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Imitation of Christ

A New Commandment?

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/OiyqxM8J3_A In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony discusses the new commandment Jesus gives to us in our Gospel Reading for the 5th Sunday of Easter. As Tony explains, what is new about this command isn't so much the comm...
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A Voice Calling Us to Self-Sacrificing Love

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/plMUkH5ff4U In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony discusses the Gospel Reading for the 4th Sunday of Easter in light of the previous Sunday's Gospel where Jesus had called Peter to follow Him. As Tony explains, Jesus' pre...
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Merciful Like the Father

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/8Nxxe7HfGng Having opened His interior life to us last weekend through the Beatitudes, on this 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus now exhorts us to imitate His Heavenly Father and ours. As Tony explains, Jesus' exhortation t...
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Learning to Live Like Jesus

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/n86U0MlnELU On this 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we are invited to listen as Jesus preaches the great Sermon on the Plain. As Tony explains, Jesus reveals His interior life to us in the Beatitudes so that by His grace we mi...
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Do Whatever He Tells You

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/6oVEXHdEdLA On this Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, we witness the Miracle of the Wedding at Cana. As Tony explains, in this scene God manifests the type of relationship we have been created for with Him, as creatures creat...
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Pursuing the Wisdom of God

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/wuxx9NFiKXU Friends, on this 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are reminded of the totalizing nature of the Christian Way of Life. As Tony explains, in His exchange with the rich man, Jesus reminds us that living the Christi...
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All In

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/7smiJnPB7N0 On this 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, we arrive at the conclusion of Jesus' Bread of Life Discourse. As Tony explains, the way St. John the Evangelist concludes this episode clearly demonstrates that Jesus is al...
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The Sacrifice of Faith

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/Kdc3OloV4_M As we celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent, we are confronted by what appear to be radically different scenes from Scripture. On the one hand, we witness the terrifying Akedah, and on the other the Transfiguratio...
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40 Days in the Desert

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/7UP6rG2Npwo As we enter into the Season of Lent, the Church calls us to a participatory imitation of Christ's 40 day experience in the desert. As Tony explains, God desires for these 40 days in the desert to be a period of ...
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The Imitation Game

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/36h-QSIp6bQ On this 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, St. Paul calls us to be imitators of him as he is an imitator of Christ. As Tony explains, by doing so, Paul is drawing from the ethics of the ancient world, which placed imi...
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