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Christifying Thanksgiving: The Thanksgiving Table Blessing

Posted on November 25, 2020November 19, 2022 by Tony Crescio

The celebration of Thanksgiving naturally lends itself to being understood by Christians through a Christocentric, or, more to it, Eucharistic lens. The reason for this stems from the straightforward linguistic connection, the English eucharist ...
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Investing Our Talents

Posted on November 14, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: November 15, 2020 My Dear Friends in Christ, The celebrations of the last two Sundays have thematically coalesced around the theme of preparation for the end time when the kingdom of our Heavenly Fathe...
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Travelling by the Light of Virtue

Posted on November 6, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: November 8, 2020 My Dear Friends in Christ, With the celebration of the Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, we find ourselves just two weeks away from the celebration of the Solemnity of Our Lord J...
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Solemnity of All Saints: Striving for Happiness

Posted on October 30, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Solemnity of All Saints: November 1 My Dear Friends in Christ, Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints. In doing so, the Church, together with Christ, wishes to remind us of the goal toward which we strive as Christians as ...
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An Epiphanic Visit: Following the Example of St. Vincent de Paul

Posted on October 27, 2020September 16, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

At the center of Jesus's teaching in the Gospels stands the greatest commandment, which is twofold: love of God and love of neighbor (Mat 22:34-40). And who is our neighbor that we are called to love? Jesus tells us, “Just as you did it to one o...
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The Light of Unity

Posted on January 20, 2017October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time: 1-22-17 Peace be with You, Last weekend, we saw that though we have moved on from the Christmas Season and into the season of Ordinary Time on the Church’s liturgical calendar, we have by no means deviated from th...
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The Gift of Re-Creation

Posted on December 23, 2016October 31, 2021 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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Blood Father & Restoring Innocence (Spoiler Alert)

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

By Tony Crescio Mel Gibson stars as John Link in the 2016 film, Blood Father, the story of a down-and-out, ex-con father looking for his estranged 17 year old daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty). We first join John in a church where he is attending an...
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A Life of True Joy

Posted on November 4, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: 11-6-16 Peace be with You, The instruction we have been receiving on how it is that we are to cultivate the goodness of our nature came to a culmination of sorts last weekend in the story of Zacchaeus. Th...
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The Joy of Prayer

Posted on October 14, 2016October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 10-16-16 Peace be with You, Last week, we were exhorted to live with an attitude of gratitude, being always thankful for the gift of life that our God bestows upon us (Acts 17:28). We found examples of thi...
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