Category: Ars Praedicandi
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Ars Praedicandi: 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
Augustine wisely notes that Hope has two beautiful daughters Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are And Courage to see that they do not remain that way.
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Ars Praedicandi: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Ed Foley
And so, while it is New Year’s, the Feast of the Circumcision, and the Naming of Jesus, the Church celebrates none of those.
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Ars Praedicandi: 2nd Sunday of Advent, Ed Foley
Admittedly, it is an evangelical understatement to suggest that he is not an especially attractive character.
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Ars Praedicandi: Thanksgiving Day, Ed Foley
Next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is the most popular and one of the most expensive of the holidays that we celebrate in the US.
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Ars Praedicandi: 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
While Matthew is not J. K. Rowling, he does have a keen eye for the preposterous and absurd. I think today’s outrageous story is an example of that.
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Ars Praedicandi: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
Jesus’ ministry was nothing less than an extended parable that continuously scrambled traditional thinking, upended well-established categories and redefined the very reign of God.
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Ars Praedicandi: 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
If Jesus had only talked about God’s generosity He would not have been nailed to the cross.
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Ars Praedicandi: 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
The stranger is an essential part of God’s calculus
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Ars Praedicandi: Feast of the Transfiguration, Ed Foley
In the transfiguration, the Only-Begotten hung in the thin space between heaven and earth.