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Love is more than Valentine’s cards and puppy dogs

March 14, 2012

The readings for Mass the weekend of March 18 tell of Jesus’ great love for you. It’s that simple. I could almost end this column here.

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Psalmist sets example for keeping faith amid turmoil

March 1, 2012

How is it, today, that the psalmist can say to us, “I believed even when I said I am sorely afflicted” (Psalm 116:10)?

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God wants a ‘yes’ to his Word and openness to his presence

February 15, 2012

In our first reading, the prophet Isaiah brings an oracle from the Lord that calls us to be attentive to the ever life-giving, forgiving and healing presence of the Lord.

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A whale of a story

January 18, 2012

We are called to live, today, in light of gaining eternal life, tomorrow

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Let us be the stars that point others to Jesus

January 4, 2012

This great feast of Epiphany is a commemoration of Christ’s manifestation to the gentiles in the person of the Magi, as well as his baptism and first miracle at Cana.

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Incarnation calls Christians to live differently in light

December 21, 2011

Not all that long ago, during my time in college, I was taking a course on Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics,” one of the most important works of all of Western civilization.

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Mary restores order in history with her resounding ‘yes’

December 14, 2011

Immediately after Mary says, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word,” history is restored to the right order.

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John the Baptist uses all his actions and words to point us to Jesus

November 30, 2011

Clothed in his rustic garb, he stands on a pedestal that bears the Latin inscription of his famous words Ecce Agnus Dei, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

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