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Theology of Prayer

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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St. Augustine of Hippo On The Christian Life of Prayer-Pt. 2

Posted on by Tony Crescio
In part one of this article on St. Augustine’s understanding of the Christian life of prayer we saw that for Augustine, prayer forms the Christian life to such an extent that it can itself be thought of as a prayer. We then began to explore the ...
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St. Augustine of Hippo on The Christian Life of Prayer-Pt. 1

Posted on by Tony Crescio
In his biography of the life of his saintly teacher, Possidius, the Bishop of Calama, describes St. Augustine of Hippo as a man who exemplified the things he taught. Possidius writes,   not only was he a ‘scribe instructed unto the kingdom of...
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Praying for God’s Justice

Posted on by Tony Crescio
https://youtu.be/PwrmtbkOMB4 In the Gospel for this 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear of Jesus' encounter with a Canaanite woman, who comes to plead with Jesus on behalf of her daughter who is possessed by a demon. In his reflection, To...
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