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Doctrine, Dissent, and the Eucharist
On the Readings for Sunday, August 26, 2018 […]
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The New Manna is a Man!
On the Readings for Sunday, August 5, 2018 […]
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‘God is hidden in human misery’: Pope Francis highlights dignity of migrants, prisoners
An image of the annunciation and the incarnation — when God became man in the womb of the Virgin Mary — was placed close to the altar during a Mass Pope Francis celebrated on July 7, 2024, in Trieste, Italy. The pope was in Trieste to attend the… […]
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Six qualities of authentic love
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
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True worship and the Epiphany of the Lord
Readings: • Is 60:1-6 • Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 • Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 • Mt 2:1-12 “Worship”, observed Fr. Gerald Vann, O.P., “is not a part of the Christian life: it is the Christian […]
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The reason and reality of the Nativity
Eventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are […]
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Hail, Mary! Tabernacle of God and the Word!
On the Readings for Sunday, December 24, 2017, the Fourth Sunday of Advent […]
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The joyful, particular scandal of Advent
On the Readings for Sunday, December 17, 2017, the Third Sunday of Advent […]
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First Sunday of Advent: Expectation, Exhortation, Eucharist, Eternal Life
On the Readings for Sunday, December 3, 2017, the First Sunday of Advent […]
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The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love
On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross […]