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Month: October 2020

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 IS 5:1-7

Let me now sing of my friend,
my friend’s song concerning his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside;
he spaded it, cleared it of stones,
and planted the choicest vines;
within it he built a watch…

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Neither Southern Nor Baptist

A slogan one sometimes sees in Dixie goes: “American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God.” The Southern Baptist Convention, it would appear, no longer agrees with this sentiment, as many of its leaders are dropping the “Southern” part of their name, calling it a “potentially painful reminder of the convention’s historic role in […]

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Loving and Knowing Jesus

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli explores three dimensions of “friendship with Jesus” that may serve us as we seek to respond to Christ’s call to friendship.

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St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of AssisiThe Wounds of Christ St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), one of the best-known and most loved saints of history, was the son of a wealthy merchant in the Italian town of Assisi. He was a carefree youth who enjoyed parties and extravagance. He was repulsed by lepers and didn’t want to help them as some […]

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