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The Magnificence of the Christian Way of Life

Posted on October 19, 2024October 20, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/Hjq6wC_ky5A On this 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus reminds us that the Christian Way of Life is truly magnificent. For, as Tony explains, the Christian Way of Life calls every single one of the baptized to cooperate in...
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Called to Mission

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/wVdWsV6CME8 On this 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are taught that being Christian means possessing a missional identity. As Tony explains, the Christian's missional identity is one shared with the Incarnate Son, Jesus Ch...
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The Imitation Game

Posted on February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 by Tony Crescio

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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Sent by Name

Posted on May 17, 2023July 1, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/2PTy8eI2AcY On this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear Jesus calling His twelve disciples. As Tony Crescio explains in his reflection, there is deep significance to the calling of the twelve on both communal and indi...
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Why Pray The Stations of the Resurrection?

Posted on April 26, 2022June 4, 2022 by Tony Crescio

While not yet as popular as the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross), or, the Stations of the Cross, the Via Lucis (Way of Light), or, the Stations of the Resurrection, is a beautiful Easter compliment to it. As the Directory on Popular Piety and the L...
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Building from the Ground Up

Posted on August 26, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: 8-28-16 Peace be with You, Over the last couple of weeks we have been confronted with the reality that the road to discipleship is a difficult one. Two weeks ago, we heard Jesus tell us that to love as He...
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Mountain Climbing

Posted on August 20, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: 8-21-16 Peace be with You, Last weekend, we heard the disquieting message that the road of discipleship is often one that is lonely as living a life in accordance with the gospel will lead us to live in a w...
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The Portal of Faith

Posted on August 4, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 8-7-16 Peace be with You, This weekend, we continue our crash course in Christian discipleship picking up right where we left off last weekend. Last Sunday, Jesus taught us that we are to value material good...
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A Healthy Indifference

Posted on July 29, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 7-31-16 Peace be with You, Over the last several weeks, we have been receiving a course in the fundamentals of discipleship from Jesus. We have seen that the life of discipleship is: 1) founded upon a relati...
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Persistent Prayer

Posted on July 22, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 7-24-16 Peace be with You, Last week through the story of Martha and Mary, we received instruction about how the disciple of Jesus is to order their life. That is, the life of discipleship is shaped by one’...
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