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The scandalizing, thankless job of the Prophets
On the Readings for Sunday, July 8, 2018 […]
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Christianity: “Pie in the sky” religion or “island of mercy and security”?
On the Readings for Sunday, February 11, 2018 […]
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The Eucharist and the story of Israel
On August 5th, Pew Research Center released a survey that found that a majority of Catholics don’t believe that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist—Body, Blood, soul, and divinity. I became aware […]
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The purifying fire of dividing, divine Love
Readings: • Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 • Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18 • Heb 12:1-4 • Lk 12:49-53 In the summer of 2007, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a document containing “responses […]
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The Road of Gathering, Exodus, and Salvation
Readings: • Jer 31:7-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Heb 5:1-6 • Mk 10:46-52 “In the beginning,” states Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “God made human nature one […]
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The Cross reveals the true identity of Jesus
On the Readings for Sunday, September 16, 2018 […]
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“Behold! I tell you a mystery!”
The mysteries of the Incarnation and Resurrection are re-presented in every celebration of “the sacred mysteries” – Holy Mass – as Jesus is born in […]