The greatest act of reverence we can give to the Scriptures is to prayerfully read them.
The Good Word
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Sin can never cancel out your baptism
Your sins cannot cancel the identity you were given in your baptism. But it is possible to forget who you are.
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Look back on the past year. Where was the Holy Spirit at work?
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
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The message of the Epiphany: God kills hate with love.
St. Matthew’s story of the Magi is the opposite of “Romeo and Juliet”: Heaven finds means to kill our hate with love.
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If you receive the gift of Christmas, you give it away
The gospel is more recipe than record. The only way you know that you have received the gift of Christmas is to live in love.
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ It really is, according to the Gospels
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is the Gospel transposed onto celluloid. The message is the same in both.
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Who is Mary? She is one of us.
So, who is Mary? Like any other character in the Gospel, we are meant to try on her life in meditation, to learn from her what it means to be a disciple. Mary is one of us.
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The Christmas season is not your savior — Christ is.
The Christmas season is not your savior. Christ is. Your inability to feel joy in response to a season says nothing about your relationship to your savior.
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The message of the Immaculate Conception: Thank God for do-overs
A do-over. Who has not wanted one, at times with no little desperation? That’s what God gives us in Christ.
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Christ’s coming is our reason to hope
It’s hard to know how to live without hope. Is it even possible?