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Chronological snobbery and the empty tomb
On the readings for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, April 1, 2018 […]
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Pope Francis to young people: ‘Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!’
Pope Francis addresses approximately 7,000 children from around the world in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Nov. 6, 2023, at an event sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education dedicated to the theme “Let us learn from boys and girls.” … […]
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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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Unless we become grains of wheat…
On the Readings for March 18, 2018, the Fifth Sunday of Lent […]
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That famous Bible verse and the journey from darkness to light
On the Readings for March 11, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Lent […]
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True worship and the cleansing of the Temple
On the Readings for Sunday, March 4, 2018, the Third Sunday of Lent […]
Books
Renewing the moral life while renouncing the tyranny of the banal
David Deane is Associate Professor of Theology at the Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, Nova Scotia). He received his doctorate from Trinity College (University of Dublin) and has taught at Colorado State University. He is […]
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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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Contemplating Guardini’s manifesto of a melancholic
“Melancholy is too painful, reaches too deeply into the roots of human experience to permit us to leave it to the psychiatrists.” — Romano Guardini, The Human Experience (Cluny Media, 2018) The word “melancholy”, in its […]
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The First Sunday of Lent: Deluges and Deserts, Sin and Salvation
On the Readings for Sunday, February 18, 2018, the First Sunday of Lent […]