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Eating the Bread of Life

Posted on August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/DS3pnVAF3uA On this 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we reach the very heart of Jesus' Bread of Life Discourse from chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. As Tony explains, if examined in their original Greek, the words Jesus uses t...
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Lauda Sion: St. Thomas Aquinas & Corpus Christi

Posted on May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 by Andrzej Zahorski

The period spanning from late April to early June is characterized by a rapid succession of significant Church feasts: Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, and the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. Each of these feasts, brimming with p...
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Investing Our Talents

Posted on November 16, 2023December 2, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/9yBnRIaFsM0 On this 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us a key spiritual lesson concerning our love for Christ through the parable of the talents. In effect, this parable poses a question to us, have we worked dil...
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Learning to Love Like God

Posted on October 27, 2023November 10, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/ddObgWXTEV8 On this 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we hear Jesus proclaim the greatest commandment, that we are to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind. This is something we hear often, and the fact that we do can te...
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Giving God His Due

Posted on October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/XVlgWx1YtwQ This weekend, Jesus turns a would-be trap by those who oppose Him into a deep spiritual lesson on the nature of human life. Taking a look at a denarius which bore the image of the Roman Emperor, Jesus says, "rep...
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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 2-Call to Family, Community, & Participation

Posted on July 12, 2023August 2, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The family is the basic cell of society. It is the cradle of life and love, the place in which the individual ‘is born’ and ‘grows’” (Pope St. John Paul II, “Christifideles Laici”). In our first installment of this seven-part series on Catho...
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December 17: O Wisdom

Posted on December 9, 2022December 20, 2022 by Tony Crescio

O Wisdom, O holy Word of God, you govern all creation with your strong yet tender care. Come and show your people the way to salvation (Christian Prayer, 118). In this reflection Tony Crescio discusses the first of the great "O" Antiphons of ...
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Remembering St. Nicholas

Posted on December 6, 2022December 17, 2022 by Tony Crescio

December 6 What comes to mind when we think of Santa Claus? Probably something along the lines of a jolly figure, somewhat mysterious, who dresses in a vibrant red suit and stocking hat; sits upon an extravagant throne while children tell him...
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Pentecost: Restoring Unity in Diversity

Posted on June 4, 2022July 31, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Pentecost Sunday My dear friends in Christ, Today’s celebration of Pentecost marks the culmination of the Church’s celebration of the Easter Season. The celebration begun at the Easter Vigil now finds its completion in the descent of the H...
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The Triduum: Living a Paschal Life

Posted on March 28, 2022March 25, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/Wy44W1rrwEA This talk was delivered as part of the Lenten Speaker Series at St. Anselm Parish in St. Louis, MO. In it, Tony discusses how the Triduum, the most solemn liturgical celebration in Christianity, is not merel...
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