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In November during this Jubilee Year of Hope 2025, I had the privilege of traveling to Italy with a group of pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens.… Read the rest
The Holy Cradle: A Sign of Eternal Love
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Isaiah 61, Day 5
Isaiah 61:10c
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The eternal Bridegroom and Bride form heaven’s royal temple, sealed in divine splendor.
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
Isaiah 61:10c
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Heavenly Marriage
Biblical marriage between a bridegroom and his bride has royal, sacred, and cosmic significance. … Read the rest
Paul’s Swan Song
2 Timothy 4:6 “in a snailshell”
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
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How does Paul’s Swan Song reveal the heart of a disciple ready to meet his Lord face to face?
… Read the restFor I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.
We Are Logoi in the Logos: Rooted in the Living Word
A reflection on Luke 6:46-49
Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
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The concept of Logoi in the Logos invites us to see ourselves as unique words of God, spoken through Christ, the eternal Word, and called to live in harmony with his divine will.… Read the rest
Get Behind Me, Satan!
Matthew 16:21-23 “in a snailshell”
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restWhen Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
From Affliction to Glory: Christ’s Redemptive Tapestry
A reflection on Colossians 1:24-28
Sunday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C)
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… Read the restNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past.
The Battle Against Gnosticism
A reflection on Colossians 1:15-20
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
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Greek words in this couplet:
pneuma: spirit
soma: body, flesh
pleroma: fullness, completion
… Read the restHe is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.
The New Jerusalem
A reflection on Revelation 21:23
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C)
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Yerushalaim is the transliteration of Jerusalem. Click phonetics for the pronunciation of Yerushalaim.
… Read the restHe took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It
The New Heaven and the New Earth
Revelation 21:5a from the Second Reading at Mass
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C)
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… Read the restThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Christ is Risen
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1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you…