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Life, Death, & Assumption
The Solemnity is a pro-life holy day that reveals Mary’s model of greatness
By John M. Grondelski | August 19th 2024 12:14 PMAs the Solemnity of the Assumption once more fades away for another year, some parting thoughts on the significance of the feast: One: It's a Pro-life Holy Day Three unborn children appear in the readings for the Solemnity, one in the First Reading, two in the Gospel. The child in…
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One locus of the devil’s great envy is the human ability to give life
By John M. Grondelski | September 29th 2023 8:07 PMI’m blessed to have the Rev. Paul Scalia as a pastor, in part because he inspires me with lines of theological thought I hadn’t considered. He did that last Sunday, with his reflections on the Gospel of the Vineyard Owner who pays all his workers a day’s wage. Fr. Scalia…
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