Entries for 2025

Source Who is Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati? Pier Giorgio Frassati was only 24 when he died, but even as a young man his deep love of Christ led him to question everything about the world around him. For example, the many hours he spent in a home for people with disabilities caused him to wonder w...

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Source The month of July (Overview - Calendar) is dedicated to the Precious Blood. The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that th...

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Source On the Solemnity of Pentecost, Bishop Gregory Kelly has issued his first pastoral letter to the people of the Diocese of Tyler, titled “…until Christ be Formed in You.” In this letter, Bishop Kelly reflects on his first 100 days as bishop and shares a vision for the Chur...

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Source I have had numerous conversations over the years with other Catholic dads about the challenges of raising kids in today’s world. The discussions usually center on the bad cultural influences affecting our children, our hectic schedules, and our well-intentioned desire to be better...

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Source What is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus? This is a moveable feast that honors the Sacred Heart. In 1675, Jesus told St. Margaret Mary that He wanted the Feast of the Sacred Heart to be celebrated on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave. In 1856, the Feast of the Sa...

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Source Forty days after Jesus’ Glorious Resurrection, Our Lord ascended into Heaven (Acts 1:6-11). The Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraph 665) says, “Christ’s Ascension marks the definitive entrance of Jesus’ humanity into God’s heavenly domain, whence he wi...

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Source The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord commemorates Jesus’ ascension into Heaven. Historically, this holy has been celebrated 40 days after Easter Sunday – the Thursday in the sixth week of Easter. Most U.S. dioceses, however, have moved the celebration of the Ascension ...

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Source God created us to give Him glory, which we do by sharing in His own happiness. The Catechism describes this reality in its opening line: “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.” T...

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Source The summertime, for me, is really the most wonderful time of the year. I begin waiting for its return from the first cold morning in the autumn, and then in earnest just after the Christmas rush. Taken together, the summer months, with their long days, slower pace, smell of hamburgers on t...

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Source On the Feast of Pentecost, Christians commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, gathered around the Mother of the Lord (Acts of the Apostles chapter 2). The feast is celebrated on the 50th and final day of the Easter season. What is the story of Pentecost? The ele...

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