Browsing: Learn & Live the Faith
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The Meaning of Easter
To the secular world, our celebration of Easter Sunday is an odd event. In their eyes, we celebrate a corpse rising from the dead, and they really can’t figure out why.
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Living Holy Saturday
“For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” (John 20:9) On Good…
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A Good Friday Meditation on Suffering and Hope
“The true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering and to the sufferer. This holds true both…
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Isaiah: The Fifth Evangelist and the View from the Cross
Isaiah the greatest of the prophets told the story of the Lord’s passion seven hundred years before the birth of…
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A Year Out: A Reflection on the “New” Translation of the Mass
The end of November, 2011 saw the one-year anniversary of the “new” translation of the Ordinary Form of the Roman…
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Hearing God’s Voice: A Guide to Prayer and Discernment
Last year, I helped teach high school students at my parish’s faith formation program in St. Ignace, Michigan. We took…
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The Royal Calling of Baptism
When the sacrament of baptism is discussed, much attention is placed upon the fact that we share in Christ’s offices…
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Screen Time
Our relationship with the things of this world requires a very delicate balance between loving creation and allowing it to…
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Being Faithful in Small Things
Yet if the impulse is noble, then that means there’s a hint of truth to this. So why the emphasis on the smallest bits of liturgical discipline? Why nitpick? In short, we are trying to be like the just servants in the parable of the talents.