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Father Dankasa: Priceless Friendship -- A prototype drawn from healing of the paralytic

Tuesday, June 18, 20190184 Reflecting on the story of the healing of the paralytic (Mk 2:1-12) brings out many lessons. It tells us about the forgiving power of God, but it also presents us with a...

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Father Esposito: Discovering the still point of the turning world

Tuesday, May 28, 20190256 In the heart of Rome stands Piazza Venezia, a chaotic traffic circle in front of the gaudy Vittorio Emanuele monument, home to Italy’s tomb of the unknown soldier and...

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Father Dankasa: Learn to listen to one another

Tuesday, May 14, 2019091 I first came across the coined word “comm-YOU-nication” when reading the book How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes. She describes the word as a communication...

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Father Esposito: The encounter between Job and the risen Christ

Friday, April 26, 20190112 I stumbled upon a question during Holy Week, one that moved quite gracefully from a thought-experiment to prayer: how would Job respond to the suffering of Christ on the...

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Father Dankasa: To forgive is to reclaim our hearts and minds

Friday, April 12, 20190125 One of the hardest virtues to practice is forgiveness. It’s even more difficult when we consider the different degrees of hurt and pain we have to endure when we are...

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Father Bayer: Forgiveness

Thursday, April 11, 20190166 What does it mean to forgive? Is forgiveness essentially a negative and cancelling force, that is, something that ignores an injury? Or is it a positive and creative...

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Father Esposito: The wonder of knowing as we are known

Friday, March 29, 20190122 I recall playing with my nephew Lucas, who was roughly 2 years old at the time. I held up a mirror to him, and asked him whose picture he saw in the mirror. He shouted,...

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Father Gollob: Our faith blooms anew during this holy season

Thursday, March 28, 2019027 Lent is just now building up steam and it is Spring already! Blossoms are abundant on the trees around our area which used to be called Fruitdale. The name was inspired...

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