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The Prodigal in Us All

Posted on March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/M9AbqN3rAl8 On this 4th Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, Jesus tells us the wonderful parable of the Prodigal Son. In this reflection, Tony discusses how this beautiful parable speaks directly to what the Season of Lent is a...
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How Prayer, Fasting, & Almsgiving set us Ablaze with God’s Love

Posted on March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/OM2Wqj2y3lM In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, are all aimed at making us living burning bushes. In other words, human creatures set ablaze with the love and...
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Ablaze but not Consumed

Posted on March 20, 2025March 21, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/MuOVPp0qTCI On this 3rd Sunday of Lent, together with Moses we encounter the extraordinary sight of the burning bush. As Tony explains, the burning bush holds a threefold significance for us, all of which ultimately point t...
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Entering into Jesus’ Transfiguring Prayer

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/VkZOsgrUAbo In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how while the Apostles fail to enter into Jesus' transfiguring prayer over the course of His Passion, there are two individuals we can look to and see how life changes rad...
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The Importance of Remaining Spiritually Awake

Posted on March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/2UeMsM1WRbo In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses the contrast St. Luke draws between the Apostles being awake at the Transfiguration and asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane. As Tony explains, placing these two scenes alon...
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Transfigured in Prayer

Posted on March 13, 2025March 17, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/DKf66LE5uQ4 On this 2nd Sunday of Lent, we witness the Transfiguration of Jesus. As Tony explains, Luke's account of this great episode Jesus' life emphasizes the importance of prayer, and the transformative power it can ha...
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Learning from Ashes

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/yb04OQQk6Jw Ash Wednesday is a curious cultural phenomenon. While not a holy day of obligation for Catholics, Ash Wednesday services find church buildings unusually full, and even those who do not make time to attend a litu...
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Lift Up Your Hearts

Posted on May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/jfSiDmzlEdE As we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord's Ascension, we are reminded that Jesus' ascent into Heaven is something that we are all meant to experience, and not just at the end of our lives or at the end of time....
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In Media Vita

Posted on February 25, 2024March 18, 2025 by Andrzej Zahorski

https://youtu.be/YcQRG1zlsfk The chant Media Vita in Morte Sumus [In the midst of life we are in death], also known as the Antiphon of the Sinners, was originally a part of the Compline service for the Fourth Sunday of ...
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40 Days in the Desert

Posted on February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 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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