Luke warns us: Deeper understanding of the Gospel can be disruptive.
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Jesus revealed God’s kingdom was hidden in plain sight
How do you proclaim God’s promises with boldness?
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What if John the Baptist were a blogger?
And what would millennial Jesus make of the comments section?
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Learning to see with the eyes of saints
What might be seen when the one looking looks again in a new way?
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What Michelangelo’s flawed Pietà teaches us about Mary
If, so often, the sad fate of women is to bear what men have wrought, Mary does this like no other.
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How should we understand ‘wives, be subordinate to your husbands’?
If we look at the qualities required to fulfill the request rather than the connotation of the word itself, what is simply being asked of women and men is sacrificial love.
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Jesus wants to transform us. Will we let him?
The baptism of Jesus is the first demonstration of the loving relationship that all believers will come to share with God.
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What can we do to share the love of God?
Jesus’ disciples today must seek opportunities to share the divine love they have received.
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What does the Holy Family teach us about ourselves?
In celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family, we draw attention to this fundamental fact about families, and, in this case, salvation. Not being his neighbor or kin, none of us can say what came from Joseph and what was of Mary, but we do know that the two of them made him the man he was.
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On Christmas, the line between heaven and earth is blurred
The Gospel for Christmas Mass at dawn reminds us that distinctions of “sacred and profane” are constructs of the human imagination.