that they are better than you (which expresses itself in envy, jealousy, and despair) or, as in today’s Gospel,
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Naming the Days of Lent Part 3
Prodigal Saturday Today we can look at two prodigal characters and one who was not. Prodigal can mean either extremely wasteful or extremely generous. The younger son was extremely wasteful and his father was extremely generous. But the older son was neither. Therefore he could not pardon the excessive sin of his brother or understand
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Naming the Days of Lent Part 2
Perfect Saturday How is God perfect? He is perfect in love. He is perfect love. In order to be perfect as he is perfect, we have to love to the greatest extent that we can. We can’t just love those who love us and are good to us. We must love and desire the salvation
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March 20 2024 Daily Prayer
Every day, we will post a few brief prayers inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. O Lord, open my lips. And my mouth shall declare your praise. Canticle Colossians 1:12-20 Let us give thanks to the Father for having made you worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He rescued us from
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