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Incarnation

The Strength of Faith

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/rJWpDDI9riY On this 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, St. Mark presents us with the paradox of the Incarnation by placing us in the midst of seemingly competing understandings of Who Jesus Is. As Tony explains, on the one hand,...
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Living as Branches on the Vine

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/OT59uaF7ZcI On this 5th Sunday of Easter, we are once again presented with one of the "I Am" statements of Jesus, this time "I am the true vine." As Tony explains, like the image of the Good Shepherd explored last weekend, ...
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The Life of the Good Shepherd

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/yZD2Wx1UZto The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday, for regardless of liturgical cycle, our Gospel reveals Jesus as the Good Shepherd. As Tony explains, in our own time and place, the image of the Good...
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The Christian Life as Pilgrimage of Deification

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/MB9IEkvfsvE How are we saved? What do we need saving from, exactly? And what, if any, is our role in the process of salvation? In this FRESHImage Presents, Tony takes Fr. Teilhard de Chardin's poem, "Patient Trust," as a po...
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Watch!

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/TmC4TElIem8 This Sunday marks the beginning of a new liturgical year in the life of the Church, and the First Sunday of Advent. And today, Jesus has a stark warning for us, "Watch!" But what exactly is Jesus telling us to w...
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FRESH Exemplars: St. Leo the Great

Posted on by Tony Crescio
November 10 Happy Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church! What does it mean to be great? St. Leo, whom the Church celebrates today, was the first Pope to receive the attribution of “the Great.” When we think of what i...
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The Gift of Re-Creation

Posted on by Tony Crescio
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): 12-25-16 Peace be with You, Last week we were offered an opportunity to step back and reflect upon the reality that God has a plan in mind for the human family, and within that plan, for each individual per...
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Anne Rice and the Story of Love

Posted on by Tony Crescio
In writing of her approach to the novel, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Anne Rice describes the challenge of being able “to take the Jesus of the Gospels, and try to get inside him and imagine what he felt.”  In this Rice is similar to any modern rea...
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