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Month: January 2022

Mother’s hope for new auxiliary bishop is he ‘stays close to Jesus’

Moments after her son’s episcopal ordination Jan. 25, Mary Williams, 71, smiled with joy and relief while sharing her hopes as Bishop Joseph A. Williams began his new ministry as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jer 1:4-5, 17-19

The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
            Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
                        before you were born I dedicated you,
                        a prophet to the nations…

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Transforming Catholic Schools

David G. Bonagura, Jr.: Why should Catholic schools use secular educational methods and textbooks? Return to core Catholic teaching & books.

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Jan. 30 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

There is a shocking turnaround in today’s Gospel. The people with whom Jesus grew up were assembled in the Nazareth synagogue. After they heard him read Sacred Scripture and give a one sentence homily “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your he…

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True Love and Willing the Good: Is Love Kind and Patient?

An examination of the synonyms of love found in Roget’s Thesaurus provide an entry into today’s second reading, Saint Paul’s mini-treatise on love;[1] appetite, favour, liking, partiality, preference, taste, craving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearning, ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervour, zeal, esteem, regard, respect, adoration, idolatry, worship, allegiance, fealty, fidelity, loyalty.[2] Which of these, would[…]

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Fourth Sunday: Witnessing to the Truth

But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went on His way (Lk. 4:30). ⧾ Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last Sunday’s Gospel. Having returned to Nazareth where He had been brought up, Our Lord encounters the opposition which is often experienced when the Gospel is first preached or preached in[…]

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