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Detail from 'Crucifixion' (c.1315) by Giotto di Bondone [WikiArt.org]
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Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life

April 18, 2025 Dr. Randall B. Smith 2

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

April 13, 2025 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 18

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

September 21, 2024 Carl E. Olson 14

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

June 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

“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

June 15, 2024 Carl E. Olson 7

On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]

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Six qualities of authentic love

May 4, 2024 Carl E. Olson 8

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?

January 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

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… […]

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Christ’s question for everyone: “What are you looking for?”

January 13, 2024 Carl E. Olson 6

On the Readings for Sunday, January 14, 2018 […]

'Rest on the Flight into Egypt' (1597) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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The Holy Family points the human family to the Heavenly Family

December 30, 2023 Carl E. Olson 5

On the Readings for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph […]

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The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love

September 13, 2023 Carl E. Olson 10

On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross […]

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