Category: Saints / Mary
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Commemorating the Transverberation of St. Teresa of Avila
“If all you know about Teresa’s experience of having her heart pierced comes from Bernini’s famous statue The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, you are missing out.”
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Looking Ahead: Celebrating the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Here is to hoping that this year, the birth of John the Baptist will be celebrated on June 24th.
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What Did Mary Know?
For us as liturgists and musicians, a principle to recall and observe in the preparation of Marian liturgies is that “Mary always stands with the saved.” I also like to state it in a less elegant manner: in the economy of salvation, there are ultimately only two categories … God and not-God.
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Solemnity of All Saints
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Involuntary Immigration, Feast Days, Devotions, Prayer and Poetry
For many of us, today is Halloween, all hallows eve, the Vigil of All Saints, the last day of October, Mary’s month, month of the Rosary, month of the Queen of all saints.
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Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist
In his gospel, Luke stresses that the disciples do not understand the words of Jesus.
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Saints and Souls: Keeping Memory and Hope Alive!
All Saints and All Souls must be celebrated in tandem.
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Ars Praedicandi: St. Oscar Romero, pray for us.
This Sunday’s canonization of Oscar Romero provided a lens through which to view the radical call to discipleship that Jesus issues to the rich man—and to all of us—in today’s Gospel.
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Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.