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Fishers of Men by Kim Freitas It’s Advent!  How exciting! How beautiful!  Do you feel the change in the air?  We should.  This beautiful season is to remind us of what it felt like to be present for the promise of the Christ, the Messiah, Emmanuel!  The Jewish people stillContinue Reading

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I can only imagine what it must have been like for Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini to board that boat and sail the ocean to a foreign land. Having grown up in the country of Italy, coming to the America’s must have been daunting and unusual, but perhaps a bit excitingContinue Reading

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I watched a friend of mine one time as he interacted with a girl that he was clearly in love with.  Every day he would hang out with her, listen to her intently, and help her in every way he could.  Eventually she asked him to help her go outContinue Reading

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My wife and I were just discussing this amazing sentence in the first reading for tomorrow.  “For those who keep the holy precepts hallowed shall be found holy[..]”  I just love the way that reads in my mind.  If you keep the holy.. holy… you shall be holy.  That’s suchContinue Reading

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Original Photo WallPaper from VisualParadox.com Halloween.  All Hallow’s Eve.  The Night before a beautiful feast in the Catholic Church.  As I sit here reading the readings for All Saint’s Day I am struck by how much I just do not enjoy this day at all.  I could go on andContinue Reading

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What does it mean to be chosen by God?  Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of two people who not only where chosen by Christ but also suffered martyrdom for their faith.  What can we learn from these readings?  How do they apply to us as Catholics today, 2000 years afterContinue Reading