December 2025
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The Journey of a Holy Family
Today is the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas, which means it is the Feast of the Holy Family, and it’s also the memorial of the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents because Sunday is December 28th. The readings we just had do not relate the story of the Holy Innocents, but that story has much Continue reading
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The Assumption of Mary
Assumption vs. Ascension Jesus ascended to Heaven by his own power. The others we read about in the Scriptures are “taken up” rather than going up by their own efforts. The first case is Enoch (Gen 5:24) who “walked with God, then was no more, because God took him.” The letter to the Hebrews explains Continue reading
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Immaculate Conception and Perpetual Virginity
We’re going to talk about the dogma of the immaculate conception, but it requires us to make our peace with an understanding of the predestination of Mary and her human son Jesus. What we mean by predestination is that we need a way to understand God’s action in the created world given that God is Continue reading
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Introduction to Our Lady
We will spend some time on the principal teachings about Mary, some of which are required for authentic membership in the Church of Christ, and some of which are teachings that may help us grow as disciples of Christ. Then we will spend some time on Marian devotions and Marian apparitions. Marian Doctrines are Christological Continue reading
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Concluding the Religion of the Day
Here are some suggestions that might inform how we present Christ and the Christian faith in light of our current cultural world. None of these is new, but they may need greater emphasis at this time. The centrality of the person of Christ The only answer to the identity crisis the world finds itself in, Continue reading
Bound in Love 