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FRESH Exemplar: St. Charles Borromeo

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 4 Happy Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo! “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Mt. 5:8). This passage from the Beatitudes read this past weekend for the Solemnity of All Saints can in a very real way said to des...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Martin de Porres

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 3 Happy Memorial of St. Martin de Porres! Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Martin de Porres, illegitimate child of an African slave and Spanish knight and Dominican lay-brother. St. Martin was not able to enter a religious o...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. John Paul II: Fear Not!

Posted on November 9, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tony Crescio

October 22 Happy Memorial of St. John Paul II!Fear not! So goes one of the most often repeated commands of the Bible, a message St. John Paul II made central to his pontificate. It is a message we need to hear constantly, perhaps most especia...
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Travelling by the Light of Virtue

Posted on November 6, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: November 8, 2020 My Dear Friends in Christ, With the celebration of the Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, we find ourselves just two weeks away from the celebration of the Solemnity of Our Lord J...
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Solemnity of All Saints: Striving for Happiness

Posted on October 30, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Solemnity of All Saints: November 1 My Dear Friends in Christ, Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints. In doing so, the Church, together with Christ, wishes to remind us of the goal toward which we strive as Christians as ...
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St. Ignatius of Antioch: A Threefold Eucharistic Lesson

Posted on October 17, 2020October 16, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Blessed Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr! Today’s memorial offers us the occasion to reflect upon the radical, totalizing nature of the Christian message. The reason for this being that the exemplar the Church sets up for o...
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St. John Henry Newman: Conscience as the Voice of Love

Posted on October 9, 2020September 30, 2022 by Tony Crescio

We often hear the word "conscience" bandied about in public discourse, but do we really know what the term means? The Church has consistently taught of the inviolability of the conscience. Most recently, echoing the Second Vatican Council, the C...
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La Escuela de la Felicidad-Parte 2

Posted on February 27, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Octavo domingo de Tiempo Ordinario: 2-26-17 La Pas Sea Con Ustedes, Hoy es el último domingo de Tiempo Ordinario que celebramos antes de comenzar la Temporada de Cuaresma el próximo miércoles con la celebración de miércoles de ceniza. La Temp...
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The School of Happiness-Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 2-26-17 Peace be with You, Today is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time which we will celebrate prior to beginning the Season of Lent this coming Wednesday with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. The Season of Lent ...
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La luz de la Unidad

Posted on January 22, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Tercero domingo de Tiempo Ordinario: 1-22-17 La Paz Sea Con Ustedes, El pasado fin de semana vimos que, aunque ya pasamos de la temporada Navideña y pasamos a la temporada de Tiempo Ordinario en el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia, de ninguna...
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