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Seven Last Words from the Cross: “This day you will be with Me in paradise”

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Preachers who suggest that Dismas (as tradition speaks of him) “stole heaven” do not do justice to the gratuity of salvation. For in a sense, […]

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Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I recently read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]

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