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Jesus or Barabbas: The Palm Sunday We Refuse to See
Read more: Jesus or Barabbas: The Palm Sunday We Refuse to SeeJesus or Barabbas: The Palm Sunday We Refuse to See Palm Sunday is one of the most misunderstood moments in the Gospel. It looks like a celebration, but it is actually a confrontation. It……
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You Are An Icon Of the Love Of God
Read more: You Are An Icon Of the Love Of God2nd Sunday of Lent – Cycle A (West) & Sunday of Orthodoxy (East) This Sunday offers us a breathtaking convergence. In the Roman Lectionary for the Second Sunday of Lent, we ascend the holy……
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Beginning Again: The Rite of Forgiveness and the Freedom to Start Fresh
Read more: Beginning Again: The Rite of Forgiveness and the Freedom to Start FreshLent begins not only with ashes, but with the grace of forgiveness. In the ancient Christian practice of Forgiveness Vespers, believers ask and offer mercy face to face, laying down burdens before entering the desert of this holy season. This reflection explores how the Rite of Forgiveness can shape not just our Lenten journey, but…
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A Pastoral Letter for the Holy Season of Lent
Read more: A Pastoral Letter for the Holy Season of LentA Pastoral Letter for the Holy Season of Lent My Dear Spiritual Family, Grace to you and peace as we enter once again into the sacred season of Lent. Too often Lent has been……
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The Scandal and the Witness: Christianity’s Failure and Its Faithfulness
Read more: The Scandal and the Witness: Christianity’s Failure and Its FaithfulnessChristianity’s failures are real—but so is its long, stubborn history of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, liberating the oppressed, and reshaping societies through mercy. The question is not whether the Gospel works, but whether we will live it.
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Christianity Was Never Meant to Defend Empires
Read more: Christianity Was Never Meant to Defend EmpiresA historical and theological exploration of how the Scriptures, Church Fathers, Catholic Social Teaching, and Orthodox thinkers challenge both authoritarian religion and dehumanizing economics—and offer a Christian path rooted in communion, dignity, and the common good.
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Blessings for the Rejected
Read more: Blessings for the RejectedBlessings for the Rejected There are those among us who know the quiet sting of being pushed aside—not because they have done wrong, but because they simply exist in a way that unsettles the familiar. Some……
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To Seek Out New Life: Independent Sacramentalism Through the Lens of Star Trek and the Ideals of the Federation
Read more: To Seek Out New Life: Independent Sacramentalism Through the Lens of Star Trek and the Ideals of the FederationIntroduction: A Federation Imagination and an Ecclesial Disappointment I grew up with Star Trek before I had language for ecclesiology. Before I knew the word sacrament, I knew that bridges were places where diverse……
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How Christians Lost Beauty — and Why We Need It Back
Read more: How Christians Lost Beauty — and Why We Need It BackThere was a time when Christians knew that beauty saves. Not in the superficial sense of decoration or aesthetic preference, but in the deep, ontological sense: beauty as revelation, beauty as knowledge, beauty as……
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Epiphany for a Fractured World
Read more: Epiphany for a Fractured WorldIcon of the Nativity What the Magi Still Teach Us Now The Church never keeps Epiphany in the past. It places the Magi in front of us now—not as figures in a nativity set, but……