Focus
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Moving beyond death and into our inheritance
May 08, 2014
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” (1 Cor 15:55)
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Who is our neighbour?
May 02, 2014
It was a question posed in the midst of a discussion about gaining eternal life. When the scholar of the law asked Jesus what he must do, Jesus replied with the dual commandment to love God and love your neighbour.
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Food for Thought
May 02, 2014
This year, a group of U.S. bishops celebrated Mass in Nogales, Ariz., close to the iron slabs that line the border between Mexico and the United States.
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The riddle of my neighbours and yours
May 02, 2014
Neighbours are an enigmatic reality of life, a sort of riddle to solve. Many people are of two minds when it comes to “neighbours” in the larger sense of the term found in the Gospels.
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God’s quiet presence in our lives
May 02, 2014
The poet, Rumi, submits that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know, and then not.
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The transcript of our trial
Apr 24, 2014
The biblical accounts of Jesus’ passion and death focus very much on his trial, describing it in length and in detail.
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Food for thought
Apr 24, 2014
With the latest saints added to the roster, we’re reminded that sainthood is for everyone.
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Mysterious help from a centuries-old saint
Apr 24, 2014
In college, I was a stressed-out and overcommitted student. In addition to a heavy course load, my jam-packed schedule included campus ministry, student government, a few committees, play rehearsals and graduate school applications.
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Holy communion of saints
Apr 24, 2014
In the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II on April 27, the Catholic Church celebrates the naming of two more people to the communion of saints.
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Consider the use of energy in relation to justice and peace
Apr 16, 2014
The Vatican body concerned with justice and peace presented a book Friday which considers their connection with energy, and how energy can both threaten and serve integral human development.



Sunday Reflection
Setting the world on fire: Jesus’ mission and ours
Jesus’ way of establishing God’s reign on earth was not the way of violence. He emphatically rejected the politics of violent revolution adopted by the Zealots.