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by bcadmin | Nov 12, 2022 | Jesus Christ, News, prophet malachi, saint cyprian, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Mal 3:19-20A • Psa 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 • 2 These 3:7-12 • Lk 21:5-19 “The kingdom of God, beloved brothers and sisters, has drawn near,” wrote Saint Cyprian. “The reward of life, the joy […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured, News, St. John the Baptist | 0 |
On August 29 the Church commemorates the beheading of St, John the Baptist, the precursor of the Lord and he who first identified the Messiah to the world. But what became of the head of John the Baptist after his death? Our tradition has many stories about the post-mortem adventures of St. John’s head. There […]
by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2022 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, born again, Gospel, Jesus Christ, New Life in Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“Prophecies, Paul tells us in today’s Epistle, are partial and pass away “when the perfect comes.” In Jesus, the word of the prophets has been brought to perfection, fulfilled in those who have ears to hear, as He declares in today’s Gospel.̶…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 29, 2022 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, born again, Gospel, Jesus Christ, New Life in Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“Prophecies, Paul tells us in today’s Epistle, are partial and pass away “when the perfect comes.” In Jesus, the word of the prophets has been brought to perfection, fulfilled in those who have ears to hear, as He declares in today’s Gospel.̶…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 9, 2022 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, born again, Gospel, Jesus Christ, New Life in Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“In the Baptism that He brings, the voice of God will hover over the waters as a fiery flame, as we sing in today’s Psalm. He has sanctified the waters, made them a passageway to healing and freedom—a fountain of new birth and everlasting life.&#…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 18, 2021 | Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“Mary marks the fulfillment not only of the angel’s promise to her, but of all God’s promises down through history. Mary is the one they await in today’s First Reading—’she who is to give birth.’ She will give birth this week, at Chri…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 11, 2021 | Advent, Blessed Virgin Mary, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“Mary is the Daughter Zion—the favored one of God, told not to fear but to rejoice that the Lord is with her, ‘a mighty Savior.’” Dr. Scott Hahn reflects on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year C). Readings:Zephaniah…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Advent, Baptism, Catholic Church, charity, Featured, Gospel, Humility, Into the Deep, Knowing the Faith, News, pride, Prophets, Sacred Tradition, Saints, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, witness, Works of Mercy | 0 |
Image: “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” by Caravaggio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons “In a manner similar to how God sent St. John the Baptist, we too are called and sent by God to give witness to the light. No, we ar…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 3, 2021 | Bishop Robert Barron, Caesar Augustus, Jesus Christ, News, pax Romana, Saint Luke, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Bar 5:1-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Phil 1:4-6, 8-11 • Lk 3:1-6 “There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know,” wrote St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Eucharist, Jesus Christ, News, Pope St. John Paul II, Saint Josemaria Escriva, Saint Paul, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Solemnity of All Saints, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch | 0 |
Several years ago I was having a mild altercation with one of my high school students. He ended his presentation with this thought: “The reason I hate Catholic school is that you priests and nuns […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Bible, Commentary, Faith, lead, News, On Spirituality, St. John the Baptist | 0 |
John the Baptist was raised up by God and given the spirit and power of Elijah. He only knew truth and its power. Saint John would be a man only for God and is hailed as the last of the Old Testament prophets.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2021 | Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, Edith Stein, Hippolytus, martyrdom, Maximillian Kolbe, News, Pontian, Sixtus, St. Bartholomew, St. John the Baptist, St. lawrence, St. Thomas More, The Dispatch, The Holy Maccabees | 0 |
Some months, like August, seem to be populated by a very long procession of martyrs: The Holy Maccabees (1), Sixtus and his companions (7), Edith Stein (9), Lawrence (10), Pontian and Hippolytus (13), Maximilian Kolbe […]
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