Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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25 February 2024
Second Sunday of Lent A very fine diocesan priest became my spiritual director twenty years ago, just as I was beginning to discern my ...
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23 December 2023
Saturday of the Third Week of Advent At vespers today, as on the last six days, the antiphon for the magnificat starts with the simple little ...
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22 December 2023
Friday of the Third Week of Advent Long ago, men and women practiced their faith with great courage and generosity. Hannah was an example. A ...
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21 December 2023
Optional Memorial of Saint Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church St. Peter Canisius died on this date in 1597. He was born in the ...
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20 December 2023
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent There is a difference between testing God and asking him for something. A schoolteacher will ask her ...
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19 December 2023
Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent The Fathers of the Church meditated at great length on the scriptures, not only the New Testament ...
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18 December 2023
Monday of the Third Week of Advent “Scientists tell us to pay diligent attention to dreams,” Aristotle wrote in his brief essay on the topic, ...
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17 DecEmber 2023
Third Sunday of Advent Joy is the theme of the first half of mass today. Gaudete. The entrance antiphon, the opening prayer, the first reading, ...
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14 October 2023
Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Ignatian spirituality has a lot to do with desires. Don’t just take it for granted that ...
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13 October 2023
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time The ancient Jewish temple, of which now only the foundations remain, was once the center of ...
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