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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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Death is inevitable, but damnation is not
Readings: • Jer 20:10-13 • Psa 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35 • Rom 5:12-15 • Matt 10:26-33 Recently, while watching a basketball game on television, I was horrified when a commercial came on that was completely inappropriate […]
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The Beatitudes: The new Law given by the new Moses
Readings: • Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13 • Psa. 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Cor. 1:26-31 • Matt. 5:1-12a During this Sunday’s Gospel Reading, we hear the Beatitudes, among the most well-known and oft-quoted sayings of Jesus. […]
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Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life
Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of […]
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A Sunday of victory and suffering
The Church calls this day by two names: Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. The first, for victory—the name most people recognize, not surprisingly; the second, for suffering—the one most folks would sooner forget. But in […]
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By embracing Christ’s Passion, we overcome our passions
Readings: • Wis 2:12, 17-20 • Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8 • Jas 3:16-4:3 • Mk 9:30-37 Three of the greatest temptations known to man are lust for power, pursuit of illicit pleasure, and […]
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Peter the Apostle and Paul, the teacher of the Gentiles
“Sts. Peter and Paul,” Altar of St. Catherine (1465), Schwabach, Germany. Artist unknown. / Credit: Public Domain
National Catholic Register, Jun 29, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
St. Peter was a fisherman. Fishing nets and tilapia were his daily real… […]
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Providence, Prosperity, and Purpose
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
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Six qualities of authentic love
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
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Caravaggio painted two masterpieces of St. Paul’s conversion — why?
Caravaggio’s “Conversion on the Way to Damascus,” 1601. / Credit: Caravaggio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Even those who aren’t intimately acquainted with art history may be familiar with the B… […]