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    Becoming a Superhero

    Happy Feast of All Saints from St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Bernard of Clairveaux! 🥳.  Okay, I know what you’re thinking.  Technically, St Bernard wasn’t a dog — but technically a St. Bernard is a dog (though, technically St. Bernards aren’t light brown) — but I think this costume qualifies for our All Saint’s party celebration, wouldn’t you agree?😂. (Give me a break, people, I’m just trying to get through the days over here.) Yes, Catholics do crazy things like have All Saints parties to commemorate the heroes that have gone before us — we call them “saints”. We do even crazier things, like dress up like St. Lucy and…

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    Life Lately: Lenten Edition

    How’s your week going? We have lots going on at the moment, including celebrating St. Patrick’s Day — Yippee!  So, on to the Quick Takes: ~1~ Frater, Momento Mori I’m happy to announce our power is back.  We had great moments of bonding and family adventures — but thank God for electricity.  It’s the best! While the power was out, most of our days were filled with accomplishing the basics:  preparing food, keeping heat going, and clean up.  But now that it’s back, I have been left with the thought, “I have been given this free time back, now what will I do with it?” The truth is, most of us living in the West have much more “free time” in…