The Beatitude of Poverty
Anthony Lilles
May 25, 2025
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“Nets, livelihoods, social status, friends, and even family have all been forsaken for the promises of Christ.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
Blessing or Woe: You Decide. A Homily for the 6th Sunday of the Year
Msgr. Charles Pope
February 15, 2025
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“If the world is cheering for you, you’re playing on the wrong team, the losing team.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Purity and Meekness for All
Denise Trull
March 17, 2024
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“The pure of heart are magnificent to behold. Not in any need of protection. They have fought the beast and won.” – Denise Trull
St. Rita of Cascia: Small in Stature, Great in Holiness
Claire Dwyer
May 23, 2019
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St. Rita was “small in stature but great in holiness, who lived in humility and is now known throughout the world for her heroic Christian life as a wife, mother, widow and nun.” – Pope St. John Paul II
Blessed are They that Mourn
Dan Burke
October 1, 2018
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How is it that those who mourn are blessed? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt of his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
Blessed are They that Hunger and Thirst after Justice
Dan Burke
September 24, 2018
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What part does the Holy Spirit play in our hunger and thirst for justice? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen explains in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Dan Burke
September 26, 2015
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Who are the peacemakers? And, what qualities do they have? Find out as Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen reflects on this beatitude which Christ proclaimed in His Sermon on the Mount.
“Blessed Are the Pure of Heart”
Peter Howard
August 15, 2015
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“Blessed Are the Pure of Heart” The perfection of all virtues and gifts of God is beatitude. In other words, the more perfect virtue and
Chastity: A Hymn to God’s Providence
Fr. Angelo Geiger
February 16, 2015
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Chastity: A Hymn to God’s Providence In a way, Dawn Eden’s newly released Catholic edition of her popular The Thrill of the Chaste is
Blessed Are the Clean of Heart
Dan Burke
October 9, 2014
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Blessed Are the Clean of Heart Presence of God – O Lord, purify my heart and my mind, that I may learn to know
