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“It Is Good That We Are Here” — Peter and Jesus’s Command to Move
Forty days before the Church exalts the cross, the Gospel takes us up Mount Tabor. In Assisi this morning, Pope Leo XIV showed 2,500 young pilgrims why…
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God Gets Caught Up in Our Chaos
In John’s telling a boy handed over five barley loaves, and God stretched that child’s inch into a mile. Someone near you is carrying a mess that would…
Aug 2
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Christians Never Retire
Pope Leo said this morning that once you find the pearl, selling everything registers as gain rather than sacrifice. Today’s Gospel is filled with…
Jul 26
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“Run Like Mary Magdalene” — Pope Leo XIV’s Vision for Women in the Church
Gregory the Great turned her into a prostitute with one sermon. Fourteen centuries later, Pope Francis handed her an apostle’s feast — and from what I…
Jul 23
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God Is in Love with Our Smallness
Most parishes skip the one line that unlocks today’s Gospel. Pope Leo, preaching this morning at Castel Gandolfo, says God’s love makes itself felt even…
Jul 19
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God Is Not a Careful Farmer
Pope Leo XIV preached the Parable of the Sower this morning at Castel Gandolfo, naming a God who wastes seed on rock and thorn. Van Gogh painted that…
Jul 12
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God’s Vocation is Recreation
Even the pope is packing for Castel Gandolfo this month. Sunday’s Gospel offers rest to everyone who has grown tired of trying to earn what God already…
Jul 6
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To Love Is to Lose
Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square that love only bears fruit when we are willing to lose. Today’s Gospel asks what we are still gripping…
Jun 29
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The Root of Fear Is a Failure of Memory
Jesus tells frightened men “do not be afraid” three times in eight verses. St. Ignatius knew why we forget — and why gratitude is the one thing that…
Jun 21
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God Does Not Stay Put
Pope Leo XIV carried the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of Madrid this morning. If God consents to be present in bread, no corner of your life is…
Jun 8
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The Splendor No Machine Can Replace
Pope Leo’s new encyclical names what AI can simulate and what it cannot reach. Today’s readings for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity name the same…
Jun 1
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The Spirit Walks Through Locked Doors
Pope Leo XIV told St. Peter’s this morning that Pentecost arrives where the doors are closed. The question today is which door in your life you are…
May 25
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