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The King of Hearts: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Posted on November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/lquJFiUACTY As we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Tony discusses how Jesus Christ reigns as King of the Universe. As he explains, Jesus reigns not as an earthly king who demands alleg...
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The Portal of Faith

Posted on August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/nFerhD7HECU In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony discusses how faith is something often misconstrued by detractors and faithful alike. As he explains, our readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time teach us that faith...
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Mary: Mother of All Alive in Christ

Posted on June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/fo7vbdWrXas The last several decades have unfortunately witnessed a waning in Marian devotion and piety. At least part of the reason for this is that Marian piety is a sticking point between Catholic and non-Catholic Christ...
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The Existential Peripheries at the Heart of the Gospel

Posted on March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/8JgMZ3P1IFA In this Commentary Clip Exclusive Tony discusses the meaning of the "Lost & Found" parables of Jesus found in chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke. As Tony explains, in Jesus' "Lost & Found" parables, we are...
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Understanding Active Participation in the Liturgy: Part 2

Posted on August 8, 2023August 29, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

In part 1 on this series on active participation in the liturgy, I discussed the topic in a general way, covering some aspects of the concept's historical development. Active participation is one of the critical conditions necessary to make the ...
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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 1-Life & Dignity of the Human Person

Posted on June 20, 2023July 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The glory of God is the human person fully alive; and the glory of the human person consists in beholding God” (St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, 4.20) In his October 16, 2021 address to The World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope Fr...
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Belonging to the Body of Christ

Posted on April 26, 2022June 1, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12). St. Paul’s exhortation on unity and diversity as found in 1 Corinthians 12 is a very familiar passag...
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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

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

Blessed Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels to you! Today’s celebration of the Guardian Angels has the tendency to take us back to childhood. After all, for many of us, the prayer to our guardian angel is among the first we learn. Angel o...
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Co-Responsible for the Mission of the Church

Posted on October 13, 2020October 31, 2021 by Vanessa Crescio

This month, Pope Francis invites us to pray with him that the laity, particularly women, embrace our baptismal responsibility for the mission of the Church. Notice please he does not ask us to “collaborate” with the hierarchy, which is not to di...
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Echoing Switchfoot

Posted on June 20, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

By Tony Crescio Many of us who were coming of age in the early 2000’s remember the alternative rock band from San Diego, Switchfoot. Though having a definite underlying Christian message to share, the band was able to cross-over into the mainstre...
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