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Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Amos: The Lion of God’s Salvation

by on Jul 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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The prophet hears what God proclaims ) and is called to speak in God’s name. The Twelve hear the message of Jesus and are sent forth to preach the gospel. In him we have been chosen to be full of love. The Scriptures often illustrate how God calls ordinary people and empowers them to accomplish great things. The prophet Amos […]

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Just Do it!

by on Jul 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Everybody likes free gifts.  Advertisers know that a campaign will have much better results if there are free samples or a free gift with every purchase.  A friend of mine lived by this motto: when it’s free, take two. But when we receive a favor, we’re wise enough to know there has got to be […]

E. L. Core
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A Godly Meditation

by on Jul 06, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, History
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Give me Thy grace, good Lord….

E. L. Core
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Historic Prayer for the United States

by on Jul 04, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, History, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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For the welfare of the Republic.

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Miracles Jesus Could Not Do

by on Jul 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Over the last two Sundays, the gospel of Mark has been making it abundantly clear that Jesus is indeed God Almighty, ruler of the world and lord over life and death. But this week we come to a story that leaves us scratching our heads.  Jesus goes to his own native place, and receives less […]

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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A Revolutionary Approach to the Bible: Jairus’ Daughter and The Enlightenment

by on Jun 28, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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In the days when states were still “the colonies” and men wore powdered wigs, a new way of thinking captured the intelligentsia of the western world.  “The miracle stories in the Bible and the lives of the saints may be quaint, entertaining, and even have symbolic meaning.  But certainly we should not take them literally!  […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Don’t Fear the Reaping: The Parable of the Mustard Seed

by on Jun 14, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Mk 4:26-34 It is the smallest of all seeds and becomes the largest of plants In his teachings Jesus frequently used parables. The word “parable” is derived from an ancient Greek word that means “comparison.” Parables are like brain-teasers: they compare differing realities and use one example to shed light on the deeper meaning of […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Corpus Christi and the Letter to the Hebrews

by on Jun 05, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Heb 9:11-15 The blood of Christ will cleanse our consciences Among the writings that comprise the canon of the Christian Scriptures one work stands in a class by itself: the Epistle to the Hebrews. Each of the thirteen New Testament books is unique but Hebrews defies categorization. Is it a book, a letter, a sermon, […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Trinity Sunday: The Great Commission

by on May 29, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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In the Bible big things happen on the mountain. God handed down to Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai amid a fiery earthquake and a trumpet blast from the angel. The prophet Elijah heard the voice of God and it strengthened him to pursue his vocation as “the prophet of the earth.” And on […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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The Promise of the Spirit

by on May 24, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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Acts 2:1-11 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT The Gang of Twelve was in the house. The Big Three, Peter, James, and John, Mary the Mother of God, Matthias, the newly ordained Apostle, and 120 disciples waited on the Lord to produce what he […]

Dr. Paul Kengor
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Seven Brothers? A Remarkable World War II Story

by on May 24, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, International Issues
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It’s quite a story of quite a family.

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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The Fifth Gospel: Acts 10:25-48

by on May 12, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured
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As an avocational historian I spend a lot of time thinking about the past. The days gone by fascinate me and I often wonder what it was like for people who lived in earlier times. Saint Peter writes in his second epistle that, “There is no time with God: a single day: a thousand years: […]

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Love Unlimited

by on May 08, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Some people seem to think that the Catholic Church is just another multi-national corporation, Catholicism, Inc., with the Pope as CEO.  Obviously, this view is a bit skewed, but is not totally off-base.  The Church is in fact an international organization.  That’s actually one of the meanings of the word “Catholic”– this church is no […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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On the Road Again: St. Paul–Satan’s Apostle to Ambassador for Christ

by on May 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Evangelization, Featured, History
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His name was Saul. In his young and undiscovered days, before he became Paul the Apostle, he worked as lead prosecutor for the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Supreme Court in Jerusalem. In those days Saul was eager to make a name for himself, to kill or to die to obtain notoriety. “Someday,” he thought, “I’m going […]

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Bearing Much Fruit

by on May 01, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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No one was more zealous than Saul.  He burned with passion to promote the Law of Moses and the traditions of his ancestors.  From Turkey to Palestine to Syria he had relentlessly pursued his quest for the glory of God. But all his hard work did more harm than good.  Oh, his efforts bore fruit […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Pastores Dabo Vobis (“I Will Give You Shepherds”)

by on Apr 26, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Vocations
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Occasionally I am asked why I became a priest. My response is always the same: “Because God asked me to.” Is it really that simple? Basically, yes. Priests aren’t delivered by the stork, and we don’t fall from the sky. Well, in a way we do, because our vocation comes from on high. Ultimately a […]

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Jesus Only?

by on Apr 24, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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It’s not politically incorrect to believe in God. Just so long as you acknowledge that all are God’s children, and that there are many, equally honorable paths to the Most High. After all, that’s only fair. How conceited it would be to claim that your way is the only way. There is nothing really new about […]

Dr. Paul Kengor
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Hollywood’s Blacklist and Agents of Stalin—and Hitler

by on Apr 20, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics
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These comrades took literal marching orders from Stalin’s Kremlin.

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.
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Not a spook

by on Apr 19, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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In the heyday of the Roman Empire, the corruption of the times caused a wave of dissatisfaction to ripple across the civilized world.  Many were disgusted with the gross sensuality of society and yearned for a higher, spiritual kind of existence.  They sought a redeemer who would come down from heaven and enlighten those who […]

E. L. Core
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Lincoln: His Own Words

by on Apr 15, 2015 in Columnists, Featured
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On the sesquicentenary of his death.

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Divine Mercy: Drink it Up

by on Apr 12, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ
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At the Abbey of Gethsemane in New Haven, Kentucky, the bell tower of the monastery chimed at three a.m. like Big Ben, shaking me from my bed. A seismic shift. What’s up with these monks? Why do they pray so early? Because it’s their charism, the horarium of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict […]

E. L. Core
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The Garissa University College Massacre

by on Apr 09, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, International Issues, Law & Justice
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So, why isn’t everybody talking about this?

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Dawn of the Living Dead

by on Apr 05, 2015 in Columnists, Evangelization, Featured
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Mary Magdalene wept. Inconsolable. Bereft. Her mind raced. What’s going on here? she thought. I think I need to go lie down, put a warm towel across my forehead and drink a cup of herbal tea. Too much, too soon, too fast, and I can’t wrap my mind around it. They say it is darkest […]

Rev. Tucker Cordani
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Waterboy, Where are You Hiding?

by on Apr 03, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, History, Live in Christ
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John Mark was only a boy when he met Jesus. His mother Mary, a prominent member of the seventy disciples who followed Jesus throughout his three-year ministry, opened her home to the Lord and his Apostles. In the upper room of Mary’s house they held the Last Supper. Six weeks later the Apostles and Mary […]