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Abbot and founder. Born at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey), in 423, he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and after meeting with the famed St. Simeon Stylites, he entered a monastery. Later, he was named the head of a church between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, but departed to live as a hermit near the Dead Sea. As…
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The consensus seems to be that today’s students are less capable than in the past. On the surface, this appears to be true. Rose Horowitch, in a deeply reported piece for The Atlantic, discussed how college students at elite institutions are no longer prepared to read books. Likewise, Carley Suthers, for Buzzfeed, collected online comments…
Pope Francis, in accordance with an ancient tradition, proclaimed 2025 a Jubilee Year with the central theme of hope. He qualifies hope saying, “This hope has nothing to do with mere ‘human’ optimism or the ephemeral expectation of some earthly benefit.” He calls on us all to be “pilgrims of hope.” Certainly, seriously ill people and…
Reading I 1 John 5:5-13 Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, and…
Anno Domini 2025 is a Jubilee Year, proclaimed to be so by His Holiness, Pope Francis in his May 9, 2024 Bull of Intinction, Spes Non Confudit. It began on Christmas Eve, 2024, and will conclude on the Feast of … Continue reading → The post This Jubilee Year, Heap Coals of Fire Upon Your…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive “to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace instead the logic of encounter,” Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See. In accordance with the biblical tradition of jubilees, the Holy Year is a time to rediscover…
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