Category Archives: New Evangelization

What’s in a Blessing? And What Difference Does It Make When People Sneeze? 11

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A while back, a fellow blogger asked the following question in a comment on my post, “Blessed Are the Merciful, They Will Be Shown Mercy.”

I have pondered the words bless, blessed, and blessing three words we, myself included, use a lot. I decided I do not know the real meaning of them. So I got out the dictionaries and still cannot come up with an understanding for the way we us these words. Can you please help me make a clear meaning of these three words?

Great question!

Now before I get started, More…

Young Saint Mark 14

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I was recently asked what gave me the greatest delight and satisfaction when working with young people. First, I wanted to say, just working with young people. When the youth get motivated, they have the potential to change the world.

Take for example Saint Mark, whose feast day we celebrate today.  More…

Evil Spirits in the Old Testament 22

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An evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul

An evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul

Recently a friend and fellow blogger asked me a thorny question. I paraphrase:

1 Samuel 18:10 is a perplexing verse: “The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul.” “An evil spirit from God?” What’s that supposed to mean? Does God send evil spirits to us?

The short answer is No. More…

My Sheep 11

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If we take just a couple of words from the Gospel, we can learn a lot. For example, in today’s Gospel, Jesus continually refers to us as “My sheep.”

Commentaries on Jesus’ calling us sheep like to emphasize sheep as stupid, smelly animals. Obviously, that is not the point to today’s Gospel. More…

Symbolism in the Mass 5

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I’ve already posted a couple of videos from Fr Greg. This one is particularly good, so I had to share it. If this is a taste of the following videos this season, I think there is a lot to look forward to here.

Spiritual Vitamins for the Week in Just One Minute, “Why We Worship” 5

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One of the biggest reasons people give for not studying their faith is that they don’t have enough time.

But everyone has time for a one minute video!

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Breakfast on the Lake Shore 11

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Like the Apostles, we all need reassurances and reminders.

Ordinary events in life  can weigh on us and wear us down over time. That is why Jesus often reveals himself to us through the ordinary. At work, at breakfast, through ordinary people — He is there to life us up, though sometimes we do not recognize him at first.

So it was with Jesus’ apostles. More…

Pilgrimage and New Evangelization in the Big Apple 9

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By Br Antonio Lemos

If you ask me what the New Evangelization looks like I would invite you to join me next year in the Pilgrimage in New York City. On March 23rd and a group of priests and brothers and I participated with 400 hundred people in the 4th Annual Pilgrimage of New York City. More…

New Evangelization at Its Best 11

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Testimonies of teen and family missionaries from our Good Friday mission in New York.

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Feast of the Annunciation “God Is with Us” 4

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Et Verbum Caro Factum Est et Habiavit in Nobis

Et Verbum Caro Factum Est et Habitavit in Nobis

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

Today’s solemn feast commemorates the greatest event in world history. We celebrate the moment when the Virgin Mary received the angels word and said yes to God, and more importantly, we celebrate the Lord’s response to Mary’s yes. Today we celebrate the day when the Word, our Lord, became flesh and dwelt among us. More…