Mother’s Day Blessing of Mothers

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The following prayer may be used prior to the Grace Before Meals or at the conclusion of dinner on Mother's Day. Mother's Day Blessing of Mothers All begin with the Sign of the Cross All may stretch out their hands over the moth...
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A Higher Level of Existence

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/nna-mlr1IdA Though perhaps not often thought of in this way, the bodily Ascension of Christ is a central tenet of the Christian Faith professed in the Creed. Moreover, together with the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, C...
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Living the Law of Love

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/TTZSa0FjvqI In our Gospel for this Sixth Sunday of Easter, Jesus says to us, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments" (John 14:15). Such words may sound to postmodern ears as coercive language. However, as Tony Cresc...
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Through Him, With Him, and In Him

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHJFDn2au74 In his reflection for this weekend, Tony Crescio reflects on the meaning of Jesus telling us that He is going to prepare the way for us in His Father's House in light of the Cross of Christ. As Tony e...
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Entering Through the Gate

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/6yBIam-SCtE In the Gospel for this Fourth Sunday of Easter, we hear Our Lord use two images to describe our relationship to Him, a Shepherd and His sheep and a Gate. As Tony Crescio explains, by using these images Jesus is maki...
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Walking East

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/dc_Xw8h0Cdc On this Third Sunday of Easter, Tony Crescio brings the episode of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus into conversation with the episode of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden. As Tony explains, wh...
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The Wounds of Love

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/roW6dR-PnuM The Second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. On this Sunday we hear the well-known story of "doubting Thomas." However, in his reflection for this Sunday, Tony suggests that closer attention to the s...
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A Life of Alleluia

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/3VsKpxIigB0 In our time and place the bodily Resurrection in Christ is called into question by many. And even among those who believe that Christ did indeed rise bodily from the dead, most don't seem to think the Resurrection h...
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The Resolve of Love

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/zdxQqND1boE In his Gospel reflection for Palm Sunday, Tony focuses on the two figures of Judas and Peter. As Tony explains, these two figures are tragic in their own ways, yet have much to teach us about what we have been creat...
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The Weeping Savior

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/SwRwK9tbwbQ In his Gospel reflection for the Fifth Week of Lent, Tony Crescio focuses on what the exile experience of the People of Israel has to teach us about life this side of eternity. Just as the People of Israel experienc...
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