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Lifting up the lowly

May 31, 2022 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

When I was a little girl, the closet in my bedroom had a back door. You pushed through clothes, unlatched a hook, and behind the door was a dark tunnel: a slanted crawl space that ran the length of the house.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: Elizabeth, magnificat, Mary, Prayer, Visitation

All things Advent

December 12, 2021 By Susan Caldwell Leave a Comment

In an Episcopal Mission Church in the mountains, Father Joe staunchly said: not one bit of Christmas until the Christ Child is placed in the manger.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Children in church, Elizabeth

Practicing Gratitude and Joy on the Feast of the Visitation

May 31, 2019 By Ann Benton Fraser 1 Comment

There were exactly two snowballs in my south Louisiana childhood, and they didn’t fall from the sky in Baton Rouge. They rode down from Ohio on the side of our neighbor’s station wagon, and took their shape when she scooped them and gave them to wide-eyed children who had never seen snow.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, disappointment, Elizabeth, parenting, Visitation

Those Who Take Your Call

December 11, 2018 By Lauren Kuratko Leave a Comment

Mary does not have a gender-reveal party with a surprise color of cake–teenage pregnancy has always been hard–but she does seem to have a wise friend, and having a wise friend seems to make all the difference. I’ve been thinking about wise friends lately.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Elizabeth, friendship, Mary, Visitation

“His name is John.” Because names matter – then and now.

June 24, 2017 By Marcus Halley Leave a Comment

Zechariah knew what his son was destined to do: inaugurate the movement that would prepare the way for Jesus Christ.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Elizabeth, Jesus, Nativity of John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist, Zechariah

Mary, Elizabeth, and you: finding your place in the Feast of the Visitation

May 31, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 4 Comments

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation, when Mary goes to visit her older cousin, Elizabeth after accepting the call to carry and give birth to Jesus. Just why do we celebrate this event? Where’s our place in the story? Let’s find it.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, Elizabeth, Gabriel, God, Jesus, John, Joseph, Mary, Visitation, Zechariah

Celebrating the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 24, 2016 By Nurya Love Parish 4 Comments

Today we celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist. If there is one thing he preached and practiced, it was the grace of God — which has practical consequences for us.

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