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Forgive an Adulterous Husband?

Pat McCloskey, OFM March 27, 2020

Is it wrong to divorce a husband who commits adultery? My husband and I were married in the Catholic Church almost 30 years ago. Several years ago he committed adultery, and the pain still remains with me. I have tried to forgive him but long for something much more important: healing.

No, a civil divorce is an option. Depending on evidence provided, a canonical “declaration of nullity ” may also be possible.

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Lent with the Saints

Lent with the Saints: Anthony of Padua

Greg Friedman, OFM March 26, 2020

Exodus 32:7–14; Psalm 106:19–20, 21–22, 23; John 5:31–47

Before he became the “go-to” saint for finding lost objects, St. Anthony of Padua had another nickname: “The Hammer of Heretics.”

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Mark: The Gospel of Conversion

Megan McKenna March 26, 2020

Scholars have referred to Mark’s Gospel as a passion narrative with a few introductory texts. But more to the point, it is better described as a primer on conversion.

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The Importance of Friends

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 25, 2020

Friends are people who are there for us when we need them. Often we don’t know who among our acquaintances are true friends until circumstances reveal it.

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Faith and Family: The Raising of Lazarus

Franciscan Media March 25, 2020

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JN 11:1-45

Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.

So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

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Time to Move Forward

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 24, 2020

The man healed in the Gospel story (John 5:1-16) complains that no one has helped him to get into the magic pool while the angel was stirring the waters.

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