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It’s Never Too Late

https://youtu.be/FW6A60S_PZU On this 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us the parable of the landowner calling laborers into his vineyard to work. As Tony Crescio explains in his reflection, with this parable, Jesus reveals someth...
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The Finest Quality of the Human Family

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

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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An Attentive Love

https://youtu.be/nCZ7UiDz8u8 In his reflection for this 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tony Crescio discusses the episode of Jesus walking on water to the disciples in the middle of the stormy sea in light of the Prophet Elijah's encounter w...
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Living in the Real World

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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Sent by Name

https://youtu.be/2PTy8eI2AcY On this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear Jesus calling His twelve disciples. As Tony Crescio explains in his reflection, there is deep significance to the calling of the twelve on both communal and indi...
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The Fire of Love

https://youtu.be/58MZ1PJmXWk In his reflection for Pentecost Sunday, Tony Crescio reflects on the episode of the descent of the Holy Spirit as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles in light of the Old Testament accounts of creation and the T...
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Living the Law of Love

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

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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