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St. Anthony of Padua

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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Advent with Richard Rohr: Tuesday of the Third Week

Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: Monday of the Third Week

So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” —Matthew 21:27 Can we care intensely and passionately and not care at all in ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: Third Sunday

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me…he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners. —Isaiah 61:1
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Advent with Richard Rohr: Saturday of the Second Week

Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: Friday of the Second Week

O that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like a river, and your success like the waves of the sea; your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its ...
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Advent with Richard Rohr: Thursday of the Second Week

Let anyone with ears listen! —Matthew 11:15
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