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Holy Thursday: He Loves to the End Watch

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Who Is God? A Holy Week Reflection Watch

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Palms, Passion and Progress: Holy Week is a Continuing Call to a New Life in Christ Watch

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Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion. How desperately we all need to hear the ... continue reading


Palm Sunday: Coming Face to Face with Jesus Watch

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Where do the palms for Palm Sunday come from? Watch

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When Did We See You Hungry? Lent and the Love of Preference for the Poor Watch

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The option or love of preference for the poor. This is an option or a special form of primacy in the exercise of Christian charity to ... continue reading


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Ask Dr. Denton: It's Lent. Can You Explain the Effects of Fasting? Watch

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Lenten Reflection: A Barren Heart, God is in the Desert

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It's Lent - an 'Outward Bound' for the Soul Watch

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FASTING: God commanded it, Jesus practiced it, but what's the point of it?

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Holy Thursday: He Loves to the End Watch

Image of Jesus Christ has loved us to the very end. There is great spiritual profit to be found in meditating on those words.

Jesus Christ has loved us to the very end. There is great spiritual profit to be found in meditating on those words. They might give the ... continue reading


Who Is God? A Holy Week Reflection Watch

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Want to know who God is? That answer will not come easily, for it involves sacrifice and death to self. There are no shortcuts; there are ... continue reading



Palms, Passion and Progress: Holy Week is a Continuing Call to a New Life in Christ Watch

Image of Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion.

Holy Week invites us to let go of self and embrace the Lord anew through continuing conversion. How desperately we all need to hear the ... continue reading


Palm Sunday: Coming Face to Face with Jesus Watch

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When we encounter Jesus and the Gospel, we immediately sense that we are dealing with something that is not of this world. To be a ... continue reading


Where do the palms for Palm Sunday come from? Watch

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With Palm Sunday right around the corner, Catholics across the globe will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church. Some might fold ... continue reading


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