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Dying To Sin And Living In Christ

Not only are Christians meant to seek forgiveness for their sins, they are try to...

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How Christ Transformed The Meaning Of The Cross

The cross represents many things at once. It shows us the cruelty of humanity, and...

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April 03, 2026

Reflections For Holy Friday 2026: The New Covenant*

Throughout history, God often reveals great truths in surprising ways. For example, when Abraham believed...

September 2025

September 21, 2025

The Cross And Our Choices: Navigating The Path Of Love

Jesus came to us to save us and the rest of the world. He wants...

September 14, 2025

The Cross, A Paradoxical Sign of Victory

The Christian faith looks to Jesus on the cross, and with it, shows the world...

September 07, 2025

Glorifying The Cross Without False Piety

Paul reminds us that our religious devotions, our acts of piety, should not be done...

March 2025

March 23, 2025

Understanding the Cross: Its Call To Selflessness And Love

The cross it the way of salvation. It is both the means which Jesus embraced...

March 29, 2024

The Victory of Love On The Cross

The cross. It had come to this. It was always coming to this, ever since...

March 03, 2024

The Individual And The Cross

The cross is raised up both as a guide, indicating the way we should live...

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September 17, 2023

The Foolishness Of God

While common sense often provides basic insight which can be useful in making judgments, it...

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Legalism Vs The Cross

St. Paul warned us against using some external representation of the faith, however good and...

September 08, 2023

Accepting Our Nothingness

God created the universe out of nothing;  this makes creation contingent in its existence. The...

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March 12, 2023

Self-Denial, The Great Fast And The Cross

The Christian way of life is the way of the cross. That can and will...

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The Wisdom And Necessity Of The Cross

In one sense, the cross didn’t have to happen. In another sense, it is a...

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All Other Goods Must Make Way For The Greatest Good Revealed On The Cross

It is easy to miss, in the midst of his words indicating that circumcision was...

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April 15, 2022

Forgiveness From The Cross

“The logos is about to say something, and I say that Christ sought God with...

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March 20, 2022

The Kingdom Of The Cross

St. Jerome, interpreting the way Jesus was predicted to have the government upon his shoulders...

February 2022

February 07, 2022

Christians And Muslims: Agreements And Disagreements On God And Christ

When various Christians try to engage Islam, pointing out that despite the various (and significant)...

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January 16, 2022

What Are We To Make Of Christian Self Denial?

Christians are told they are to overcome all their self-centered, selfish inclinations. They are called...

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Suffering And The Cross

Life is permeated with suffering. This is not to say we have no joy, no...

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Veneration Of The Holy Cross

God truly works in mysterious ways, shocking us out of our complacency. Often, what God...

September 2020

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The Cross, A Sign Of Love

“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to...

April 2020

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The Revelation of the True Messianic Kingdom on the Cross

By accepting a place next to criminals, next to those recognized as public sinners, Jesus...

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Jacob’s Ladder and St John Climacus

One of the many intriguing stories in Genesis is that of Jacob dreaming about a...

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The Cross, The Sign and Path of Love

Now the flaming sword no longer guards the gates of Eden; It has mysteriously been...

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The Crux Ansata And Our Lady of the Amazon

One of the great powers of symbols is that they are quite adaptable; the same...

September 2019

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The Cross, Once A Sign of Death, Now Is Elevated As A Sign Of Life

With the revelation of God given to us at the cross, we are shown how...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

Christ’s Death Glorified Him As He Worked For the Salvation of All

The death of Jesus must not be attributed to specifically to the Jews. When talking...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Poem For Holy Friday

The End of the Beginning A Poem on the Death of God   The bronze...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Penance Seeks To Restore The Good

Free will, as all things given to us by God, is good. When it is...

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