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The
Word Encountered
John Kavanaugh, S. J.
As a child, I thought that Advent was an artificial thing. It seemed a forced time of year, a concoction to get us excited about the coming of Christmas. It felt fake...
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Historical
Cultural Context
John J. Pilch
According to Mark’s Jesus, nobody knows about “that day or hour” in which the Son of Man will return, neither the angels in heaven, nor Jesus himself, but only the Father...
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Thoughts from the
Early Church
Edith Barnecut, O.S.B., ed.
Augustine
The first coming of Christ the Lord, God’s Son and our God, was in obscurity; the second will be in sight of the whole world....
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Preparing
for Sunday
Larry
Gillick, S. J.
We begin the new liturgical year this weekend. We begin with a revised translation of many prayers within the liturgy. We begin with singing new translations of some of the usual songs...
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