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St. Paul VI once spoke of artists as “those who grasp treasures from the heavenly realm of the spirit and cloth them with words, colors, forms, and textures—making them accessible.” Visio Divina involves using sacred images, art, or nature to nurture the soul and ponder the mysteries of heaven and earth. Visit www.preciousbloodus.org/spiritual to learn more about the spiritual lifestyle of Missionaries of the Precious Blood.
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The Deep Hunger Inside Us
In the wave of firsts as a newly-ordained, baby priest, mistakes and errors are quite common. Not doing this right, forgetting to do that thing. Usually, I become aware of these errors at inopportune moments, usually toward the end of a Mass.
The Crosshairs of the Cross
The cross becomes that location where all those struggles and sufferings collide.
Fr. Thomas Beischel, C.PP.S., 1926-2019
Fr. Thomas J. Beischel, C.PP.S., 92, died at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, March 4 in the infirmary at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio, where he made his home. He was born May 31, 1926 in Cincinnati, to Victor and Edith (Frey) Beischel. He served in the U.S. Army as a...
Anything but Rotten
By Fr. Dennis Chriszt, C.PP.S. At first look, the plum tree in our backyard when I was a child looked like a rotten tree. But the plums it produced were wonderful to eat. At harvest time, my mother would make plum dumplings. This was one of only two recipes from her...
Shrine Releases 2019 Schedule
As spring approaches, our Missionaries at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio, are preparing for a busy pilgrimage season. Fr. Scott Kramer, C.PP.S., shrine director, recently released the following schedule of special pilgrimages and events at the shrine....