By Elizabeth Foss
Last week, my husband and I drove from our home in New England to Virginia.
8/22/24
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
I’m at 35,000 feet where, thanks to the miracle of modern satellite technology, I am able to do something I rarely do — watch daytime TV. Specifically, a talk show discussing the recent “trad wife” phenomenon.
8/22/24
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By Fr. Steven Oetjen
For the past three weeks, we have been hearing from the sixth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, a chapter well-known for its Eucharistic teaching. Up to this point, Jesus has been speaking of himself as the “bread of life,” the new manna. A new word enters the discourse in verse 51, the first verse of today’s Gospel. And that word is “flesh.” Jesus says, “The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
8/17/24
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By Russell Shaw
“By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”
8/12/24
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By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
It is no surprise that Jesus calls himself the “Bread of Life.” He greatly desires to be essential to our daily, spiritual diet. He wants to nourish our souls with his presence, love, truth and mercy as we journey through this messy life to heaven.
8/10/24
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3
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
One of the most celebrated books about Our Lady is “The Glories of Mary,” by St. Alphonsus Mary Liguori (1696-1787), the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) and the patron of confessors and moral theologians.
8/8/24
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3
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
I miss landlines. Certainly, I like the convenience of being able to reach friends and family quickly and appreciate being able to receive phone calls away from home or office. Truly, I am grateful for the connectedness easily taken for granted when a pocket-sized phone has become a constant companion. Yet, what I miss about […]
8/8/24
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3
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By Elizabeth Foss
“As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ” (Jn 9:1-2)
8/8/24
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3
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Jn 6:24-35 (Aug. 4) “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.” With these words, Christ rebukes the crowd following him from one side of the Sea of Galilee to another. This rebuke, at the beginning of Christ’s […]
8/3/24
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3
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