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We are saved by faith in Christ Jesus

Fourth Sunday of Lent John 3:14-21 The Second Book of Chronicles provides this Lenten weekend with its first reading. Chronicles was written about 1,000 years before Jesus. The identity of […]

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Ending a culture of violence

A horrific mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead and placed school violence and gun control at the forefront of public debate. Proposals include stricter regulations […]

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Conscience and grace: a Lenten meditation

The Scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding Easter call us to walk to Jerusalem in imitation of Christ, so that, […]

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A woman rich beyond things

International Women’s Day on March 8 recalls that many girls and women in developing countries still face huge barriers to an education, are denied rights to ownership of the land […]

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‘I sold them life’: learning from the Angel of The Gap

Little did he know what a noble purpose awaited him when Don Ritchie settled into a house on Old South Head Road back in 1964. The former Navy seaman and […]

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Jesus is the sign of the power and wisdom of God

Third Sunday of Lent John 2:13-25 The Book of Exodus is the source of the first biblical reading this weekend. In Hebrew history, the Exodus virtually was unsurpassed as an […]

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‘Paul’ film producer: ‘Real important to tell the story of God’s mercy’

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Every story has a message within. So does every movie — and every biblically based movie as well. With the new movie “Paul, Apostle of Christ,” Eric […]

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Forming attitudes of athletes

When I was about 13, I had a bad temper — so bad that I quit playing golf. When I played poorly (which was most of the time), I would […]

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Life-giving sacrifice in Lent

I would bet that when Msgr. Robert Coll began an interdenominational drive against world hunger in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1975, he had no idea he was becoming an important part […]

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Sorting through ‘solutions’ to the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Each year, human immunodeficiency virus infects about 50,000 people in the United States and more than 2 million worldwide. Reducing the number of infections with this virus, which causes AIDS, […]

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God has provided for us through His Son

Second Sunday of Lent Mark 9:2-10 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first reading. Often, Genesis is associated with its creation narratives. But much else is […]

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‘He Ain’t Heavy …’: the death of my same-sex attracted brother

“I don’t believe in hell. If there is a hell, it can’t be any worse than my life here.” These were the most striking words from my 55-year-old, same-sex-attracted brother […]