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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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Looking in the Mirror of Scripture

Posted on February 15, 2022June 5, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Sixth Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday-Year II When is the last time you went a day without looking in the mirror? Looking in the mirror is something that, I dare say, is something that we tend to do quite often, perhaps more often than we sh...
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The Little Drummer Boy’s Gospel

Posted on December 15, 2021January 25, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Of the many holiday songs which saturate the airwaves during the Advent and Christmas seasons and can be heard played in Christmas concerts, The Little Drummer Boy is perhaps one of the best known. In fact, as Kathy Warnes writes in her article,...
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Mary: A Woman of the Word

Posted on October 6, 2021June 6, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary! “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5). With this short statement, Mary gives us the Christian program for life, a regiment which she had followed very closely, not only after giving birth to the Son o...
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Living a Eucharistic Life

Posted on March 24, 2021March 25, 2024 by Tony Crescio

Here we share a presentation prepared by Tony for the 2021 Men of Christ Conference held in Beaver Dam, WI. The theme of the conference was "Live Truth-Defend Truth." Tony suggests to us that living the Truth is always the beginning of defending the...
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When Home Décor becomes Doxology

Posted on January 28, 2021October 31, 2021 by Vanessa Crescio

As we welcome you into our humble Catholic home, you will notice in the entryway a modest Hobby Lobby quote block that reads: “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15). In this our home is far from unique. This line from Jo...
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The Christmas Tree: A Sign of Life in Christ

Posted on December 23, 2020December 10, 2022 by Tony Crescio

There are few things like a sparkling Christmas Tree that can bring a smile to our faces so easily. Every year around this time, almost instinctually, many of us acquire an evergreen tree of some variety to put in our homes. It has been common o...
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The Immaculate Conception: A Celebration of Salvation

Posted on December 7, 2020December 5, 2021 by Tony Crescio

While the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th marks an event of the utmost importance in salvation history, it is not without its conceptual and emotional difficulties. Conceptually the difficulties arise du...
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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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