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No Christ, no Church; know Christ, know the Church

May 2, 2026 Carl E. Olson 6

Readings: • Acts 6:1-7 • Psa 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 • 1 Pet 2:4-9 • Jn 14:1-12 Perhaps you, like me, know people who express a belief in Jesus but have little or no interest in […]

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Christ the King, exalted by the Cross

November 22, 2025 Carl E. Olson 3

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

May 17, 2025 Carl E. Olson 6

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

March 29, 2025 Carl E. Olson 20

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

June 29, 2024 Carl E. Olson 16

On the Readings for Sunday, July 1, 2018 […]

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Palm Sunday: Glory flows from the obedience of selfless love

March 24, 2024 Carl E. Olson 6

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

February 24, 2024 Carl E. Olson 7

On the Readings for February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday of Lent […]

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Jonah and the call to constant conversion

January 20, 2024 Carl E. Olson 9

On the Readings for January 21, 2018 […]

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True worship and the Epiphany of the Lord

January 6, 2024 Carl E. Olson 10

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.”

August 14, 2023 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 25

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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