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If Anyone Will Not Work, Let Him Not Eat

January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gospel Commentary for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
This Sunday’s Gospel is one of the famous discourses on the end of the world, which are characteristic of the end of the liturgical year.
It seems that in one of the first Christian communities, that of Thessalonica, there were believers who drew […]

Jan

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Saint Basil and Saint Gregory Nazianzen

January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Basil and Gregory were born in Asia Minor in the year 330. This area is modern-day Turkey. Basil’s grandmother, father, mother, two brothers and a sister are all saints. Gregory’s parents are St. Nonna and St. Gregory the Elder. Basil and Gregory met and became great friends at school in Athens, Greece.
Basil became a well-known […]