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Advent: Expectation, Exhortation, Eucharist, Eternal Life
On the Readings for Sunday, December 3, 2017, the First Sunday of Advent […]
Incarnation
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“I should be glad of another death”: T.S. Eliot’s timeless poem for Epiphany
With its natural imagery suggesting a spiritual coming-to-life, Eliot’s 1935 poem moves symbolically from the barrenness of winter into the verdant fertility of Christ’s arrival. […]
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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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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 […]
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The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity
Readings: • Prov 8:22-31 • Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-5 • Jn 16:12-15 The apologist and novelist Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) dryly noted, in an essay titled “The Dogma is the Drama,” that for […]
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The image of man has been raised up: On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
“You ascended into glory, O Christ our God, and You delighted the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit. Through this blessing, they were assured that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer […]
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Life from Light: Advent hope in a world of crushing darkness
“This life was the light of the human race.” — John 1:4 If by profession or hobby you are a speleologist, then you probably already know that Vietnam is home to the world’s largest cave, called […]
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Doctrine, Dissent, and the Eucharist
On the Readings for Sunday, August 26, 2018 […]
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You are Who you eat: “Let Christ be eaten…”
On the Readings for August 19, 2018 […]
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The New Manna is a Man!
On the Readings for Sunday, August 5, 2018 […]