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  1. Awaiting Pentecost

    | Timothy P. O’Malley

    Most Catholics are at least vaguely aware that the Easter Vigil is a high point of the liturgical year. Yet, the Vigil of Pentecost rarely gets the same attention, despite having its own set of extended readings. If we read these texts f...

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  8. Pentecost for Preachers: The Mysticism of the Homiletic Moment

    | Karla Bellinger

    The Easter season provides busy homilists with a basketful of opportunities to preach and preach and preach. Now Pentecost is coming. What more is there to say? What more is there to give? And, some may ask, where does the strength come ...

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  10. King of the Cosmos

    | Timothy P. O’Malley

    The feast of the Ascension is puzzling. The full presence of the risen Lord made available during the season of Easter is now interrupted by Christ ascending. The bodily presence of Jesus is no longer immediately available to the discipl...

  16. Syria and the Responsibility to Protect

    | Robert G. Christian III

    Human Dignity vs. the Throwaway Culture Human dignity is innate by virtue of each human person being made in the image of God. It is independent of a person’s role in society, talents and weaknesses, and demographic profile. Each p...

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  20. The Discerning Church

    | Timothy P. O’Malley

    Jesus, in the Gospel of John, shows that he is the supremely masterful teacher. In the final hours before he goes to his death, Jesus speaks to his disciples. Unlike the mere human teacher, Christ comes to give vivifying words. Words tha...