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Tag: John the Baptist

Redemptive suffering as Advent message

"Most powerfully, Christ’s resurrection reveals that all of this—these broken relationships, suffering, death itself—is temporary for those who have been saved by Christ and...

Gaudete Sunday in a pandemic

"Leaders or would-be leaders must be like John the Baptist."     In the Gospel reading for Gaudete Sunday, which is the Third Sunday of Advent, we...

Advent in tumultuous times

"How do we welcome Jesus in this season of Joy when there is so much affliction around?"   The Second Sunday of Advent will be on...

Fr. Tim’s grand welcome in heaven

"His work prepared the Way of the Lord for many of us."     Last week’s Gospel reading calls on us to be alert and vigilant because...

Second Sunday of Advent

"Always, God never fails to intervene."     St. Matthew, the Evangelist, announces the coming of John the Baptist, the precursor of the Messiah. Gone were the...

Devotees slather selves in mud 

Aliaga, Philippines—They say there’s nothing quite like it for cooling the blood, but for more than a thousand Filipinos at a Catholic festival on...

The challenge of the Baptist

In the Gospel of Mark two days after the Second Day of Advent, John the Baptist personifies repentance and reparation for Christ’s coming. John...
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