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Holy Week resources and reflections

Was it a Miracle?

The media have been full of stories and commentaries on the water landing of a US Airways passenger jet that resulted in no fatalities, and few serious injuries. Often, almost too often, the outcome of this potential mass tragedy has been proclaimed to be a miracle. One commentator said that the happy ending was the result of a series of small miracles.

Bosnian monks make a comeback with gourmet cheese

(ENI) -- Roman Catholic monks in Bosnia-Herzegovina have resumed production of a world-famous cheese after they were forced to stop by the Balkans war in the mid-1990s.

"Our numbers fell and we were forced to cut back — and in 1996, we stopped making it completely when the last brother who knew the recipe died," explained Zvonko Topic, one of two surviving Trappist monks at the Marija Zvijezda, or Mary Star, monastery near Banja Luka. "But we've now decided to bring it back to consumers here, and we'll be opening a small shop soon for tourists and visitors."

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