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St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Elevator of Divine Love

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Virgin and Doctor of the Church! Born in Alençon, France on January 2, 1873, Thérèse was the ninth child born to Louis and Zélie Martin (the only married couple to date canonized together), five of ...
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St. Jerome: The Slow Work of Sanctity

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church! Friends, what comes to mind when we think of the saints? For starters, perhaps paintings, images in stained glass windows, and statuary. If we take an interest at all in these heroes of the fai...
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St. Catherine of Siena: A Life Lived In Excess

Posted on April 28, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

At the end of his Gospel, John the Evangelist writes: “But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25). ...
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Polycarp: A Patron Saint for Lent

Posted on February 23, 2021February 18, 2023 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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The Hopeful Message of Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 15, 2021March 1, 2022 by Tony Crescio

The Lenten Season begins tomorrow with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. And, while there is, to be sure, a certain solemnness to this celebration, it is worth considering at the outset of this season of repentance, the hopeful message it holds ...
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Thomas Merton on Integrity in the Search for the Self

Posted on December 20, 2020November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

We hear from the Gospel for Gaudete Sunday Year B; the account of John the Baptist declaring his mission of salvation. In the Gospel, John the Baptist is interrogated by the chief priests and Levites. They ask John the Baptist who he i...
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Christifying Thanksgiving: The Thanksgiving Table Blessing

Posted on November 25, 2020November 19, 2022 by Tony Crescio

The celebration of Thanksgiving naturally lends itself to being understood by Christians through a Christocentric, or, more to it, Eucharistic lens. The reason for this stems from the straightforward linguistic connection, the English eucharist ...
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Joining the Divine Dance: Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Posted on November 20, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 21 Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Presentation of Mary. This celebration has traditionally been kept with greater solemnity by our brothers and sisters in the Orthodox Church. Yet it remains on the Liturgical Calenda...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Albert the Great

Posted on November 14, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 15 Happy Memorial of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor. The saint celebrated by the Church today is one of the most impressive figures in human history and thus the nickname, “the great,” is most appropriate. St. Albert of C...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Posted on November 12, 2020October 31, 2021 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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