Fairhaven, MN
April 5, 2022 Dear friends, O sacred head, sore wounded,Defiled and put to scorn;O kingly head, surroundedWith mocking crown of thorn:What sorrow mars thy grandeur?Can death thy bloom deflower?O countenance whose splendourThe hosts of heaven adore. In thy most bitter passionMy heart to share doth cry,With thee for my salvationUpon
March 29, 2022 Dear friends, Jesus, refuge of the weary,Blest Redeemer, whom we love,Fountain in life’s desert dreary,Savior from the world above:Often have Your eyes, offended,Gazed upon the sinner’s fall;Yet upon the cross extended,You have borne the pain of all. Do we pass that cross unheeding,Breathing no repentant vow,Though we
March 25, 2022 Dear friends, The church traditionally celebrates the Annunciation on March 25. It makes sense, considering that we celebrate Christmas nine months later on December 25. The Annunciation marks the day that the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced: “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with
March 15, 2022 Dear friends, The Sundays in Lent get Latin names like the Sundays in Advent: ____ Lent 1 – Invocabit – “When he calls to me, I will answer him” (Psalm 91:15a).____ Lent 2 – Reminscere – “Remember your mercy, O LORD” (Psalm 25:6)____ Lent 3 – Oculi
March 8, 2022 Dear friends, Here’s a beautiful description of the season of Lent and a prayer to go with it: Lent Christ has humbled Himself and become obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. The earliest Christians set aside days during which they prepared themselves to celebrate
March 1, 2022 Dear friends, Why is it Ash Wednesday? Ashes were a sign of mourning among the people of Israel. They went along with torn clothes and sackcloth – rough garments that were to reflect the humility of the heart. “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall
February 21, 2022 Dear friends, Psalm 1Blessed is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,nor stands in the way of sinners,nor sits in the seat of scoffers;but his delight is in the law of the LORD,and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like
February 7, 2022 Dear friends, As we get ready for the season of Lent, we enter a part of the church year called Pre-Lent. Here’s a paragraph and a prayer concerning Pre-Lent from a wonderful devotional book (see more info below): Today, if you will hear His voice, do not
February 2, 2022 Dear friends, With all our conversation lately about Catechism and first Communion and Confirmation, I’ve been thinking about the differences between kids and grown-ups. Here’s one of them: kids tend to be more painfully honest than grown-ups. You know the old show, “Kids Say the Darndest Things.”
January 24, 2022 Dear friends, Today the church remembers St. Timothy, the young disciple that Paul met on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:1-3). Paul brought Timothy with him on his way and trained him up in the faith to be an evangelist. He sent Timothy to minister where he