Faith & Spirituality

“No Matter What Happens, I Will Be There For You”

by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet April 8, 2013

Believing in the gift of salvation won for us through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus means believing that love is more powerful than any kind of evil. To believe in this love revealed in Christ also means to…

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Scripture Speaks: Divine Mercy

by Gayle Somers April 5, 2013

Today’s [Sunday, April 7] Gospel records a post-Resurrection appearance of Jesus in which His mercy to sinners begins to flow.  Watch out!  There is no stopping it.
Gospel (Read Jn 20:19-31)
The celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday…

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Divine Mercy

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. April 5, 2013

Several years ago, the Catholic Church designated the Sunday after Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.”  That raises two very important questions — what exactly is “mercy” anyway, and what does it have to do with the Easter season?
Mercy is…

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No Surer Bet

by Ken Connor April 3, 2013

This past Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated Easter as a memorial of Christ’s resurrection.  If Christians are correct about what happened on the first Easter morning, then the resurrection is the single most important event in human history.  Jesus…

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How Weak Are You?

by Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV April 3, 2013

Nothing disturbs us so much as weakness or powerfulness. It is so painful to find ourselves unable to do the good that we so eagerly want to do. Nothing can be as disappointing as seeing others exhibit their own weakness…

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The Encounter of Easter

by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez April 2, 2013

Our Filipino brothers and sisters have a beautiful Easter devotion they call Salubong (“The Encounter”).
Gathering before dawn, they relive the meeting of the risen Jesus with his Blessed Mother on the first Easter morning. The women come from one…

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Easter!

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. April 1, 2013

The serpent’s bite was a deadly one.  The venom had worked its way deep into the heart of the entire human race, doing its gruesome work.  The anti-venom was unavailable until He appeared.  One drop was all that was needed,…

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Scripture Speaks: Setting Our Minds on Heaven

by Gayle Somers March 31, 2013

Gospel (Read Jn 20:1-9)
On Palm Sunday, the narrative of our Lord’s Passion ended with these words:  “The women who had come from Galilee with Him followed behind, and when they had seen the tomb and the way in which…

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Holy Hour: The Power of Three O’Clock

by Judy Keane March 29, 2013

Amid our busy workdays and weekends, it is not unusual for most of us to let the 3 pm hour pass by as any other hour in the day.  Yet after reading the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Divine…

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What Does It Mean to Become a Knight?

by Judith Costello March 27, 2013

These are not easy times for young people to understand the concepts of “discernment” and “vocation.” They think in terms of “careers.” And career ideas come from the latest “trending topic” portrayed in popular shows. In the 1990s, law enforcement…

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