He Can Do Mighty Works
St. Augustine is one of the greatest minds of the Church, especially in the first millennium since Jesus Christ. The Confessions is a classic work of his conversion and is…
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Little Girl, Get up!
Naaman the Syrian was a great commander in the army and he had a big personal problem; he suffered from a virulent skin-disease. One of his slave girls said to…
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Who is Lord Over Wind and Sea
Jonah was a very important person in the primitive Church since he is a figure of Jesus Christ. Many Catholics may have never read the Book of Jonah (only four…
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Recovering the Body and Blood of Christ
The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, is always a gift which helps us not only to celebrate the Eucharist but also to remind us that…
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Solemnity of the Holy Trinity
The Church gives us this great feast of the Holy Trinity, the central tenet of our faith. The light of Easter is still with us as Pope Francis reminded us…
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Ascension, A Lifting Up
In Luke’s Gospel after the Ascension of Jesus the apostles come back full of joy and they were continually in the Temple praising God. It is a strange reaction to…
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You did not chose me
The key phrase from the fifteenth chapter of John’s Gospel this week is “you did not chose me, I have chosen you.” It reminds me of my first Mass, which…
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