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by Jean Allen How would you feel if you had been present at the transfiguration and then, on the way down the mountain, Jesus ordered you to tell no one about the vision until he had been raised from the dead? Besides wondering what the heck he meant by ‘raised from the dead’, would you…
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…in case you don’t already receive these to your inbox… Dear friends, We have five items to share with you today: 1) Amanda Achtman will be visiting the Diocese from February 26 – March 8 to present Dying to Meet You: A Tour of Hope. Find the full schedule of events here: https://www.rcdvictoria.org/events/dying-to-meet-you Ahead of…
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by Jean Allen Lent is traditionally a time to deny ourselves and curb our desires by giving up something pleasurable. However, Jesus’s temptations in the desert direct us to problem areas that are far more subtle than chocolate or coffee or dessert. Jesus refuses the temptation to turn stones into bread but he does not…
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…in case you still don’t receive these directly to your inbox… Dear friends, We have two items to share with you today: 1) The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is hosting a series of videos for Lent titled Journey Through Lent. This series is meant to offer spiritual inspiration and guidance on how to prepare…
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by Jean Allen As I said last week in the reflection on the Beatitudes, we have difficulty incorporating them into our lives in a way that will make the world sit up and take notice. As Jesus indicates this week, when you inhabit the kingdom of Me, you are like salt that has lost its…
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…in case you don’t receive these in your inbox… Dear friends, We have two items to share with you today: 1) Catholic Schools Week begins on February 1, 2026. This year’s theme, “Living, Celebrating, and Proclaiming Our Faith,” highlights the vibrant role of Catholic education in nurturing faith-filled communities. Information about events at our local…
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by Jean Allen Ah…the impossible Beatitudes. They are so counter-culture in every age that, historically and up to this day, Christians have had a very difficult time incorporating them into their faith lives in a way that makes the rest of the world sit up and take notice. Yet, they are absolutely crucial to growth…
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by Jean Allen “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” The Greek word, which was later translated by St. Jerome (342-420 AD) as ‘repent’, is metanoeite (meta-new-it) from which the word ‘metanoia’ comes. St Jerome translated it as paenetentia or repent but metanoeite means ‘a primal change of mind, worldview or way of…
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~ Jean Allen Just like us, Mary and Joseph had their life plans. And, just like what often happens to us, their plans were disturbingly upended and they were thrown into a set of confusing circumstances that called for stark faith that God was in control. Sure, it’s great to have a name for the…
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~ Jean Allen John was the last of the Old Testament prophets and his general perception of God was definitely Old Testament based. Therefore, he preached the wrath of God in a way that Jesus, who ushered in the New Testament, did not. John may have even been confused by Jesus’s ways of proclaiming the…
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