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Why Settle for Shades of Grey?
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Why Settle for Shades of Grey?

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by on Feb 06, 2015 in Featured, Leadership, Marriage, Men, On TV and Movies, The Social Order, Vocations, Women
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Remember the scene in the movie The Passion of the Christ when the androgynous, almost-beautiful-but-not-quite Satan character is carrying a baby, and when the face of the baby is revealed, it turns out to be old, ugly, and creepy rather than a sweet baby face? This was confusing for a lot of viewers, and when […]

The Holy Family
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The Holy Family

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by on Dec 27, 2014 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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The Passion of the Christ was the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. But there was a moment of comic relief, a flashback to a young Jesus in the back yard, building a new invention. It was the kind of table that is now a commonplace. But in a society where people reclined to dine, […]

A Love Supreme: God as Gift
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A Love Supreme: God as Gift

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by on Nov 22, 2011 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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“Through Christ we are given revelation about the nature of God-Love. The perfection consists in that this love humbly, without reservations, gives itself over.” –Archimandrite Sophrony God exists as Gift. He is relentlessly Self-emptying, pouring His love and life into this world for our sakes, undeserving wretches though we are. We have such difficulty “knowing” […]