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John Chrysostom on the Family, Education, and the Transformation of Society

Posted on September 19, 2022March 27, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFaMYBCros&t=3s Welcome to FRESHImage Presents! What is the family? What is its purpose? Society would have us believe that the family is primarily for economics, but Christianity has a much di...
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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 2

Posted on August 1, 2022October 1, 2022 by Tony Crescio

In Part One, we saw how, though not without difficulty, St. Alphonsus left the potential power, wealth, and prestige that were before him, together with many “friendships” of utility behind, to pursue authentic and lasting friendship with God. W...
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The Invitation to be Co-Creators with God

Posted on February 28, 2022March 30, 2022 by Vanessa Crescio

“The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it” (Genesis 2:15). In our culture, we place a premium on working hard, grinding it out, less rest, and more productivity. The underlying assumpt...
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An Enterprise of Mercy: Business That Serves Humanity

Posted on January 24, 2022March 1, 2022 by Vanessa Crescio

“All human activity, including business, can be an exercise in mercy, which is partaking in God’s love for mankind … Enterprises exist to serve” (Pope Francis, Nov. 17, 2016, to the Participants in the International Conference of the Chris...
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Cultivating and Sharing the Fruit of the Spirit

Posted on July 5, 2021May 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit (Gal 5:25). In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He warns: “Beware of false prophets… by their fruits you will know them. Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad...
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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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Thomas Merton on the Unity of All Things in the Love of Christ

Posted on December 1, 2020November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

A man cannot enter into the deepest center of himself and pass through that center into God, unless he is able to pass entirely out of himself and empty himself and give himself to other people in purity of a selfless love (New Seeds of Contempl...
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La luz de la Unidad

Posted on January 22, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Tercero domingo de Tiempo Ordinario: 1-22-17 La Paz Sea Con Ustedes, El pasado fin de semana vimos que, aunque ya pasamos de la temporada Navideña y pasamos a la temporada de Tiempo Ordinario en el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia, de ninguna...
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Viviendo la Respuesta del Cordero

Posted on January 14, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

II Domingo Ordinario: 1-15-17 La Paz Sea Con Ustedes, Habiendo celebrado la Epifanía el domingo pasado y el Bautismo del Señor el siguiente lunes, la Iglesia ha entrado en lo que llama Tiempo Ordinario en el calendario litúrgico. Sin embargo, ...
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Mr. Church and Finding the True Self in a Complete Gift of Self (Spoiler Alert)

Posted on January 2, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

By Tony Crescio “Henry Joseph Church could’ve been anything he wanted to be, he chose to cook, the key he said, jazz.” These are the opening lines of the 2016 film, “Mr. Church,” starring Eddie Murphy as the title character. Mr. Church drops int...
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