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Trials, Purification and Transfiguration
And He was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white (Mt. 17:2).
On the second Sunday in Lent we always read the Gospel of the Transfiguration...
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First Sunday: The Hope and Joy of Lent
âWorship the Lord your God, and serve only Himâ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we began the observance of the holy season of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes, an external sign of our...
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A Primer for Our Lenten Pilgrimage
âWorship the Lord your God, and serve only Himâ (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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Sixth Sunday – Fulfilling the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you⊠has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has not given anyone permission to sin (Sir. 15:15, 20).
The Gospel...
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Fifth Sunday: The Salt of the Earth and Light to the World
âYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hiddenâ (Mt. 5:14).
Imagine the astonishment of those who heard these words for the very first time. Our Lord extended...
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Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord â the remnant of Israel (Zeph. 3:12).
Our Gospel text this...
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Second Sunday: The Lamb of God and the Culture Wars
âBehold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!â (Jn. 1:29).  ⧟
This declaration made by John the Baptist and which we hear before the reception of Holy Communion at every...
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Mater Dei and Mary’s Role in Salvation
The shepherds went with haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph and the Child lying in a manger (Lk. 2:16).⧟
On this the last day of the Christmas Octave and the first of the...
