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"The more Eucharist we receive, the more we will become like Jesus, so that on this earth we will have a foretaste of heaven."
Blessed Carlo Acutis
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 28, 2021
Mass Moment: Post Communion and Concluding Rite When the distribution of Communion is over, if appropriate, the priest and the faithful...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Mar 26, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 21, 2021
Mass Moment: Behold the Lamb of God/Communion Before the reception of the Holy Communion, the priest prepares himself by a prayer, said...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Mar 21, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 14, 2021
Mass Moment: The Breaking of the Bread One of the most ancient names by which Christians called the Mass was “the breaking of the bread”...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Mar 14, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / March 7, 2021
Mass Moment: The Sign of Peace We now come to the greeting and exchange of the Sign of Peace. The prayer of peace recalls our Lord’s...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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St. Peter CYO Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross / Prayed and read by St. Peter CYO / Originally published on the St. Peter YouTube Channel (April 2020)
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 28, 2021
Mass Moment: The Communion Rite After the Great Amen of the doxology (see previous entry), the assembly stands before the throne of God...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Prayer: A Pillar of Lent
By Father Daniel Okafor In Lent, we take up the practice of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving. Today's Gospel reading takes us into the...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 21, 2021
Mass Moment: Eucharistic Prayer from Anamnesis to Doxology Not only did Jesus tell the apostles “do this,” but he also said, “do this in...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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Embrace the Lenten Season
A Lenten Reflection by MaryClaire Rodrigue The Lenten season is now in full swing. So it's time for us to put up the glitz and glam of...
MaryClaire Rodrigue
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 14, 2021
Mass Moment: The Institution Narrative In the Institution Narrative, a precise and specific event from the life of Jesus is retold—...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Feb 14, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / February 7, 2021
Mass Moment: Eucharistic Prayer (Anaphora) After the acclamation (the Holy, Holy, Holy), the congregation kneels while the priest,...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Feb 8, 20213 min read
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St. Faustina and St. Bakhita
A Reflection by Rebecca Keller I feel the saints are our heavenly friends that God allows to continue to help us in our journey. They...
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Feb 5, 20211 min read
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St. Dymphna
A Reflection by MaryClaire Rodrigue St. Dymphna was born into a royal family in 7th Century Ireland. When Dymphna’s mother passed away...
MaryClaire Rodrigue
Feb 1, 20212 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / January 31, 2021
Mass Moment: Sanctus / Holy, Holy, Holy "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Jan 31, 20213 min read
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Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus
A Reflection by Brother Benedict Kelley, OSFM When we take the time to think of the blood of Christ that was shed so that we might enter...
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Jan 28, 20212 min read
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Saints: Our Friends, Our Heroes
From St. Francis to St. Agnes, from St. Cecilia to St. Faustina, we all have a favorite saint (or saints) whom we call our heavenly...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / January 24, 2021
Mass Moment: Eucharist Prayer / Preface The Eucharistic Prayer begins with the short preface dialogue. The preface is the prayer that the...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / January 17, 2021
Mass Moment: The Offertory The offertory is the rite by which the bread and wine are presented (offered) to God before they are...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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Fr. Daniel's Corner / January 10, 2021
Mass Moment: Preparation of the Altar, Part 2 On the Altar are placed the Corporal, the Purificator, the Chalice, and the Missal. We have...
Fr. Daniel Okafor
Jan 10, 20213 min read
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Mary, the Mother of Jesus and My Mother: A Reflection by Jeff Young
January 1st we celebrated not only a start to a new calendar year, but more importantly, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Jeff...
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
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