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Season of Lent

Entering into Jesus’ Transfiguring Prayer

Posted on 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 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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Mountaintops & Prayer

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/Y_w7ZraIFok In this Commentary Clip, Tony talks about the mountaintop setting of Jesus' prayer in the Gospel of Luke. As Tony explains, through their symbolic significance mountaintops teach us a deep truth about the theolo...
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Transfigured in Prayer

Posted on 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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Temptation in the Desert: A Scriptural Debate

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/Ob83MKzlydw In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how what we witness in the temptation of Christ in the desert by the Devil is really a scriptural debate between the two. Ultimately, Jesus overcomes the threefold temptat...
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Led into the Desert to be Tempted?

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/-Rq6LC84pAM In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses the strange line in the Gospel for the 1st Sunday of Lent that the Holy Spirit led Jesus "into the desert to be tempted by the devil." You can check out Tony's full...
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The Temptation of Christ & Authentic Human Living

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/LBqK6Gjg7sE In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how Jesus' being led into the desert by the Holy Spirit both emphasizes the reality of the Incarnate and teaches two things central to understanding authentic human living...
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3 Basic Temptations

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/mUei81GxZOI On this First Sunday of Lent, we witness the threefold temptation of Jesus in the desert by Satan. As Tony explains, through this dramatic episode in His life, Jesus reveals to us three basic temptations experie...
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Learning from Ashes

Posted on 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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Ash Wednesday: The Price of Becoming Combustible

Posted on by FRESHImage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DZnbsT1Ydg In this edition of FRESHImage Presents, Tony reflects on the meaning of the ashes we receive at the beginning of Lent this Ash Wednesday. These ashes have an important message for us as we beg...
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