“Do you have the keys to the car, your time card, switch key, watch, your light, your lunch, and your money?” These words are ingrained into my brain as my mother recited this litany to my father every morning on his way to work.
Fr. Edwin Foley died April 20 at the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD after a massive brain hemorrhage. He was 91. Click here for complete obituary. A viewing will be held Monday, April 23 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 6420 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD.
A group of teenagers from St. Clement’s Church , a Redemptorist parish in Saratoga Springs, NY, recently spent their spring break serving the poor in inner-city Philadelphia. Here’s an excerpt: Philadelphia was an amazing experience.
Dear Friends, The feast of Easter is the most important feast of the liturgical year and of our lives. When Jesus rose from the dead, He proclaimed to the world that He had conquered sin, suffering, death and Satan.
Today we mark the beginning of the Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday — the three days when we remember in a special way the mysteries of our redemption. At the beginning of the Holy Thursday liturgy, we pray: "We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered."
As we began our Lenten Retreat together, I invited each of us to attempt to do the following: STOP! BREATHE! LISTEN! FORGIVE! LOVE YOURSELF! LOVE GOD! LOVE OTHERS! Whether we accomplished all, some, one or even none of the above, it’s OK. We can always begin again tomorrow.
Fr. Peter Sousa (center) with family members at his retirement from the U.S. Army. Redemptorist Father Peter Sousa retired recently as a colonel chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserves after 26 years of service.
These famous words spoken by Pontius Pilate, the judge at Jesus’ trial, mean “Behold the Man.” Pilate did not realize he was only half right. As you know from religion class, Jesus was a seamless blend of humanity and divinity.