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The Magnificence of the Christian Way of Life

Posted on 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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All In

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/7smiJnPB7N0 On this 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, we arrive at the conclusion of Jesus' Bread of Life Discourse. As Tony explains, the way St. John the Evangelist concludes this episode clearly demonstrates that Jesus is al...
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Eating the Bread of Life

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/DS3pnVAF3uA On this 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we reach the very heart of Jesus' Bread of Life Discourse from chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. As Tony explains, if examined in their original Greek, the words Jesus uses t...
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Living as the Family of God

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/Ipdh95xIg2I This weekend Jesus teaches us what it means to live as members of the Family of God. A first glance of this Sunday's Gospel seems as though Jesus teaches us this at the expense of His Mother, Mary. However, as T...
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The Imitation Game

Posted on 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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The Finest Quality of the Human Family

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/c4LoATGabE4 On this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us a very difficult spiritual lesson in his rebuke of St. Peter. The only way to grow in holiness is to die to our false selves, the selves that we ha...
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St. Monica and Spiritual Motherhood

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Among other things, the celebration of the life of St. Monica today represents the fulfilment of a son’s prayer. At the end of Book Nine of his Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo asks his readers to pray for his parents, most especially within ...
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Eucharistic Imagination

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/BvHQuxm3vhw In his reflection for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Tony Crescio examines Jesus' teaching in the Bread of Life Discourse in light of the manna provided by God for the People of Israel in the Book of Exodus. T...
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Living the Law of Love

Posted on 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 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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