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The Holy Season of Lent
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes; an external sign of our...
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Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (Lk. 2:22). ⧾
Today we celebrate...
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The Message of the Magi
For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright and godly lives in this world, awaiting our...
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Gaudete: Rejoice the Lord is Near
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation (Lk 1:4).
Once again on this third Sunday of Advent we encounter the figure of John the Baptist, "the voice of one crying out...
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First Sunday of Advent: The Fulfilment of Revelation
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36).
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, a new year...
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Second Sunday of Advent: The Baptist’s Call to Repentance
The nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious (Is. 11:10).
The Gospel of the Mass on this second Sunday of Advent introduces us to John the Baptist, the voice of one...
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The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran: The First Church of Christendom, and a Universal Call to Holiness
Brothers and sisters, you are God’s building. ... For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor 3:9, 17)
November 9th, just before commemoration of Pope Leo the Great, we celebrate the anniversary...
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Twenty-Third Sunday and the Wisdom of the Cross
So you, O son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel’ (Ez. 33:7).
This mission given by the Lord God to the Prophet Ezekiel is in turn, the task of...
