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A RETREAT IS NOT ENOUGH

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 164 total views This is the favorite week for retreats and recollections. Our nuns at Villa San Miguel are all out of town for their annual Holy Week retreat. We do have recollections during the Advent season, but more people make their retreats during Holy Week. On television and over the radio, we hear commentaries on …

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THE RIDICULOUS AND THE SUBLIME

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 179 total views According to Napoleon, what separates the sublime from the ridiculous is only one step. In the case of the Gospel, we can paraphrase what Napoleon says and note that “the distance between what is sublime and what is ridiculous is only a few sentences.” First, we have Peter making a sublime act of …

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MIRACLES AND REPENTANCE

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 108 total views The Gospel speaks of two things. The first is about miracles and the second is about repentance. If you follow the Gospel, each miracle that is performed is actually an invitation to repentance. Each time you see a miracle, that is an invitation for you to be converted and have a change of …

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