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The bigger picture | un panorama más amplio

Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 17:15, 22-18:1; John 16:12-15 In his famous poem The Blind Man and the Elephant, the 19th century writer and lawyer John Godfrey ...

Bearing better fruit | Dar mejores frutos

Feast of St. Joseph the Worker Acts 15:1-6; John 15:1-8 Most people would not automatically associate ritual circumcision with pruning a grapevine. Today’s readings, ...

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree | La manzana no cae lejos del árbol

Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Capuchin Acts 12:24-13:5a; John 12:44-50 “The apple,” an old proverb assures us, “doesn’t fall far from the ...

Persecution | Persecucion

James-pt-gomculcy-unsplash Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Easter Acts 8:1b-8; John 6:35-40 Our first reading records a harrowing time for the early followers of Jesus. Following the death of St. Stephen, ...