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2016-03-25T19:40:52-05:00

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The Pope’s final Angelus

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:40 pm By Father Pablo Migone

This is Pope Benedict XVI’s final Sunday Angelus address at Saint Peter Square, Vatican City. The final paragraph is a must read. On the second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy always presents us with the Gospel of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The evangelist Luke places particular emphasis on the fact that Jesus was transfigured as he prayed: his is a profound experience of relationship with the Father during a sort of spiritual retreat that Jesus lives on a... Read more

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2016-03-25T19:41:03-05:00

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Roman Lent Station Church: Santa Maria in Domnica

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:41 pm By Father Pablo Migone

This beautiful church in a beautiful area of Rome not often visited by tourists, Santa Maria in Domnica has the distinction of being one of Rome’s ancient diaconias, a distribution center of food and assistance for the poor. Each diaconia was overseen by one of Rome’s seven deacons. A tradition tells that on the location of the church once stood the house of the wealthy Roman Cyriaca from where Saint Lawrence, one of Rome’s martyred deacons, would distribute alms to... Read more

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2013-02-23T18:46:00-05:00

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From Desert to Transfiguration

Last updated on: February 23, 2013 at 6:46 pm By Father Pablo Migone

Last week, the Gospel passage placed Jesus in the desert, hungry and tempted. We felt compassion for him; we experienced a glimpse of his humanity. Today’s Gospel passage places Jesus on a mountaintop, dazzling and glorious. We feel excitement for him; we experience a glimpse of his divinity. What a contrast. Is it contradictory? Not at all. Actually, you cannot have one without the other. These two Gospel passages together describe the Lenten experience. Lent is a time to meditate... Read more

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2013-02-23T18:46:00-05:00

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From Desert to Transfiguration

Last updated on: February 23, 2013 at 6:46 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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2016-03-25T19:41:27-05:00

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The Chair of Peter

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:41 pm By Father Pablo Migone

From antiquity Roman Christians have celebrated the day Saint Peter first arrived to Rome and presided over the Christian community. Early records show that Romans remembered this event on January 18th. Records also show that by the early fourth century another celebration linked to Peter called the Chair of Peter was celebrated in the city on February 22nd. Both days became great celebrations of Rome’s first bishop, January 18th celebrated at a cemetery on the Via Salaria outside the city and... Read more

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2016-03-25T19:41:34-05:00

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Roman Lent Station Church: San Lorenzo in Panisperna

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:41 pm By Father Pablo Migone

A small church in downtown Rome marks the site of the martyrdom of one of Rome’s beloved patron saints, Saint Lawrence. Saint Lorenzo in Panisperna is today’s Lent Station Church of Rome. In the year 258 the Roman Emperor Valerian led a persecution of Christian leaders putting to death Pope Sixtus II along with his seven deacon assistants, Saint Lawrence among them. As deacon he was in charge of the temporal goods of the Church and oversaw the care for... Read more

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2016-03-25T19:41:43-05:00

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Roman Tradition: Station Churches of Lent

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:41 pm By Father Pablo Migone

A very ancient tradition still thrives in Rome, the Lenten Station Churches. During the pontificate of Pope Gregory the Great (6th century) each day of Lent was linked with a particular church of the city. In the olden days the Bishop of Rome would visit each church on its particular day as a means to foster unity within the Roman Church. In modern times, the Pope no longer visits every church during Lent, but does celebrate Mass on Ash Wednesday... Read more

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2013-02-18T12:57:00-05:00

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Colbert defends the Eucharist

Last updated on: February 18, 2013 at 12:57 pm By Father Pablo Migone

I love Stephen Colbert not only because he always makes me laugh, but also because he is not afraid to defend the Catholic Church in his highly viewed show. He makes a great defense for the Eucharist and the Priesthood in this interview with Garry Willis who recently published a book titled Why Priests? A Failed Tradition. Colbert amazingly points to several flaws in Willis’ understanding of the sacraments and the Church in general. Garry Willis identifies himself as Catholic,... Read more

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2016-03-25T19:41:52-05:00

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Ending a Pontificate

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:41 pm By Father Pablo Migone

Pope Benedict began his weekly Wednesday audience last week by offering a brief explanation for his retirement: “I did this [retiring] in full freedom for the good of the Church, after having prayed at length and having examined my conscience before God, well aware of the seriousness of the act, but equally conscious of no longer being able to carry out the Petrine ministry with the strength that it requires. I am supported and enlightened by the certainty that the... Read more

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2016-03-25T19:42:01-05:00

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Tentaciones de Jesus en el desierto

Last updated on: March 25, 2016 at 7:42 pm By Father Pablo Migone

En el país de Israel hay un monasterio en un cerro de donde uno ve una de las ciudades más antiguas del mundo, Jericó, continuamente habitada por 11,000 años. Del monasterio también uno ve el rio Jordán, el rio donde Jesús fue bautizado. Este monasterio donde aún viven unos monjes griegos marca el área del desierto donde Jesús pasó cuarenta días, marca el lugar donde ocurrió el pasaje del evangelio que escuchamos hoy. El evangelio mismo narra como Jesús... Read more

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