Fast food makes only one promise. That it is fast. Christ promises to feed us with food that will last.
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How we know God intends to be fair
To preach Jesus is primarily to preach a path, a call to action, not ethical precepts.
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In the Eucharist, Christ gives us comfort
We need some comforting, all of us. A moment when we are drawn away from our troubles, a slice of life without its accompanying sorrows.
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Our relationship with Christ should be a romance
It does not matter that you have already given your love to Jesus. Romance is a living thing. You either nourish it or it dies.
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On Corpus Christi, we are reminded that creation is a gift from God
On this day, under the appearance of bread and wine, Christ claims creation itself to be his eucharistic body and blood.
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What an absent Father can teach us about the Trinity
A father is a father even when he is absent.
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On Pentecost Jesus gives us a love that never dies
Christ did not rise from the dead to roam the cosmos. He rose from the dead to enter each human heart, to dwell there as a love that never dies, never diminishes.
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At the Ascension, Christ lifts our history into heaven
Christ has carried our humanity into God. This means that we matter, that what happens to the least of us matters.
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The Gospel according to ‘Game of Thrones’
The finale of “Game of Thrones” is rather profound—and rooted in the Gospel.
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Eternal life is hard to imagine—but this is what we know
Overwhelmed in the present, we have lost all feel for the future. So let’s say this of eternal life: It is where waiting comes to an end.