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The Road from Emmaus to the Garden…

theRecently I learned a new way of reading one of my favorite resurrection accounts, namely, the appearance of the  Risen Lord to two of his dejected disciples on the road to the town of Emmaus. I first heard this approach from Bishop Robert Barron and Father Sebastian Carnazzo (who taught the Scripture course I took …

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The Cross: Opportunity for Love

“To run from the cross is to run from Jesus.” I once heard these words stressing the importance of the cross and our call to participate in it. Basically, this is a call to accept whatever difficulties, inconveniences, sicknesses, and setbacks that come our way. In today’s Gospel reading we read how Jesus calls Peter …

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For the legal protection of the unborn

Today is the national day of prayer for the legal protection of the unborn. In protecting the legal rights of the smallest of children yet to be born, we uphold the dignity of our fellow human beings and we uphold our own human dignity as our brother’s (and sister’s) keepers. We have to look out …

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