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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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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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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Duty to Evangelize – Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier, Patron Saint of Foreign Missions, was clearly one of the greatest missionaries and evangelists of all time. Though not all of us are called to foreign missions, the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II remind us forcefully...
01 December, 2020
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Jesus Christ and the Biblical Idea of Kingship
If we are to understand the Feast of Christ the King, we need to recover the biblical idea of kingship as seen in Israel's greatest king, David the shepherd turned warrior....
18 November, 2020
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Getting More out of the Mass – Dr Italy
Getting More out of the Mass - practical tips on entering more deeply into the Eucharist and unlocking its spiritual power in our lives. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']E[/dropcaps]veryone knows that the Catholic Church believes in “real presence” of Christ in the Eucharist. The bread and...
10 November, 2020
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Open Letter to Abp. Gomez on the 2020 US Election – M D’Ambrosio
An open letter to Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in response to his letter of November 7, 2020 regarding the US Presidential Election....
09 November, 2020
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Two Kinds of Faith – Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem on two dimensions of faith, as taught by the Bible. There is the faith necessary for salvation which is a gift offered to all. Then there is the extraordinary grace of mustard seed faith....
04 November, 2020
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St Martin de Porres, Apostle of Charity – John XXIII
St. Martin de Porres lessons from his life: excerpts from the homily given by Pope John XXIII on the occasion of his canonization....
03 November, 2020
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