Our Lenten Journey, March 7, 2015

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Our Lenten Journey | March 7, 2015

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.”

— John Henry Newman

 

Former Anglican priest and convert to Catholicism, Blessed John Newman led an amazing life. Theologian, poet and founder of the University College at Dublin. Cardinal Newman counted James Joyce among his admirers. If you have time this Lent, read more about his fascinating life. Today, his words remind us that God is not so far away, but here on earth among us.

 

TODAY’S READINGS:

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/030715.cfm

USCCB LENTEN RESOURCES:

http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/lent-calendar.cfm

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