St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Beauty
St. Anthony of Padua, that Hammer of Heretics, serves as a model to me that I am to preach against any dualism within myself that blocks an openness to beauty.
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Lent with the Saints: Damien Joseph de Veuster of Molokai
2 Kings 5:1–15a; Psalm 42:2–3; 43:3–4; Luke 4:24–30 Leprosy is a disease that gets a lot of attention in the Bible. Jesus, who himself healed lepers, cites the story of the cure of the Syrian leper, Naaman, in today’s Gospel, ...
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Lent with the Saints: Moses
The character of Moses is forever burned into the consciousness of a generation of moviegoers by Charlton Heston’s portrayal of him in The Ten Commandments.
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Lent with the Saints: Augustine
The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke’s Gospel personifies the mercy of God.
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Lent with the Saints: The Patriarch Joseph
Two biblical characters are the subject of Broadway musicals by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and both are featured in today’s readings.
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Lent with the Saints: André Bessette
The French Canadian saint André Bessette would not have been blind to a beggar on his doorstep.
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Lent with the Saints: James and John
To read today’s Gospel, one would think that Jesus’ apostles could have really used a public-relations advisor!
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