﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:12:28 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Sean M Wright</title><link>https://www.diocs.org:443/Herald/rss/author/627/sean-m-wright</link><atom:link href="https://www.diocs.org:443/Herald/rss/author/627/sean-m-wright" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[DARKNESS at NOON and a BLOOD MOON]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/darkness-at-noon-and-a-blood-moon</link><description><![CDATA[ Recently I re-read “Dear and Glorious Physician,” Taylor Caldwell’s masterful historical fiction about St. Luke. One of the biblical occurrences cited is “from the sixth hour there was darkness over ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/darkness-at-noon-and-a-blood-moon</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-1465]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[House of the Virgin Mary - A hidden gem in the city of Ephesus]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/house-of-the-virgin-mary-a-hidden-gem-in-the-city-of-ephesus</link><description><![CDATA[  When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, thy son.”  Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, thy mother.” And from ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/house-of-the-virgin-mary-a-hidden-gem-in-the-city-of-ephesus</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-1268]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Pathway to Unity - Catholic Church marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/pathway-to-unity-catholic-church-marks-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-council-of-nicaea</link><description><![CDATA[  Who or what is Jesus?   

 According to author Martin Mosebach, “The early Christians knew that the Christian message was Jesus himself. The essence of the Gospels’ new, more profound, and more ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/pathway-to-unity-catholic-church-marks-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-council-of-nicaea</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-1088]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[St. Dymphna, patron saint of the mentally ill]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/st-dymphna-patron-saint-of-the-mentally-ill</link><description><![CDATA[ My favorite of this celestial company was St. Dympha . . . I found a frame for [her holy card] . . . and for many decades, it sat on my desk in Whitehall, to the amusement or consternation of my ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/st-dymphna-patron-saint-of-the-mentally-ill</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-989]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Pope Francis and Electing the Bishop of Rome]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/pope-francis-and-electing-the-bishop-of-rome</link><description><![CDATA[ n April 21, 2025, Monday in the Octave of Easter, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the first American to serve as Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, solemnly announced the death of Pope Francis, Bishop of ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 15:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/pope-francis-and-electing-the-bishop-of-rome</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-969]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[DeForeest Shares His Ashes]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/deforeest-shares-his-ashes</link><description><![CDATA[ Youngsters astonish parents with unexpected occasions of instantaneous affection. Their compassionate little hearts eagerly prompt them to help Mom or Dad. And these wonderfully impulsive incidents ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/deforeest-shares-his-ashes</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-902]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Halos: Many Signs of Sanctity]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/halos-many-signs-of-sanctity</link><description><![CDATA[ The halo is a phenomenon seen in nature as a ring around the sun or moon, a result of refracted or reflected light. 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He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/books-suitable-for-christmas-gift-giving</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-806]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[And Thy Own Soul A Sword Shall Pierce]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/and-thy-own-soul-a-sword-shall-pierce</link><description><![CDATA[  “And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, ‘Behold, this child is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be contradicted.  And thy own soul ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/and-thy-own-soul-a-sword-shall-pierce</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-707]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean M Wright]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Mary, Mother of the Church]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/mary-mother-of-the-church</link><description><![CDATA[  Editor’s note: On Feb. 11, 2018, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments inscribed a new obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/mary-mother-of-the-church</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-593]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>