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Solemn First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

June 14th at 4:40 P.M.

Solemn 1st Vespers

of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

“It will not be out of place to consider the ancient tradition, teaching and faith of the Catholic Church, which was revealed by the Lord, proclaimed by the apostles and guarded by the fathers. For upon this faith the Church is built, and if anyone were to lapse from it, he would no longer be a Christian either in fact or in name.”

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Homilies Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. Homilies Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P.

God’s Glory and Oneness in Christ

A Homily for the 7th Sunday in Easter

Fr. Brian John Zuelke, O.P.

“I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one” (Jn 17:22). This line from today’s Gospel is the most mysterious statement among many mysterious mentions of “glory” (δόξα) in the “High Priestly Prayer” of Jesus preceding his Passion (Jn 17).

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Guest Essays Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. Guest Essays Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P.

Series on Saint Thomas Aquinas - Part Three

We too are invited to be servants of the Truth, rather than ones who master it.  We too are called to search through all fields of knowledge and see how the different aspects of truth that they highlight can be illuminated and clarified by what is true and comes from the Lord. 

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Guest Essays Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. Guest Essays Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P.

Tuesday of Holy Week

Today, at the human level, we are presented with a contrast between Peter and Judas. Why does one find his way back to repentance and forgiveness and the other, it seems, does not?

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Homilies Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P. Homilies Sister Maria of the Angels, O.P.

Homily for Palm Sunday

Today begins the most sacred week of our year, of our lives, as Catholics, this Holy Week in which we, as the Body of Christ, liturgically and sacramentally accompany our Divine Head, our Lord Jesus Christ, though His Passion, Death and Resurrection.

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