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St. Anthony of Padua: Finding Human Dignity-Pt. 1

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor, June 13 Tony, Tony, look around, something’s lost and must be found! Growing up in a Catholic home, this was something I heard my mother pray, as we scrambled about the house to track down items we ha...
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Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, & Companions

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Blessed Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, & Companions, Martyrs! Today's memorial celebrates some of those who gave their lives for Christ on our continent. In his letters, St. Isaac Jogues demonstrates a fierce and undaun...
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St. Luke the Evangelist: Living as Theophilus

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Blessed Memorial of St. Luke the Evangelist! St. Luke famously dedicated his two part work, Luke and Acts, to a figure named Theophilus: “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among...
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St. Teresa of Avila: Alone God Suffices

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Happy Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Doctor! Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you; All things are passing; God never changes; Patient endurance attains all things; Whoever has God lacks nothing. Alone God suf...
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St. Ignatius of Antioch: A Threefold Eucharistic Lesson

Posted on by Tony Crescio
Blessed Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr! Today’s memorial offers us the occasion to reflect upon the radical, totalizing nature of the Christian message. The reason for this being that the exemplar the Church sets up for o...
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