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The Imitation Game

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https://youtu.be/36h-QSIp6bQ On this 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, St. Paul calls us to be imitators of him as he is an imitator of Christ. As Tony explains, by doing so, Paul is drawing from the ethics of the ancient world, which placed imi...
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The God Who Heals

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https://youtu.be/ofLclFbP-64 This weekend, as we celebrate the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we confront one of the most difficult realities of human life, suffering. As Tony explains, our readings for this weekend teach us six important poi...
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Called to Live Prophetically

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https://youtu.be/JSq8Xdow7Lg On this Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Church teaches us more about what it means to live out our created missional identities. In our first reading from the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses tells the People of I...
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I Have My Mission

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https://youtu.be/ShGE94SO3DA Friends, on this Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, we continue to learn more about what it means to live as a human creature. Specifically, as Tony explains, in our readings this Sunday, we discover that our identi...
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You Are Not Your Own

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https://youtu.be/dZv31wOKEjE On this Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Tony discusses two very difficult but essential spiritual lessons that this weekend's readings teach us, both of which are radically countercultural message. The first is,...
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Shining with the Radiance of a King

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GFNfAP8oNQ The celebration of Epiphany is, in many ways, a celebration of the fulfillment of God’s promise to the nation of Israel. “Epiphany” literally means manifestation. In this case, what is referr...
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Understanding Christmas Through Mary

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https://youtu.be/VaKoOW2wMPQ Today concludes the celebration of the Octave of Christmas, and properly speaking, marks the midway point of the celebration of the Incarnation that began on Christmas Eve and that will not conclude until with t...
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A Dwelling Place for God

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https://youtu.be/K9a5NapAR4Q We have arrived at the Fourth and final Sunday of Advent, and this Sunday we see God's plan for the human family fully revealed in the Annunciation. As Tony explains, it is in Mary that God's purpose for the Inc...
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The Baptist’s Lesson-Part 2

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https://youtu.be/GxW2lR2q0ms On this Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, the Church calls us to rejoice! As last Sunday, we are presented with the figure of St. John the Baptist in our Gospel. Tony suggests that this is entirely app...
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Docile Trust: Living as Creatures of the Creator

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https://youtu.be/TujpyvQVAdg In this episode, Tony Crescio, discusses how an overemphasis on the capabilities of modern science has led to a misremembering of our creatureliness as humans, and more specifically, as creatures “created in the...
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