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The “sheer contradiction” of the miracle of the loaves and fishes

July 27, 2024 Carl E. Olson 26

On the Readings for Sunday, July 29, 2018 […]

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Lent: A journey, an encounter, and a time of purification

March 11, 2023 Carl E. Olson 8

Readings: • Ex 17:3-7 • Psa 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 • Jn 4:5-42 Lent is not merely a season, but a journey, an encounter, and a time of purification. Benedict XVI, in […]

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When Jesus seems lost: Mary’s Third Sorrow and the Church today

December 1, 2019 Alan L. Anderson 2

As I prayed for the Church during the Amazon Synod, I found myself returning to meditation on a particular event in the life or Our Lady—an event toward which I’ve been drawn more and more […]

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