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A Kingdom of Beauty: Part 1

Posted on July 12, 2023July 30, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/3xvOfz2UadA On this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear Jesus' parable of the sower and the seeds. As Tony Crescio explains, each of Jesus' parables teaches us something about the nature of the reality in which we li...
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Living in the Real World

Posted on July 6, 2023July 22, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/wgnJt2IrrLE In our Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus calls us to be meek and humble. These are two virtues sorely missing from our society today. And, as Tony Crescio explains, when they are, the result is a narrow imag...
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Climbing the Ladder of Beatitude

Posted on January 27, 2023February 11, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/ZeEwBkuTquU On this Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time we are invited to listen to Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount. As Tony explains, the Beatitudes are not simply nice characteristics to aspire to, but a program for becoming more l...
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The Rescue Mission

Posted on November 20, 2022December 11, 2022 by Tony Crescio

First Sunday of Advent-Cycle A My Dear Friends in Christ, Last weekend our liturgical year culminated with the celebration of the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. There we saw that the King we proclaim is unlike any ot...
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Fruit of the Earth and Work of Human Hands

Posted on July 23, 2022September 8, 2022 by Vanessa Crescio

“Blessed are you, Lord God of all Creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life” (St. Paul Daily Missal, 842). It’s not uncommo...
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St. Anthony of Padua: Finding Human Dignity-Pt. 1

Posted on June 11, 2022July 25, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor, June 13 Tony, Tony, look around, something’s lost and must be found! Growing up in a Catholic home, this was something I heard my mother pray, as we scrambled about the house to track down items we ha...
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The Little Drummer Boy’s Gospel

Posted on December 15, 2021January 25, 2022 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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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: Loving the Sacred Heart

Posted on October 11, 2021October 16, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque! St. Margaret Mary is especially known for her promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a gift which she received on behalf of the whole Church. A letter Margaret Mary wrote to Sr. Fèlic...
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St. Teresa of Avila: Alone God Suffices

Posted on October 11, 2021October 9, 2022 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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Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi

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

Happy Feast of St. Francis of Assisi! “Let all of us, brothers, look to the Good Shepherd Who suffered the passion of the Cross to save his sheep. The sheep of the Lord followed him in tribulation and persecution, in insult and hunger, in inf...
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