Blog Post by David Paternostro S.J.
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2 February 2016
2 February 2016 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Today’s feast concludes the cycle of Nativity-based feasts. Forty days after Christmas, ...
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1 February 2016
1 February 2016 Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus doesn’t even obey his own rules in today’s gospel. Often in the first part of ...
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31 January 2016
31 January 2016 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading has always been significant to me. I am a Jesuit in large part to my ...
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5 December 2015
5 December 2015 Saturday of the First Week of Advent Patience is a virtue, but it’s really hard to learn. You have to trust that what comes ...
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4 December 2015
4 December 2015 Memorial of St. John Damascene, Bishop and Doctor We don’t have to look hard to find reasons to despair. When Isaiah wrote the ...
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3 December 2015
3 December 2015 Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, priest Today’s gospel is an adventure. In the gospel for the Feast of Francis Xavier, we hear ...
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2 December 2015
2 December 2015 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Jesus is no cheap parlor magician. A cheap parlor magician shows off his tricks so that ...
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1 December 2015
1 December 2015 Memorial of Ss. Edmund Campion, Robert Southwell, and Companions, martyrs “True friends stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde’s ...
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30 November 2015
30 November 2015 Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle Discipleship can feel a little bit like playing dress-up. When I was little, I had costumes that ...
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29 November 2015
29 November 2015 First Sunday of Advent Today’s readings are odd choices for the first day of a new calendar. The First Sunday of Advent is the ...
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