Blog Post by Michael Maher S.J.
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1 May 2017
1 May 2017 Saint Joseph The Worker Although St. Joseph throughout much of western art was illustrated as a sleepy old man, he got some vigor ...
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30 April 2017
30 April 2017 Third Sunday of Easter The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus provides us with one of the longest stories about Jesus ...
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4 March 2017
4 March 2017 Saturday after Ash Wednesday The gospel today tells the story of Jesus eating with persons whom some would consider the wrong ...
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3 March 2017
3 March 2017 Friday after Ash Wednesday Today is the first Friday of Lent as well as the First Friday of the month. Among those of us “of a ...
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2 March 2017
2 March 2017 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Today’s first reading from Deuteronomy describes Moses’ conversation with the people of Israel ...
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1 March 2017
1 March 2017 Ash Wednesday Those of us who have had the benefit of growing up with the consolation of the true faith, and I refer here to Irish ...
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28 February 2017
28 February 2017 Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday. The day is special for me because I wrote my ...
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27 February 2017
27 February 2017 Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s reading has many exegetes curious and most Americans worried. We have ...
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26 February 2017
26 February 2017 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the great challenges of teaching college students is getting them to understand the ...
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31 December 2016
31 December 2016 The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas Il notte di San Silvrestro New Year’s Eve In the not to distant past there was a ...
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