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The Immaculate Conception: A Celebration of Salvation

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/3gOme8QfEhQ The Immaculate Conception is a very poorly understood doctrine of the Catholic Faith. To be sure, the teaching is not without some conceptual difficulties. However, as Tony explains, at its most basic, the doctr...
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The Coming of God’s Glory

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/ZyRojquM8ao On this Second Sunday of Advent, Tony attends to the Baptist's call to repentance in relation to Isaiah's depiction of the radical transformation that will take place with the Messiah's arrival. As he explains, ...
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The Rescue Mission

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/f5vhyccJjBQ On this First Sunday of Advent, Tony discusses God's plan of salvation for the human family. As he explains, God's salvific action is centered upon the mission of the Incarnate Son, but includes a role for each ...
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Christ the King Transcends and Orders Politics

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/loth6_ydRMQ In this Commentary Clip, Tony explains how proclaiming Christ as King goes beyond the order of human politics, and should have the consequence of ordering our political activity on individual and communal levels...
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Faith is a Matter of Relationship

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/Z2zNNTv6m-4 In this Commentary Clip, Tony reflects upon Jesus' warning that Christians will be hated because of His name. As Tony explains, if faith were a matter of simple intellectual assent, this would not be the case. I...
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Only Love Endures

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/OXg97VcjqCY In his Gospel reflection for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tony discusses the Prophet Malachi's strong denunciation of those who fail to live out their covenantal relationship with God before turning to expl...
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The Saints Bring the Beatitudes to Life

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https://youtu.be/73CUH1Ianec In this Commentary Clip, Tony explains how the saints bring the Beatitudes of Matthew 5 to life for us, and how their exemplarity has a threefold function in our own pursuit of the imitation of Christ. Be...
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Striving for Happiness: Solemnity of All Saints

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/RxH8DilUAgE In his reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, Tony explains how the lives of all the saints point us towards the fulfillment of our deepest desire as human creatures, happiness. Mass Readings: Re...
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The Doctrine of Sin & The Doctrine of Salvation: 2 Sides of the Same Coin

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/MfHgGeKUW7I In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how the Doctrine of Salvation is really incoherent apart from the Doctrine of Sin. Put simply, if we aren't fallen and broken creatures, we have no need of a Savior. ...
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The Prayer of the Humble

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/ItvvZhqIFQY In his Gospel reflection for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tony discusses the two examples Jesus sets before us in His parable this weekend, the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. As he explains, the two men exempl...
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