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    Meaning of Church – Are You Called?

    Since Christians are members of Christ's Church and the term Church means those who are called, that must mean that every single believer without exception has a call or a vocation....

    15 January, 2020No comment
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    Jesus, Lamb of God?

    John the Baptist pointed out Jesus as the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. This title, so prominent in the Mass, illumines the meaning of Christ's passion, recalling the first Passover remembered every year during Holy Week and the Triduum....

    13 January, 2020No comment
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    Epiphany – Magi, Cana, & the Jordan – Peter Chrysologus

    Here Peter Chrysologus brings together the three events traditionally remembered on the Solemnity of the Epiphany: the visit of the Magi or Wise men, Christ's baptism in the Jordan River, and Jesus' first miracle performed at the Wedding Feast of Cana....

    06 January, 2020No comment
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    Baptism of the Lord – Gregory Nazianzen

    Here Gregory Nazianzen points out that Christ was baptized not for his sake but for ours. Sanctifying the waters of baptism for all generations to come, he manifested the the Trinity through the Spirit who comes to rest on him in the form of a dove and the voice of the Father resounding from heaven....

    06 January, 2020No comment
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    Epiphany Means Here Comes Everybody

    The Solemn feast of the Epiphany of the Lord traditionally occurs on January 6 following the twelve days of Christmas. Epiphany commemorates three scriptural events: the visit of the Magi to the stable of Bethlehem following the nativity of Jesus, Christ's Baptism in the Jordan, and his first miracle at the wedding feast at Cana. This article focuses on the significance of the Magi or three wise men who follow the star in search of the King of kings....

    02 January, 2020No comment
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    Epiphany Revealed – Three Magi Kings & Their strange gifts

    This commentary on the Feast of the Epiphany uncovers the meaning of the term epiphany and explains why the Magi -- Caspar, Balthasar, Melchior, the three kings of Orient riding camels and carrying gold, frankincense, and myrrh -- are found, complete with crowns and camels, in every nativity scene....

    02 January, 20201 Comment
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    Mary, Mother of God?

    January 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics not because it is New Years, but because it is the octave (8th day) of Christmas, the feast of Mary the Mother of God. This feast helps bring home the reality of the incarnation, that God truly became man . . . and that man had, and still has, a mother. So affirmed the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in confirming the title of Mary as Mother of God....

    30 December, 20196 Comments
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    Holy Family Feast – Piety in the 21st Century?

    The Feast of the Holy Family challenges us to grow in the virtues of piety, honor, patience, and forbearance, and to learn to laugh together....

    26 December, 2019No comment
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    The Deeper Meaning of Christmas

    We all know the elements of the Christmas story: Caesar's census and Herod, shepherds and Magi, ox, swaddling clothes & manger, a stable and not room in the inn, Emmanuel and the Prince of Peace. But underneath each of these people, places, and things, there is hidden a wealth of meaning that often goes unnoticed....

    23 December, 2019No comment
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    Mary’s Magnificat – Bede

    Bede the Venerable, one of the greatest Christian writers of the early Middle Ages, here reflects on the Magnificat, the Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary proclaimed during her visitation of her cousin Elizabeth and sung every night in the Church's evening prayer, part of the divine office or liturgy of the hours....

    21 December, 2019No comment

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