Spirituality

Blue Bus To Provide Transit Shuttle For April 3 Pilgrimage

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NCRTD News:

ESPAÑOLA — The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) Blue Bus will once again provide fare-free bus service to support pilgrims traveling to the annual Santuario de Chimayó pilgrimage on Good Friday, April 3.

Each year, tens of thousands of pilgrims take part in this centuries-old tradition, journeying to El Santuario de Chimayó—one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the United States. NCRTD’s Blue Bus plays a key role in supporting a safe and accessible journey for participants from across the region.

To accommodate increased demand, The Blue Read More

Fr. Glenn: Passionate

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

So, we come this weekend (March 29 this year) to Passion, or “Palm”, Sunday … the latter name referring to the branches placed on the road as the Israelites celebrated the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. While that passage of the Gospel opens the day’s Catholic Mass, it hardly speaks to the whole of the day’s remembrance. Rather, in the Gospel of the day’s Mass and of other denominations’ observances, we have one of the longest, most poignant, and most moving excerpts of our year: the account of Jesus’ sacrifice of Himself—the Last Supper, the agony in the Garden, His arrest, false Read More

Daily Postcard: El Santuario De Chimayo In Spring

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Daily Postcard: Nestled in the village of Chimayo along the High Road to Taos sits a national historic landmark, El Santuario de Chimayo. The sanctuary is well known for the unusual legend of its creation and as a present-day pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called ‘no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.’ It is also often called the ‘Lourdes of America’ for its magical healing soil. In the small prayer room next to the sanctuary is a round hole filled with this soil. In fact, many come to the church in pursuit of this soil, Read More

United Church Of Los Alamos Invites All To Celebrate Easter

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COMMUNITY News:

The United Church welcomes all to join us during Holy Week in commemoration and celebration March 29–Easter Sunday, April 5.

Brunch and Egg Hunt following worship on the church grounds!    

Services:

  • 9:30 a.m., March 29: Palm Sunday Worship, Sanctuary
  • 7 p.m., April 2: Maundy Thursday/Tenebrae service, Graves Hall (Christian Education Building)
  • 6:30 a.m., April 5: Easter Sunrise Service, west side Ashley Pond Park
  • 9:30 a.m., April 5: Easter Worship Service, Sanctuary

The United Church of Los Alamos
2525 Canyon Rd
505.662.2971
Unitedchurchla.org Read More

Fr. Glenn: Treading Water

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Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, we’re coming close to Easter. Next weekend (March 27 this year) is Passion (Palm) Sunday, in which we remember and contemplate especially the passion of Jesus—His arrest, torture and crucifixion. This is why the Catholic devotion—very common during Lent—of the Stations of the Cross. We Christians should be more attentive to meditate on His passion frequently, because Jesus does it for us … takes upon Himself the deserved punishment that our sins and wrongs against God and one another deserve. He saves us from ourselves.

As analogy, we might imagine we’re on the Titanic Read More

All Shall Be Well: ‘Mortal, Can These Bones Live?’

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill

The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” Ezekiel 37:1.

Six years ago, clergy friends and I were wondering if our congregations would survive. We couldn’t hold services. Parishioners Read More

RPNM Chairwoman Amy Barela On Bomb Threat At Church

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RPNM News:

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES — Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) Chairwoman Amy Barela releases official statement on reports of a bomb threat during a church service in Truth or Consequences: 

“I am grateful that everyone at New Hope Revival Church’s Truth or Consequences campus is safe following the reported bomb threat during a recent service,” Chairwoman Barela said. “As Chairwoman, I stand proudly for the liberty of all churches and houses of worship in our great state. More must be done to ensure these sacred places are protected in New Mexico, and the rest of the country from threats Read More

Op-Ed: The Best Of Intentions – A Call To Awareness

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By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

When I sit down at the pottery wheel, I always have the best of intentions. Whether I have a specific form in mind, or want to make a special gift for someone, or just want to clear my mind from pressing issues that threaten my sanity.

We all, when we start something new, have the best of intentions. We hope, or at least have the general sense, that things will turn out well. We wouldn’t really start them otherwise. I still believe that very few people actually try to do bad things consciously from the start.

But things can and do go sideways, Read More