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26 April 2024
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter In the first reading today, we hear how Paul acknowledges how people in Jerusalem failed to recognize Jesus ...
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25 April 2024
Feast of Saint Mark, evangelist Today is the Feast of St. Mark, one of the four gospel writers. We don’t know much about the man, but we have a ...
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24 April 2024
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter In today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we read how the Word of God continued to spread ...
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23 April 2024
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter “It was in Antioch that they were first called Christians.” This line from the Acts of the Apostoles ...
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22 April 2024
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter During the 17th century, a debate broke out within the Catholic community in China concerning the place of ...
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21 April 2024
Fourth Sunday of Easter The study of Church history often reveals that second best was not so bad after all. The recent movie on Francis ...
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17 February 2024
Saturday after Ash Wednesday Saturday afternoon usually finds me doing a bit of cleaning. Last week my investigations under the sofa uncovered ...
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16 February 2024
Friday after Ash Wednesday Fasting has become rather fashionable these days; all sorts of health advocates are speaking to the merits of ...
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15 February 2024
Thursday after Ash Wednesday When Ignatius was studying at the University of Paris, he met a young student by the name of Francis Xavier. ...
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14 February 2024
Ash Wednesday A day of fast and abstinence may not be the most opportune time to celebrate St Valentine’s day. But on the day that celebrates ...
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