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Christ the King, exalted by the Cross
Readings: • 1 Sam 5:1-3 • Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 • Col 1:12-20 • Lk 23:35-43 “Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I […]
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Retrieving the best of the past in order to serve the future: An interview with Jason C. Paone
Jason C. Paone, PhD, is the editor of Word on Fire Academic and a Managing Editor of The New Ressourcement journal. He studied the classics and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving […]
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The Parable of the Merciful Father
Readings: • Jos 5:9a, 10-12 • Psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 • 2 Cor 5:17-21 • Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 The parable of the prodigal son is, along with the parable of the good Samaritan, the best-known […]
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Death is an uncomfortable fact—and a conquered foe
On the Readings for Sunday, July 1, 2018 […]
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Palm Sunday: Glory flows from the obedience of selfless love
On the Readings for Sunday, March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion […]
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Fathers, Sons, and Sacrifices: On the Second Sunday of Lent
On the Readings for February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday of Lent […]
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Jonah and the call to constant conversion
On the Readings for January 21, 2018 […]
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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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“Holy Virgin, Holy Mother, assumed into Heaven, pray for us.”
The witness of Mary needs to be highlighted for the benefit of all women and for the good of all society. In her dual identity […]
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Death is inevitable, but damnation is not
Readings: • Jer 20:10-13 • Psa 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 • Rom 5:12-15 • Matt 10:26-33 Recently, while watching a basketball game on television, I was horrified when a commercial came on that was completely inappropriate […]