Marriage & Family – Vatican II
This excerpt from Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, affirms the sanctity of marriage and the family....
28 December, 2020
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Feast of the Holy Family – God enters into everyday life
The Feast of the Holy Family is an essential part of the Christmas Season. It makes clear that the Incarnation means not just that the Divine Word assumed a human body, but entered into every aspect of human life, including family life....
27 December, 2020
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Creator of Time is Born in Time – Leo the Great
Saint Leo says the genealogy of Jesus given us in Luke and Matthew's gospels shows that Jesus was truly one of us, possessing a complete human nature. He did not merely appear in human form, as in the biblical types and scriptural symbols of the...
21 December, 2020
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Incarnation and Human Dignity – Peter Chrysologus
Peter Chrysologus notes the meaning of the incarnation, God becoming man, for human dignity. The humanity of Christ is the original sacrament from which all the others flow....
20 December, 2020
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Born for us, Emmanuel – Irenaeus
Irenaeus, ca. AD 185, here writes of the incarnation, the Word of God born for us as Emmanuel, Jesus Christ, Son of Man, the sign of our salvation. He comes to restore God's likeness in us and lead us to glory. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color=''...
17 December, 2020
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Father, forgive them; Christ, model of brotherly love – Aelred
Aelred of Rievaulx on Jesus Christ as the model of brotherly love and patience through his forgiveness of persecutors and enemies and his prayer from the cross "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."...
15 December, 2020
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Promises of God vs. the promises of the World – Thomas a Kempis
Thomas a Kempis, in The Imitation of Christ, here treats of the difference between the world's empty promises and the promises of God. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]y son, says the Lord, listen to my words, the most delightful of all words, surpassing all the...
12 December, 2020
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Salvation History as the quest to see God’s Face – Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter Chrysologus here chronicles the long history of humanity's search for God and quest to see his face. An apt meditation on the history of salvation for Advent, the season of hope and longing....
10 December, 2020
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Without You, We Sink – Thomas a Kempis
Here Thomas a Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ, emphasizes our utter dependence upon the power of God, crying to the Lord "without you, we sink."...
09 December, 2020
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Make Room for Christ – Thomas a Kempis
In his famous classic The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis urges the reader to flee the world and enter into the sanctuary of the heart where the Lord Jesus dwells and gives peace and rest. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]urn to the Lord with...
09 December, 2020
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