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January 2025

On the heaviness and lightness of being
Why worship lightens us, politics burden us, and how to lighten that load
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David Carradini
Attaining Fullness of Life
We all want fullness of life, but we cannot will the end if we do not will the means.
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David Carradini
The Hidden Life
We celebrated the Epiphany this Sunday and Monday, according to which calendar you might use.
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Hasten to Bethlehem in Jubilee
The Year of Jubilee makes it easier for us to do the things we ought
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David Carradini

December 2024

The dream that paves the way
Today’s Gospel presents us with the person and figure of St.
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David Carradini
The path to Bethlehem is mercy and kindness
or why preparation for the Lord's First Coming is our preparation for his Second Coming.
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David Carradini
La Noblesse oblige
Christ makes it possible for us to render him homage and returns.
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You can be free of anxiety now
Advent shows us how.
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David Carradini
Find the smile that sets us free
Advent is a time of hope and joy.
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David Carradini
The path from war to peace
We all want peace, or more of it, and in the press of life we forget how to win it. Today's Gospel offers us important clues.
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From the Marches of Navarre to the ends of the earth
St. Francis Xavier, whose feast we celebrate today, shows us how to make straight the paths that lead to Bethlehem
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David Carradini
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