Five Ways – Mar 26

March 26, 2026

1. Little brother to baby sister: When Karen found out that another baby was on the way, like any good mother, she prepared her 3-year-old son for a baby sister. He sang a song, day after day and night after night, to his baby sister in his Mom’s tummy. Unfortunately, the baby was born with a serious health condition, which made it impossible for him to visit her. Finally, his mother overcame the restrictions of the hospital and he was allowed into intensive care and sang to her “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.” Immediately her health began to improve; as he continued to sing “You make me happy when skies are grey,” she was able to go home in good health. Woman’s Day Health magazine called it “The Miracle of a Brother’s Song,” and Father Gil Boucher O.M.I, in Book One of Fr. Gloat Gleanings, p. 250 commented “Never give up on the people you love; Love is so incredibly powerful.”
2. Ron Rolheiser good news: Facebook, Feb. 27, 2026: “The news is good! I had a CT scan recently and met with my oncologist who shared that the chemo is working! Since I started this round of chemo in late November there has been a 50% reduction of the two problematic tumors and a drop in my blood indicators registering cancer to near zero! I am scheduled for another six chemotherapy treatments, which would mean that my final chemo treatment would be in mid-May. Another CT scan then will determine if that is the last treatment. That’s the hope. Thank you so much for your prayers!”
3. Episcopalian Eucharistic Language: In the Feb.19 Five Ways (many thanks to those who responded), I began to examine the way that the language of Eucharistic Prayer 2 especially becomes so bland and habitual. On March 2-3, Pope Leo met with the three bishops of the Personal Ordinariate of the Anglican Church. These are Episcopalians and Anglicans who have come into the Catholic Church bringing with them the language of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, which experts describe as “Sacral English” and “Beauty in Worship.”

The three dioceses of the Personal Ordinariate cover the US and Canada; England and Wales, Scotland; and Australia and Japan. So there are former priests of the Episcopal-Anglican Church scattered all over the world who can use this worship language, more reverent than ours yet not too removed from ordinary language. I hope to soon attend such a Mass here near Boston, MA. If you find one near you, try to attend and let me know what you think of the language used.

May Holy Week, the Week of the Bright Sadness, bring all of us closer to Jesus, making us better evangelizers.

In His Love,

Fr. Harry Winter, O.M.I. (for past Five Ways, see www.harrywinter.org)

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