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Living the Law of Love

Posted on April 30, 2023May 29, 2023 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 April 21, 2023May 20, 2023 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 April 18, 2023May 13, 2023 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 April 15, 2023May 6, 2023 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 April 13, 2023April 29, 2023 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 April 7, 2023April 22, 2023 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 March 31, 2023April 18, 2023 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 March 24, 2023April 1, 2023 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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Hearing to See

Posted on March 16, 2023March 26, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/FByDltjXhr4 In this reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, Tony Crescio highlights the central importance of attentive listening in the Christian life. Only when we heed Christ's call to us do we become fully ...
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A Thirst Quenching Life

Posted on March 9, 2023March 25, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/YzEMJmaZsz4 In this reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent, Tony Crescio examines Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman. As Tony explains, in this encounter, Jesus teaches us that it is only by being honest about our sinfu...
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