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Why Celebrate the Presentation of Mary?
When we celebrate the Presentation of Mary, we are giving her the honor she deserves and witnessing to her perfect purity as the Virgin of Nazareth and the Mother of God.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Woman Clothed With the Sun
Pregnant and “clothed with the sun,” Our Lady of Guadalupe is exactly what our country, our world, our Church need right now.
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Afghanistan Chaos: Here’s Something We Can Do
Things have gotten worse since I wrote this blog post for National Catholic Register. We need not sit idly watching the chaos and tragedy unfold. There’s something we can do.
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Walking with Mary through Holy Week
When the father of a family dies, the entire family is shaken. When the Savior of the world dies, the entire universe is shaken. Walk with Mary through Holy Week.
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What the Annunciation Means for You
Mary never refused the slightest of God’s requests and sought always to do his holy Will. Astonished as she was at Gabriel’s Annunciation message, it was a matter of course for her to respond with her simple, humble, yes.
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The Presentation and Our Attitude Toward Authority
At the Presentation, the Holy Family adhered to Jewish custom, not for their own sakes, but for ours so as to show us how to acknowledge the Authority that supercedes all human authority – God alone. Later in their lives, they would show us how to oppose wrongful authority even to the point of our Lord’s Passion and Crucifixion.
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“Full of Grace”: Five Ways to Celebrate the Immaculate Conception
Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, ‘full of grace’ through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses. Here are five ways to celebrate Mary’s Immaculate Conception..