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Grow!

Lent is not really that far away.   March 1 is Ash Wednesday.   Let’s ease our consciences by spending some time preparing for that special time of the year with a focus on learning more about the death of Jesus.   I suggest we go to the website: www.bc.edu/schools/stm/crossroads/homepage.html and take a free mini-course offered by Boston College.

Go to this site: (1) click on “mini-courses;” (2) scroll down to “The Death of Jesus: Four Gospel Accounts;” (3) look right and click on “Passion Narrative Commentaries;” and (4) you are off and running.

Also, click on the photo of books labeled “Free Resources,” and see where that takes you.  There will be many options.  Try scrolling down to “America Media on Youtube.”  Pick the upload “Be Kind” – a short and special Lenten message offered by Father Jim Martin.   Also, Stephen Colbert professes his Catholic faith to Father Martin (hysterical!).

There is no reason for us to hang on to our Catholic child-like education.   We require a Catholic adult education, and that will only come with effort and desire to explore our faith out to its boundaries and beyond.  

Jesus was a child, and then he grew – in many ways.  We need to follow his ways; otherwise, we remain near the manger and far away from the cross and its meaning.  

Deacon David Pierce

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