Tag Archive: Lent
A CONCRETE LESSON OF THE RESURRECTION IN YOUTH
As I grew up on our farm, I was enamored with all of our baby animals, their birth, their need for care, their growth. But perhaps I was most enamored with ducklings. One of my aunts on my dad’s side…
Passing Over — How We Are All Saved by the Passover of Jesus
I shall never forget the movie: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. Perhaps Mount Michael’s class of 2011 will remember how enamored I was with this film and its music. Embedded below is the passing over scene. It is worth watching again…
Palm Sunday — Hosanna—Hosanna—Hosanna
I have often thought about Hosanna. If you could see Hosanna, what would it look like? Some years ago, I started thinking of Hosanna as a huge vase of our pampas grass. We have several areas of this type of…
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Dying to Self
Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Although the seeds in the photo are not…
4th Sunday of Lent: Lift High the Cross
Fourth Sunday of Lent “… so must the Son of Man be lifted up.. Years ago, when I was working 24 hours a day in our school, I would often hear the students say: “I am going to go lift…
Third Sunday of Lent — Places of Sacred Worship — Temples
I, Fr. John Hagemann OSB, originate from Albion, Nebraska. St. Michael’s parish and church in Albion will always mean much to me for many, many reasons. But there are other churches near Albion that mean much to me as well…
Second Sunday of Lent —- Transfiguration
The Church always seems to give us signs and symbols along our journey of faith to help and encourage us. With only 10 days into the Lenten Season, we already get a glimpse of the final outcome, the Resurrection, in…
First Sunday of Lent —- Going into the Desert
The Gospel account for the First Sunday of Lent always deals with Jesus going into the desert — fasting and temptations. In monastic circles, we speak of going into the desert as well. It involves a serious face to face…
As far as the east is from the west
As far as the east is from the west So far does he remove our sins. (psalm (103) 102 –12) Living at Mount Michael, beautiful sunrises and sunsets oftentimes get taken for granted because they happen daily. Also living on…
Lent: Ash Wednesday
Today, March 6, we begin the Lenten Season. It is Ash Wednesday. We mark our foreheads with ashes, reminding ourselves that we come from dust and will return to dust. We monks also offer bona operas — good works…