Today is the 25th of March. On this day, the Church usually celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation. However this year, the Marian Feast Day takes a step back as we begin Holy Week.
I thank God for the many blessings I received today.
It was the first day of work for DearDad. We pray this is a good job for him. He started his two week training as a correctional officer.
And it is also the last day of the 10-week formation sessions we have been attending on Monday evenings since the start of February. The assistant parish priest has been discussing the Gospel of St. Mark.
(Admittedly, I hadn't opened a bible in ages.)
"Did the good thief have a name?", one of the attendees asked.
The name of the good thief was on the tip of Fr. John's tongue. He said he would look it up and send it to us via email (because it was already our last session). But another guy came up with a brighter idea. He handed his iPad to the priest after he had googled it for us.
So there and then, Fr. John was able to tell us that the good thief is St. Dismas. He has been chosen by the Church as model of criminals, thieves and undertakers; and his Feast Day is today.
(What are the chances, right? God truly does work in mysterious ways.)
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