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The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
Pope Francis leads Benediction outside the Basilica of St. Mary Major as he celebrates the feast of Corpus Christi in Rome June 19. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (June 20, 2014)
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On this feast, we concentrate upon the Eucharistic elements themselves: the bread and the wine, which become the very presence of Christ in our midst.
Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–9 (St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea).
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You can’t define the Trinity—but you are still meant to share it.
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The Spirit is the Lord of the Harvest. The Spirit brings it, brings us, to fruition.
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Community, sacrament and Scripture: by means of these three mysteries Christ and his church would defy time.
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What is to keep any movement or ideology from claiming the authority of the Spirit?
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To profess that Jesus was truly human is to insist that he grew as we do.
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“It’s in his kiss.” A kiss takes two. When you see how different the other is and yet are drawn in, Christ is calling.
Death-row inmate Ledell Lee. A ruling from the state Supreme Court allowing officials to use a lethal injection drug that a supplier says was misleadingly obtained cleared the way for Arkansas to execute Ledell Lee on Thursday, April 20, 2017, although he still had pending requests for reprieve. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
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To take Holy Communion in the face of death is to say that it is fellowship, and not food, that matters most.
Hendrick ter Brugghen, c. 1622
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If we have faith, like Thomas and Thérèse did, we learn from Jesus that to love someone is to promise never to leave them.
"Descent to Hell," by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308-11)
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When Christ entered hell law of sin and death was set aside so that mercy could triumph.