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The topic
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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil;...
Pope Benedict’s Ash Wednesday Address
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Ash Wednesday
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On this day, marked by the austere symbol of ashes, we enter...
Humility and the First Sunday of Lent
When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time (Lk. 4:13). ⧾
On Ash Wednesday we began our observance...
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He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also...
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Wreck of the Deutschland: Searching for God in Suffering
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Ite Ad Joseph!
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers!
The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for...
Third Sunday of Lent: Accepting or Rejecting God’s Truth
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5). ⧾
These sobering words from...