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An Unexpected Knock at the Door

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1st Sunday of Advent

November 28, 2010

 

So too you must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.

                                        Matthew 24:44

 

          Very few of us appreciate being caught off-guard by the sudden arrival of an unexpected...

 

The Martyrs of Our Lady of Salvation

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Solemnity of Christ the King

November 21, 2010

 

         Last year we looked at the martyrdom of Blessed Miguel Pro of Mexico and how his death and that of others in the Christero movement there in the 1920s led to the establishment of the Solemnity of Christ the King. Miguel Pro was executed as he...

 

A Way to Pray Always

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33rd Sunday Ordinary Time

November 14, 2010

 

          Many of us are unfamiliar with a traditional Catholic way of prayer that can work very powerfully in our lives.  A few weeks ago we heard the parable of the tax collector whose only prayer was, ”Oh God, be merciful to me, a sinner.”  The Lord was very pleased with...

 

Life After Death

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32nd Sunday Ordinary Time

November 7, 2010

 

“…but for those deemed worthy to attain a place to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage; They can no longer die, for they are like the angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones that will rise.”

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