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Right throughout the Easter season, we use these words of the psalmist to give thanks and praise God for the supreme gift of his Son's resurrection. Easter means God has triumphed over the forces of darkness and evil....
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Easter removes God from every violence because the Risen One does not return violence; He ends the cycle of violence....
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The resurrection of Jesus from the dead has ushered in the dawn of a new era. The paschal rhythm shows us that suffering through love is the path towards the fullness of life. Facing fear, darkness and death itself is not the end but the beginning of the fullness...
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For this was the hour of glory that Jesus had spoken about; this was the climax to the life of a humble Messiah who rode on a donkey, mingled with the social outcasts and washed the feet of others. He was not a conqueror through domination and violence but...
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"I wanted to expand peoples' conception of holiness, to raise the question, 'Aren't there all kinds of ways to live the Beatitudes?' I've always been inspired by visionaries, artists, writers, poets and mystics of other times."...
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Jesus emptied Himself to serve humanity and, as Paul says in his letter to the Philippians, we, therefore, have to empty ourselves of all rivalry and conceit and all thinking of ourselves as better than others....
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Pope Leo XIV invites families to follow the example of the Holy Family, the 'perfect model' God offers us, and calls on them to rediscover the faith of their grandparents and parents which, through Jesus, brings true joy....
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Padre Pio was the saint who was deeply trained in the crucible of suffering. We recall how he experienced not only physical pain of great intensity, but also the spiritual suffering of being misunderstood and misjudged by others. But he constantly accepted all his sufferings with serenity and...
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Let us pray that we may become catalysts for global action in the way that Pope Francis has so prophetically challenged us. The world we live in is on a trajectory that needs to be courageously corrected, if we are to flourish into the future....