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Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 20, 2024 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Fr. Nick Baumgardner -
If you’ve ever seen Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, you know it can be a difficult movie to get through. I’ve only...
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ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 20 St. Paul of the Cross lived in the beginning of the 18th century. After leaving the army, St. Paul lived a life...
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ST. JOHN DE BREBEUF & ST. ISAAC JOGUES

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 19 St. John de Brebeuf and St. Isaac Jogues were Jesuit missionaries of the 17th century, and with their companions are known as...
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ST. LUKE

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FEAST: OCTOBER 18 St. Luke is one of the four gospel writers, and he also wrote the Acts of the Apostles. He was a gentile...
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ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 17 St. Ignatius was consecrated the Bishop of Antioch in Syria by St. Peter. Ignatious was a disciple of St. John, and he...
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ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 16 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was born at the end of the 17th century in France. As an only child, she had a...
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ST. TERESA OF JESUS (AVILA)

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 15 St. Teresa lived in the 16th century during the protestant reformation. She grew up with a strict father who sent her to...
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POPE ST. CALLISTUS I

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 14 Callistus was born at the end of the second century in and was a slave of Christian in Rome. He was put...
Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 13, 2024 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Isaac Summers -
In today’s gospel, we have the famous story of the rich young man as told by Mark. It can be summarized as such: A...
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POPE ST. JOHN XXIII

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 11 Born to a poor Italian family in 1881, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children. He was ordained a priest...
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OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 7 This feast was established in 1573 by Pope Pius the Fifth in gratitude for the naval victory of the Christians over the Turks...
Gospel Reflections

OCTOBER 6, 2024 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. -
Today, marriage is the subject of a lot of attention and controversy. There is a lot of disagreement about what marriage is. Nonetheless, today...
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ST. FAUSTINA

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 5 St. Faustina was born to a poor family in Poland in 1905. As a young girl, she had a desire to enter...
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 4 St. Francis of Assisi was born to a wealthy Italian merchant at the end of the 12th century. At a young age,...
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HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS

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MEMORIAL: OCTOBER 2 The belief of angels assisting us on our journey to heaven has been a tradition that was handed on to us from...

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