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	<description>&#34;Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.&#34;</description>
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		<title>From the Sermon Archives for the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2026: Our Resurrection Hope: Raising Our Desire to Proclaim the Good News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 6A, Sunday, May 25, 2014. As always it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before you read the sermon. My prayer is that &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/10/from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-sixth-sunday-of-easter-2026-our-resurrection-hope-raising-our-desire-to-proclaim-the-good-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Classic Old Poem for Mothers&#8217; Day 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Learned this poem as a boy back in the Stone Age and I think it represents the beauty of Motherhood exquisitely. Yeah, I know that not all mothers live up to this standard but that misses the point entirely. What &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/10/a-classic-old-poem-for-mothers-day-2026/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>V-E Day 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 81st anniversary of V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day), May 8, 1945, in which the Allies celebrated the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany the day before. Take a moment today and thank God for bringing us victory over evil. Remember the &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/08/v-e-day-2026/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>May 7, 2026: Happy Birthday, Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today would have been my mama&#8217;s 104th birthday, something I simply cannot fathom (and something she would have undoubtedly hated!); where has the time gone?? My mother was an exquisite role-model of motherhood. She loved me, spent time with me, loved &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/07/may-7-2026-happy-birthday-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>May 7, 2026: Germany Surrenders to the Allies 81 Years On</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/07/may-7-2026-germany-surrenders-to-the-allies-81-years-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, bringing an end to World War II in Europe. Read the original AP story. From here.]]></description>
		
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		<title>May 6, 2026: The Hindenburg Disaster 89 Years On</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Eastertide 2026 for the Fifth Week of Easter: Victor Lee Austin: The Wrongness of Human Death (First Things)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a very good article, one I highly recommend to you. Death is the bitter fruit and sting of human sin and rebellion, originating in our first human ancestors&#8217; rebellion (Genesis 3). Read it therefore with this truth in &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/04/eastertide-2026-for-the-fifth-week-of-easter-victor-lee-austin-the-wrongness-of-human-death-first-things/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>May 4, 2026: Remembering the Kent State Shootings 56 Years On</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 56th anniversary of the confrontation between the Ohio National Guard and students at KSU. When it was all over, four students lay dead and others seriously wounded. I was a junior in high school when this happened &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/04/may-4-2026-remembering-the-kent-state-shootings-56-years-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Fifth Week of Easter: Changed by God to Make a Difference for God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 5A, Sunday, May 14, 2017. As always it will be helpful for you to read the assigned lectionary texts before reading the sermon. In it I deal with what the Easter Faith lived out looks &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/05/03/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-fifth-week-of-easter-changed-by-god-to-make-a-difference-for-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Fourth Week of Easter: Is Your Shepherd Good Enough to Get You Through the Night?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 4C, Sunday May 12, 2019. As always it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before you read the sermon. This sermon essentially challenges &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/30/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-fourth-week-of-easter-is-your-shepherd-good-enough-to-get-you-through-the-night/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Fourth Week of Easter: Living Out and Dying In Our Resurrection Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 4A, Sunday, May 3, 2020. As always, it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before you read the sermon. For those with ears &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/28/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-fourth-week-of-easter-living-out-and-dying-in-our-resurrection-faith/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Fourth Week of Easter: Why We Need The (Not A) Good Shepherd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 4A, Sunday, April 25, 2021. As always, it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before you read the sermon. For those with ears &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/26/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-fourth-week-of-easter-why-we-need-the-not-a-good-shepherd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From the Sermon Archives: Another Sermon for the Third Week of Easter: The Promise and Power of the Resurrection: Not Another Fish Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 3C, Sunday, May 5, 2019. As always it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before reading the sermon. I focus on forgiveness, something &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/23/from-the-sermon-archives-another-sermon-for-the-third-week-of-easter-the-promise-and-power-of-the-resurrection-not-another-fish-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026 for the Third Week of Easter: An Ancient Commentator Muses on the Eucharist and Resurrection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saint Irenaeus, a late second-century Christian commentator and apologist, was bishop of Lyons and a spiritual grandson of the Apostles, having studied under Polycarp who in turn had studied under the Apostle John, one of the original twelve Apostles of &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/22/eastertide-2026-an-ancient-commentator-muses-on-the-eucharist-and-resurrection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Third Week of Easter: Christ’s Resurrection: Making All Things New</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 3C, Sunday, May 1, 2022. It was the last sermon I ever preached as rector and it remains bittersweet to this day. As usual, it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/21/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-third-week-of-easter-christs-resurrection-making-all-things-new/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: From the Sermon Archives for the Third Week of Easter: Like Jesus</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/19/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-third-week-of-easter-like-jesus/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter 3B, Sunday, April 19, 2015. As always, it will be helpful for you to read the assigned texts below by clicking on or tapping their links below before you read the sermon. This is important &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/19/eastertide-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-for-the-third-week-of-easter-like-jesus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Remembering the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere on Its 251st Anniversary</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/18/remembering-the-midnight-ride-of-paul-revere-on-its-251st-anniversary/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 – 1882. Had to learn this poem in Junior High School and it remains a classic today, even if it is sadly ignored by those who should be teaching it. Listen, my children, and you &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/18/remembering-the-midnight-ride-of-paul-revere-on-its-251st-anniversary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: Protestia: N.T. Wright Says Jesus’ Bodily Resurrection is an Optional Christian Belief, Not Needed for Salvation</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/13/eastertide-2026-protestia-n-t-wright-says-jesus-bodily-resurrection-is-an-optional-christian-belief-not-needed-for-salvation/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I posted this last year, but it is worth a second look during this Eastertide because it deals with the non-negotiable article of Faith that all Christians must believe if they are to call themselves &#8220;Christian&#8221; in any meaningful sense &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/13/eastertide-2026-protestia-n-t-wright-says-jesus-bodily-resurrection-is-an-optional-christian-belief-not-needed-for-salvation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: Rev’d Fleming Rutledge Muses on Low Sunday</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/12/eastertide-2026-revd-fleming-rutledge-muses-on-low-sunday/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All good questions, especially for anyone who calls himself/herself &#8220;Christian,&#8221; and it is very hard to argue with her conclusion. Holy Mother Church has dropped the ball on this and God&#8217;s people suffer as a result. Lord have mercy. For &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/12/eastertide-2026-revd-fleming-rutledge-muses-on-low-sunday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: On Not Being Ashamed of the Gospel</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/07/eastertide-2026-on-not-being-ashamed-of-the-gospel/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Below is a sermon from Rev&#8217;d Fleming Rutledge in which she addresses the elephant in the room for many Christians, especially those who live in the West, who are ashamed of the gospel. Maddeningly, many of the Church&#8217;s teachers, preachers, &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/07/eastertide-2026-on-not-being-ashamed-of-the-gospel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: A Letter to Diognetus—The Christian in the World</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/07/eastertide-2026-a-letter-to-diognetus-the-christian-in-the-world/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christians are indistinguishable from others either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. Their teaching is not based upon reveries inspired &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/07/eastertide-2026-a-letter-to-diognetus-the-christian-in-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easter Sunday 2026: A Family Easter Tradition</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-a-family-easter-tradition/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My dad owned a shoe store when I was growing up and one of the Easter traditions that developed in our home was that the Easter Bunny would leave a colored hard-boiled egg in my shoe on Easter morning. I &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-a-family-easter-tradition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: Dr. Ben Witherington: Will Our Heavenly Bodies be Immaterial?</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/eastertide-2026-dr-ben-witherington-will-our-heavenly-bodies-be-immaterial/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A very good lesson on the Resurrection—specifically what Saint Paul meant by &#8220;spiritual bodies&#8221; (1 Corinthians 15.44)—and quite appropriate for Eastertide since the Resurrection is all about new bodies! By all means be refreshed and strengthened by your Resurrection hope, &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/eastertide-2026-dr-ben-witherington-will-our-heavenly-bodies-be-immaterial/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eastertide 2026: N.T. Wright: Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/eastertide-2026-n-t-wright-can-a-scientist-believe-in-the-resurrection/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wonderful stuff. The video&#160;is over an hour but you don&#8217;t have over an hour to watch it. Do&#160;yourself a favor and watch it anyway. And if you are the reading type rather than the viewing&#160;type, pick up Wright&#8217;s book, Surprised &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/eastertide-2026-n-t-wright-can-a-scientist-believe-in-the-resurrection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easter Sunday 2026: From the Sermon Archives: Our Easter Hope: We Need it Now More than Ever</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-our-easter-hope-we-need-it-now-more-than-ever/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sermon originally preached on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. As usual, it will be helpful for you to read the assigned lectionary texts below by clicking on or tapping their links before you read the sermon. For those with ears &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-our-easter-hope-we-need-it-now-more-than-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In Celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Music for Easter Sunday 2026</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/in-celebration-of-the-resurrection-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-music-for-easter-sunday-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Easter Sunday 2026: Saint John Chrysostom on Easter</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-saint-john-chrysostom-on-easter/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone who is devout and a lover of God, let them enjoy this beautiful and radiant Feast of Feasts! If anyone is a wise servant, rejoice and enter into the joy of the LordIf anyone has been wearied in fasting, &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-saint-john-chrysostom-on-easter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easter Sunday 2026: An Ancient Account on How Those Who Were Baptized at Easter Were Instructed</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-an-ancient-account-on-how-those-who-were-baptized-at-easter-were-instructed/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The season of Lent has always been a time when the Church prepared new converts to become full members by instructing them in matters of the faith and preparing them for baptism. Here is a description from how this was &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-an-ancient-account-on-how-those-who-were-baptized-at-easter-were-instructed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easter Sunday 2026: An Easter Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/05/easter-sunday-2026-an-easter-prayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Triduum 2026: Music for Holy Saturday—Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello and Piano (Arvo Pärt)</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-music-for-holy-saturday-spiegel-im-spiegel-for-cello-and-piano-arvo-part/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Holy Triduum 2026: Holy Saturday: Waiting for the Messiah We Didn’t Expect</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-holy-saturday-waiting-for-the-messiah-we-didnt-expect/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?Look around and see.Is any suffering like my sufferingthat was inflicted on me,that the LORD brought on mein the day of his fierce anger? —Lamentations 1.12 (NIV) LORD, you are the &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-holy-saturday-waiting-for-the-messiah-we-didnt-expect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Saturday 2026: S.A. McCarthy (WS): The Harrowing of Hell and the Goodness of God</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-saturday-2026-s-a-mccarthy-ws-the-harrowing-of-hell-and-the-goodness-of-god/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fascinating discussion of the Harrowing of Hell, Christ&#8217;s descent into Hell after his death on the Cross. For those with ears to hear, listen and understand. [I]t was through the sin of Adam and Eve that death entered into &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-saturday-2026-s-a-mccarthy-ws-the-harrowing-of-hell-and-the-goodness-of-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Triduum 2026: An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-an-ancient-homily-for-holy-saturday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Triduum 2026: Another Prayer for Holy Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grant, Lord,that we who are baptized into the deathof your Son our Savior Jesus Christmay continually put to death our evil desiresand be buried with him;and that through the grave and gate of deathwe may pass to our joyful resurrection;through &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-another-prayer-for-holy-saturday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Triduum 2026: A Prayer for Holy Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[O God, Creator of heaven and earth:Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomband rested on this holy Sabbath,so we may await with him the coming of the third day,and rise with him &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/04/holy-triduum-2026-a-prayer-for-holy-saturday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Notable and Quotable (4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is the Lord’s Word for all who have gathered at the foot of the Cross today [Good Friday]. If you know what it is like to feel abandoned by God, if you have wondered if Christian faith isn’t in &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Notable and Quotable (3)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here again are the words of Jesus in his prayer at the end of the Last Supper: Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, since thou hast given him power over all flesh, &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Sacred Music for the Sacred Event</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-sacred-music-for-the-sacred-event/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For those with ears to hear, listen and understand.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: From the Sermon Archives: What’s So “Good&#8221; About Good Friday?</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-whats-so-good-about-good-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lectionary texts: Isaiah 52.13-53.12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4.14-16, 5.7-9; John 18-19. In the name of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. You, LORD, reign &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-from-the-sermon-archives-whats-so-good-about-good-friday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Fleming Rutledge Offers a Good Friday Reflection</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-fleming-rutledge-offers-a-good-friday-reflection/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Then [the crucified criminal]&#160;said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23.42-43 (NRSV) Somehow the crucified criminal on Jesus&#8217; right was enabled to &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-fleming-rutledge-offers-a-good-friday-reflection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Fleming Rutledge on Faith and the Cross</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-fleming-rutledge-on-faith-and-the-cross/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fantastic Good Friday devotional, and one I highly recommend you make part of your library. For those with ears to hear, listen and understand. Earlier [Jesus]&#160;had said to his disciples, &#8220;As the lightning flashes and lights up the sky &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-fleming-rutledge-on-faith-and-the-cross/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Father Carlo Carretto Offers a Reflection Appropriate for Good Friday</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-father-carlo-carretto-offers-a-reflection-appropriate-for-good-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As for me, I began to know Jesus as soon as I accepted Jesus as the truth; I found true peace when I actively sought his friendship; and above all I experienced joy, true joy, that stands above the vicissitudes &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-father-carlo-carretto-offers-a-reflection-appropriate-for-good-friday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Notable and Quotable (2)</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a Tree, &#8220;mystical and eternal&#8221; which rises above the hills of time. Where its shadow falls, there God&#8217;s claim rests upon us and something is exacted of us. Those who have entered even a little way into the &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Notable and Quotable (1)</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes just as we have come to accept &#8220;the withering away of the Cross,&#8221; a silence falls&#8230;darkness,&#8230;and it strikes us how mortal we are and that before three decades have passed, or four, our very names will be unremembered and &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-notable-and-quotable-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: An Account of How Good Friday was Observed in 4th-Century Jerusalem</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-an-account-of-how-good-friday-was-observed-in-4th-century-jerusalem/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[On Good Friday] following the dismissal from the Cross, which occurs before sunrise, everyone now stirred up goes immediately to Sion to pray at the pillar where the Lord was whipped. Returning from there then, all rest for a short &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-an-account-of-how-good-friday-was-observed-in-4th-century-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: Saint John Tells the Story of Good Friday</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-saint-john-tells-the-story-of-good-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John. When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and he and his disciples &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-saint-john-tells-the-story-of-good-friday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: N.T. Wright on the Seven Signs in Saint John’s Gospel</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-n-t-wright-on-the-seven-signs-in-saint-johns-gospel/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From John for Everyone, Part 2. Simply Beautiful. For those with ears to hear, listen and understand. The changing of water to wine was, as he told us clearly, the first in the sequence of ‘signs’ by which Jesus revealed &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-n-t-wright-on-the-seven-signs-in-saint-johns-gospel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Friday 2026: N.T. Wright Muses on the Cross as Recounted by St. Luke</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-n-t-wright-muses-on-the-cross-as-recounted-by-st-luke/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read St. Luke 23.26-46 One of the most moving moments at the Lambeth Conference in 2008 came when Sir Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi, gave a splendid and stirring lecture. Many of us, who had only heard him on the &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/good-friday-2026-n-t-wright-muses-on-the-cross-as-recounted-by-st-luke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Holy Week 2026: Good Friday</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/holy-week-2026-good-friday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced &#8230; <a href="https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/03/holy-week-2026-good-friday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maundy (Holy) Thursday 2026: Music Appropriate for the Occasion</title>
		<link>https://maney.us/blog/2026/04/02/maundy-holy-thursday-2026-music-appropriate-for-the-occasion/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Maney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let the words and music soak into your mind, heart, and soul, and be thankful. For those with ears to hear, listen and understand.]]></description>
		
		
		
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