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How to be Merciful
Before reading this reflection, please meditate on today’s readings. Because it is preparation for the Christian life, the Old Testament…
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Saving Mr. Who?
Are we all agreed that Saving Mr. Banks is the Worst. Movie. Title. Ever? Good. First: Who is Mr. Banks?…
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Paul and Elijah: The Pharisee and the Prophet on Sinai
Saint Paul the Apostle was born in the ancient city of Tarsus in the Roman province of Cilicia (present-day Turkey)…
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Lenten Transfiguration
Imagine: you are ten years past customary retirement age. It’s time finally to kick back and relax. You live in…
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Loving as God Loves
”He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on…
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Front Row With Francis: The Date of Your Baptism
At his first General Audience of 2014, Pope Francis gave the faithful in attendance a homework assignment. “Who among you…
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Squeezing Lemons
Our flight had taken off from Phoenix and we were happily heading west to Los Angeles. The animated chatter of…
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Hillary Clinton Says Women Cannot Progress Without Reproductive Rights
Twenty years after the Clintons failed to get countries to declare a right to abortion, Mrs. Clinton told a posh…
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Politics and the Pulpit, Part Three: Churches are Automatically Tax Exempt by Law
It’s an election year again, and unless we’re careful, we can easily be misled by vague assertions about “the dangers…
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Forgive One Another
The readings for today stress God’s powerful gift of forgiveness and his demand that we share this forgiveness with others.…