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737 total reads The story of finding Jesus in the temple (Lk 2:41-52) ended with: “And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God

737 total reads
737 total reads The story of finding Jesus in the temple (Lk 2:41-52) ended with: “And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God

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677 total reads St Luke’s account of Mary’s trip to visit her cousin Elizabeth (1:39-56) is replete with theological significance despite its simple domestic setting. It

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1,004 total reads A winnowing fan is a traditional farm implement which technology today may have rendered obsolete. But it was useful then for through this

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789 total reads The noun repentance or the verb to repent is very familiar already in our faith-life even in the original Greek: ‘metanoia’ ( μετανοία

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803 total reads The beginning of a new liturgical calendar is called Advent season, which literally means coming. All the readings mention the word. In the

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827 total reads May be most of us know little or nothing about kings, kingdom or kingship, except from history or from even less reliable sources

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672 total reads The Church traditionally directs our attention to what we call the “end of things” or end of of history as the liturgical year