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“God is in charge of management; I just work in sales.”
On the Readings for Sunday, October 8, 2017 […]
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Free will and the drama of sin
On the Readings for Sunday, October 1, 2017 […]
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St. Jerome: Knight of Sacred Scripture
History rightly remembers St. Jerome (c.347-420) for compiling the Vulgate, the all-Latin edition of the Bible. In this endeavor that took decades, Jerome was the first to insist on translating the Old Testament directly from […]
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The San Damiano Crucifix: A Theological and Spiritual Interpretation
This Cross painted on wood initially hung in the Church of San Damiano, situated half way between hillside town of Assisi above and the Spoletan Valley below. It came to prominence when Jesus spoke to […]
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The compassion and joy of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Church throughout the world celebrates the Triumph of the Cross on September 14, and the Roman Rite fittingly follows that up the very next day with its commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows. Popular […]
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Ecclesia and Excommunication
On the Readings for Sunday, September 10, 2017 […]
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Lessons on labor, love, and life from St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa teaches us that work must be based in love in order to be truly fruitful. This truth applies to all work, whether one […]
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What do all the false Christs of our age have in common?
On the Readings for Sunday, September 3, 2017 […]
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The Papacy and Sacred Scripture
On the Readings for Sunday, August 27, 2017 […]
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St. Bartholomew: From despair to discipleship and a heavenly destiny
As it often does with the events of the Gospels, the streaming series The Chosen adds to the drama of the encounter between Jesus and Nathanael in John 1:45-51 by employing a bit of artistic […]