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John Paul II: God Has Given You to Me

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8MgvWIAuAE We need not observe the world we live in long to arrive at the conclusion that the world we live in is not as it should be from a Christian perspective. As Tony Crescio explains in this FRESHI...
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John Chrysostom on the Family, Education, and the Transformation of Society

Posted on 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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Augustine: The Psalms as the Dramatic Portrayal of Eucharistic Living

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/QmnjmESJg0Y Welcome to FRESHImage Presents! For Augustine, the psalms provide Christians with a mirror for our lives in two ways: First, they reflect the drama of the human experience this side of eternity. Second, t...
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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 2

Posted on 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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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 1

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Last year, hoping to fill in a gap in current research, a group of psychologists from Columbia University and Michigan State University, sought to investigate the “cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes” (Peiqi...
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Fruit of the Earth and Work of Human Hands

Posted on 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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True Freedom and the Beautiful Life

Posted on by Tony Crescio
On July 4th, our country once again celebrates the day of our independence. Independence Day is rightly commemorated because of the victory won for human dignity, as freedom was gained for a people to live life according to the dictates of consc...
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Feed Them Yourselves

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, 2022 "Give them some food yourselves" (Luke 9:13). Can you imagine the looks on the Apostles' faces when Our Lord said these words to them? Here they were, twelve men wh...
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The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

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During the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed that the Second Sunday of Easter would from then on be celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday. He made this proclamation on the occasion of canonizing the woman known as the ...
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The FRESHLife of the Venerable Augustine Tolton-Part II

Posted on by Aidan McDermott
“Father Augustine Tolton, United States of America, diocese of Alton, Illinois” (From Slave to Priest: The Inspirational Story of Father Augustine Tolton, Caroline Hemesath, O.S.F., 159). These words from the Cardinal sent chills down Father ...
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