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Advent: Learning to Love with the Love of God

Posted on November 20, 2021November 11, 2024 by FRESHImage

Dearest Friends in Christ, As we prepare to enter into the upcoming Season of Advent, making preparations for the coming of Christ by learning to be more like Him, it is important to remember that we cannot do this alone. To be sure, becoming...
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Advent: A Penitential Season

Posted on November 19, 2021November 11, 2024 by FRESHImage

Dearest Friends in Christ, Years ago, the Season of Advent was considered to parallel the Season of Lent as a time of preparation and a time of repentance appropriate for acts of penance. This is seen in various ways. Most ostensibly in ...
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Advent is Quickly Approaching

Posted on November 18, 2021November 11, 2024 by FRESHImage

Dearest Friends in Christ, Advent is a time of waiting, a time of preparation. Unfortunately, for many of us Advent is often characterized by the busyness of preparing for all the various holiday celebrations we take part in, at work, at our ...
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St. Paul of the Cross: The Virtuous Life as Imitation of Christ

Posted on October 12, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross! Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists religious order. Like all of the saints, Paul of the Cross demonstrates a deep devotion to the Eucharist. A...
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Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, & Companions

Posted on October 12, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Blessed Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, & Companions, Martyrs! Today's memorial celebrates some of those who gave their lives for Christ on our continent. In his letters, St. Isaac Jogues demonstrates a fierce and undaun...
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: Loving the Sacred Heart

Posted on October 11, 2021October 16, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque! St. Margaret Mary is especially known for her promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a gift which she received on behalf of the whole Church. A letter Margaret Mary wrote to Sr. Fèlic...
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St. Teresa of Avila: Alone God Suffices

Posted on October 11, 2021October 9, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Doctor! Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you; All things are passing; God never changes; Patient endurance attains all things; Whoever has God lacks nothing. Alone God suf...
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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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St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Elevator of Divine Love

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

Happy feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Virgin and Doctor of the Church! Born in Alençon, France on January 2, 1873, Thérèse was the ninth child born to Louis and Zélie Martin (the only married couple to date canonized together), five of ...
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Cultivating and Sharing the Fruit of the Spirit

Posted on July 5, 2021May 19, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit (Gal 5:25). In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He warns: “Beware of false prophets… by their fruits you will know them. Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad...
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