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Advent: The Reason for the Season
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Advent: The Reason for the Season

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by on Nov 27, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Sunday Reflections
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1st Sunday of Advent “Advent” is simply the Latin word for “coming.”  If we can manage to meditate on any “coming” in December besides the comings and goings of Christmas shopping, it would be Christ’s coming to Mary in a stable But the liturgy of the first three weeks of Advent speaks of another coming, […]

Does the Slaughter of Innocents Bear a Witness?
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Does the Slaughter of Innocents Bear a Witness?

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by on Jan 02, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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I’ve noticed that before a colossal spiritual event in history, a slaughter of innocent children occurs. Satan seems to know something is about to happen and strikes out at the most innocent of God’s image bearers. Prior to the birth of Moses, Pharaoh ordered the mass murder of all baby boys (Exodus 1:15-22). At the time […]

Reflections for Sunday, November 13, 2011
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Reflections for Sunday, November 13, 2011

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by on Nov 07, 2011 in Featured, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30) Bearing Fruit for the Kingdom of God Come, share your master’s joy. (Matthew 25:21) Quick! Ask yourself: “As I read this parable, did I identify more with the third servant in this parable than with the […]

May 21, 2011: The All Too Familiar “Cleverly Invented Story”
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May 21, 2011: The All Too Familiar “Cleverly Invented Story”

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by on May 20, 2011 in Apologetics, Featured
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You may have seen them in your community too.  What I am talking about are these very large billboards announcing the end of the world on May 21, 2011.  These billboards are promoting the teachings of Mr. Harold Camping, a radio preacher who believes that Jesus will “rapture” Christ’s true believers into heaven and resurrect […]

A Few Thoughts About Judgment Day and May 21, 2011
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A Few Thoughts About Judgment Day and May 21, 2011

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by on May 19, 2011 in Apologetics, Featured
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A few weeks ago, I went to New York to hear a friend’s daughter play the cello for her senior recital at Julliard School of Music. As I walked from the subway station to the school, at the corner of 65th Street and Broadway, a sincere-looking young woman left the place where she had been […]

Is the Antichrist Here?
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Is the Antichrist Here?

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by on May 13, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured
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Uprising after uprising in the Middle East; sexual and intellectual scandal in the Church; earthquakes in Chile and Haiti; tsunamis in Indonesia and Japan; and financial collapse in almost every market: given the startling increase in the frequency of global crises –political, religious, financial, natural — one is tempted to begin looking for the antichrist […]