Beloved, greetings to you at long last! Please forgive the unusual gap in time since our last communication (which was our Christmas newsletter!). Much has taken place since then, including our move to Beloit, Kansas (see our temporary address below). We hope to send out our first newsletter from the land of Dorothy and Toto 😊 by summer’s end.
In the interim, I wanted to send you the homily below from the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore. I believe this dear priest has the right perspective which can indeed bring comfort to our hearts, especially following the Holy Father’s recent motu proprio, Traditiones Custodes.
Please know you are in our prayers and that we cherish yours on this pilgrim’s way to our eternal home.
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
UPDATE: We are sorry that the video has become unavailable. We are trying to get it directly from the source and will repost it if possible.
 The two weeks of Passiontide begin today, the first week being known as “Passion Week,” and the second week being known as “Holy Week.”
Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (born c. 296, died 2 May, 373), bishop and confessor, is a doctor of the Church. Athanasius was the greatest champion of Catholic belief on the subject of the Incarnation that the Church has ever known and in his lifetime earned the characteristic title of “Father of Orthodoxy”, by which he has been distinguished ever since. Athanasius was even known as Athanasius Contra Mundum (Athanasius against the World). Athanasius studied under Saint Anthony the hermit, (Athanasius wrote a 
Today’s first reading gives us an important insight to understand profoundly the mystery of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple by Mary and Joseph, in accordance with the canons of Mosaic Law. The text, taken from the Prophet Malachi says, ‘I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; and suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord who you seek’ (Mal 3:1). From all the Gospels, we know that it is the Precursor, St John the Baptist who was born 6 months before Jesus, that God sent to prepare His way. Putting these evangelical facts together, we can comprehend the words of the Prophet Malachi. The Lord God promised that He would send a Precursor to prepare His way. Since there is only 6 months between the birth of St John the Baptist and Jesus it is clear that the prophecy meant that suddenly after the Precursor, the Lord Himself will come. So, soon after the Baptist’s birth, God entered His temple. Jesus’ presentation signifies God’s entrance to His temple. God made man entered His temple, presenting Himself to those who were really searching for Him. 
