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Para la versión en español, haga clic aquí. Luke 1:39–56 This week’s Gospel reflection is taken from Pope Francis’s Angelus message on August 15, 2015. Today’s page of the Gospel […]
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For the English version, click here. Lucas 1, 39–56 This week’s Gospel reflection is taken from Pope Francis’s Angelus message on August 15, 2015. Today’s page of the Gospel (Luke […]
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One of the frustrating things about the Gospel accounts of the early days of Jesus’ life is trying to pin the events on a historical timeline. As we’ve discussed before, […]
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Right after the Magi left, Joseph had a dream in which an angel appeared to him and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay […]
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For the past couple of months, we have been looking at the Litany of Saint Joseph, but now we return to the events surrounding Joseph that are recorded in the […]
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By guest blogger and catechist Deanna Danielle Fight with love. Words can speak either life or death. Proverbs 12:18 puts it this way: “The babble of some people is like […]
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The final new title given to Saint Joseph, Patron of the Poor, brings us to an issue we’ve discussed before. Just how poor were Mary and Joseph? When we talked […]
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The sixth title added to the Litany of Saint Joseph is Patron of the Afflicted. This one is perhaps the least directly linked with him. We really don’t have any […]
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By guest blogger and catechist Deanna Danielle Warning: This bridge may bring out the best in us—or knock us to the ground! Since How? is a question concerning the way […]
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The fifth new title given to Joseph in his litany is Patron of Refugees. This is an interesting honorific because we don’t usually think of Joseph and Mary as refugees. […]
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