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The Little Drummer Boy’s Gospel

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Of the many holiday songs which saturate the airwaves during the Advent and Christmas seasons and can be heard played in Christmas concerts, The Little Drummer Boy is perhaps one of the best known. In fact, as Kathy Warnes writes in her article,...
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Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, & Companions

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Blessed Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, & Companions, Martyrs! Today's memorial celebrates some of those who gave their lives for Christ on our continent. In his letters, St. Isaac Jogues demonstrates a fierce and undaun...
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St. Teresa of Avila: Alone God Suffices

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Happy Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Doctor! Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you; All things are passing; God never changes; Patient endurance attains all things; Whoever has God lacks nothing. Alone God suf...
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Perpetua & Felicity: Striving for Eternal Happiness

Posted on by Tony Crescio
The desire for happiness is a universal human experience. From of old philosophers have constructed their theories of what it means to live a good life based on this self-evident truth and have sought to articulate for the human family the path ...
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Polycarp: A Patron Saint for Lent

Posted on by Tony Crescio
February 23rd Today the Church commemorates one of the most acclaimed figures of its early life, St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr. The greatness of Polycarp’s reputation is really astounding when one considers how little we know of his life. H...
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Investing Our Talents

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: November 15, 2020 My Dear Friends in Christ, The celebrations of the last two Sundays have thematically coalesced around the theme of preparation for the end time when the kingdom of our Heavenly Fathe...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Posted on by Tony Crescio
November 13 Happy Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini The saint the Church celebrates today, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, is a reminder to Christians of a central reality of their lives, i.e., they are by their very nature, pilgrims. Acc...
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