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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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FRESH Exemplar: St. Charles Borromeo

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 4 Happy Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo! “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Mt. 5:8). This passage from the Beatitudes read this past weekend for the Solemnity of All Saints can in a very real way said to des...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Martin de Porres

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 3 Happy Memorial of St. Martin de Porres! Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Martin de Porres, illegitimate child of an African slave and Spanish knight and Dominican lay-brother. St. Martin was not able to enter a religious o...
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Living out the Lamb’s Response

Posted on January 13, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1-15-17 Peace be with You, Having celebrated Epiphany last Sunday and the Baptism of the Lord the following Monday, the Church has entered into what it calls Ordinary Time on the liturgical calendar. However, th...
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The Prayer of the Exalted

Posted on October 21, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 10-23-16 Peace be with You, Over the course of the last several weeks we have been receiving an education on the complex dynamics that surround our lives. We have been called to imitate the Love which has bro...
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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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