by Greg Beben | Jun 7, 2024 | Meditations
Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and today we follow with the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church has chosen to put these two special days back-to-back to impress on us that the essence of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 16, 2023 | Meditations
Yesterday we honored the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus with a joyful celebration. Today we celebrate a “companion feast” which is really a continuation of yesterday’s feast. We continue to love, honor, and praise the Heart of Jesus, but we do so with a...
by Greg Beben | Jun 14, 2023 | Seasonal Introductions
The Founder of the Anawim Community, Fr. Francis Marino, used to point out that throughout the liturgical year there are a number of “companion feasts” – feasts that are closely associated with each other and that mutually enrich each other. One obvious example of...
by Greg Beben | Jun 24, 2022 | Meditations
The feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary clearly belong together. They are side by side in the liturgical year, just as the Hearts of Jesus and Mary are often represented side by side in Catholic art. (One well-known example is on the...
by Greg Beben | Jun 22, 2022 | Seasonal Introductions
The Founder of the Anawim Community, Fr. Francis Marino, used to point out that throughout the liturgical year there are a number of “companion feasts” – feasts that are closely associated with each other and that mutually enrich each other. One obvious example of...
