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The Begger of Sacrifices

March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

    By Pere Pascal, OFM cap
 Translated to English April 26, 1973 by Marguerite E. Camp
   

With me, will you accept the scourging of unjust judgments that
you may be the object of?

      With You, yes, my Savior!

With me, will you accept the scepter of humiliations devised on the
part of persons with little charity and without education?

      [...]

Mar

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Why a Fish?

March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

One of the most significant statements the early Christians used was “Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior.”
Because Greek was the universallanguage then (te New Testament books were written in Greek), Christians often said and wrote, “Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior” in Greek.
That phrase, if printed as an acrostic (using the first letter of each word), looks [...]

Mar

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On Lent’s Baptismal Journey

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Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter’s Square.* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In these Sundays of Lent, through the texts of the Gospel of John, the liturgy leads us on a true and proper baptismal journey: Last Sunday [...]

Mar

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Opening the Eyes of Faith

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Gospel Commentary for 4th Sunday of Lent
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
The healing of the man blind from birth hits close to home, because in a certain sense all of us are blind from birth.
The very world was born blind. According to what science tells us today, during millions of years there was life on [...]