Foreword |
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Introduction |
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JANUARY |
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1 Peace Is Oom from a New Heart |
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2 The Challenge of Peace |
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3 Dialogue without Bounds |
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4 Christian Existence |
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5 The First Christian Community |
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6 Mark: The Gospel of the Catechumen |
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7 Matthew: The Gospel of the Catechist |
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8 Luke: The Gospel of Witness |
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9 John:The Contemplative Gospel for die |
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Mature Christian |
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10 The Primacy of the Gospels |
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11 The Communitarian Character of the Announcement |
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12 The Christian Community Reveals die Mystery ol God |
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13 The Church of Tommorow |
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14 God’s Gift of Community |
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15 Word of God and Community |
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16 The Community that Lives Fellowship |
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17 The Center of the Council’s Debate |
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18 The Church Is Mystery |
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19 rhe Church Is Fellowship |
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20 Communion and Mission |
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21 Community and Conversion |
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22 Jesus and Our Cities (and Countries) |
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23 We Meet Christ Together |
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24 Jesus’ Words for Our Living |
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25 The Humanism of the Crucifixion |
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26 Violence |
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27 Loneliness |
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28 Social Corruption |
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29 Jesus with Us and before Us |
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30 Fostering Understanding in the Family |
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31 Four Proposals for Families |
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FEBRUARY |
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1 Accepting Christ |
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2 Courage |
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3 Jesus’ Obedience: Normative Proposals for Us |
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4 What Doing the Father's Will Means for Us |
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5 Humility |
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6 The Social Aspects of Humility |
45 |
7 The Personal Aspect of Humility |
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8 The Theological Aspect of Humility |
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9 Vigilance and Sobriety |
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10 Being Small and Weak |
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11 The Poor and Christian Poverty |
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12 Being “With” and “Like” the Poor |
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13 Newness of Life and Poverty |
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14 The Values of the Kingdom and Evangelical Poverty |
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15 The Greatest Commandment |
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16 The Radical Newness of Love |
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17 Charity and the Life of the First Christians |
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18 True Worship that Pleases God |
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19 The Famous Hymn to Love |
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20 God is Love |
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21 Love and the Liturgy |
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22 Charity Builds the Church |
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MARCH |
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1 Baptism: At the Heart of Christian Living |
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2 Baptism and Our Baptismal I’nun isos |
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3 Our Conversion Is Baptismal Conversion |
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4 Lent ỈS a Journey of Conversion |
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5 The Values and Attitudes of Conversion |
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6 Conversion and the Gospels |
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7 The Struggles and Our Spiritual "Anns" for the Ijenten Journey |
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8 The "Lectio Di vino": A First Reflection |
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9 Continuing the "Lectio Divina" |
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10 Educating the First Disciples, Educating |
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Today's Christian |
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11 Luke’s Pedagogical Route (Lk 9-18) |
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12 Peter How Jesus Works through the Disciple |
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Ỉ3 Peter’s Faith and Insensitivity |
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14 Proclaiming Faith in Jesus, die Word of Life |
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15 The Transfiguration |
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16 Jesus’ Prayer for Peter and God’s Free Gift |
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17 Peter and Jesus on the Mount of Olives |
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18 The Sai vific Quality of Peter’s Denials |
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19 Saint Joseph: Mature in Faith |
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20 Jesus Looks upon Peter |
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21 We Believe |
102 |
22 Let US Break Our “Alabaster Vase” |
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23 The Adult Christian and Faith |
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24 Three Fundamental Characteristics of the Mature Christian |
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25 Contemplating the Cross and the Experience of the Burning Bush |
108 |
26 Towards an Understanding of the Message of the Cross |
109 |
27 The Cross Opens the Way to Life |
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28 How Can We Celebrate Pain and Suffering? |
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29 The Language of the Cross |
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30 A Love that Dies |
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31 The Cross: School of Humanism |
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APRIL |
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1 The Church anil the Paschal Mystery |
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2 Christ s Passion Continues |
120 |
3 By His Wounds We Were Healed |
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4 Death Is Conquered |
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5 Who Are You Looking For? |
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6 Christ’s Victory Is in Us |
125 |
7 Jesus. Present throughout History |
126 |
8 The Signs of the Risen Lord |
127 |
9 The Banquet and Words of Premise |
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10 Easter Reveals the Face of God |
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11 Easter Attitudes |
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12 Two Essential Moments of Easter |
133 |
13 Easter Joy |
134 |
14 Like the Disciples of Emmaus |
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15 Christ Is Our Life |
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16 Opening Doors to Christ |
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17 Christ-Love in My Life |
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18 Christ: Freedom and Truth |
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19 Tire Sign of Jesus: Serving .Others |
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20 Jesus: The Good Shepherd |
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21 Our Fears and Jesus’Consolation |
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22 Jesus’ Power and Authority |
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23 The Lord Is Always with Us |
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24 The Sal vific Event of the Ascension |
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25 We are Jesus' People |
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26 Cross and Glorification |
152 |
27 Jesus: Interpreter of Scripture |
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28 Clarity and Darkness in Christ's Passover |
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29 “Chiaroscuro” in the Mystery of the Church |
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30 Mary Introduces Us to Jesus' Humanity and Goodness |
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MAY |
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1 Ours Is a God Who Labors |
161 |
2 Human Labor as Part of the Reality of Sin |
162 |
3 The Plan of Redemption in Hitman Labor |
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4 Maty: Most Excellent Fruit of the Redemption |
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5 In Mary. the Work of Christ Is Perfected |
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6 o Mary, Forever Immensely Loved |
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7 A Woman at the Center of God’s Plan |
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8 Mary: The First Believer |
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9 Tlie Handmaid of the Lord |
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10 The Prophecy of the Magnificat (I) |
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11 Hie Prophecy of the Magnificat (II) |
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12 The Small Seed for the Big Earth |
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13 The Disproportion of the Sign |
177 |
14 The Mystery of Joy and Closeness |
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15 She Knows How to Rejoice |
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16 Mother and Child |
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17 Mary's Gift of Synthesis |
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18 Mary Helps Us Discover What Is Lacking |
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19 Mary Is Intrepid |
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20 Mary at die Fool of the Cross |
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21 The Woman Clothed with the Sun 187 |
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22 The Holy Spirit, Soul of the Church |
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23 The Holy Spirit, Extraordinary Daily Breath of die Church |
190 |
24 The Holy Spirit Leads Us to the Truth |
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25 Many Names for the Same Reality: The Holy Spirit |
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26 The Holy Spirit Converts Us to Christ |
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27 The Life of Christ in Us through the Holy Spirit's Action |
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28 Signs Revealing Life in the Spirit |
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29 Guided by the Spirit in the Reality of the Resurrection |
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30 Prayer in the Spirit |
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31 Mary, Queen of Welcome |
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JUNE |
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1 The Eucharist: Sign and Reality of Divine Attraction |
205 |
2 God with Us |
206 |
3 Sunday Mass: A Living Action and Experience |
207 |
4 Celebration and Life |
209 |
5 The Eucharist at the Ct |
210 |
6 Is the Eucharist at the Center? |
211 |
7 The Eucharist and Hardness of Heart |
212 |
8 What Use Is Easter to Me? |
214 |
9 The Eucharist and Church Conflicts |
216 |
10 You Have Done Well... in Maintaining Our Traditions |
217 |
11 "1 Cannot Praise You for This" |
218 |
12 Conversion Approaches in the Eucharistic Journey |
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13 Lord, I Am Not Worthy! |
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14 Letting Oneself be "Pierced” by the Eucharist |
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15 Walking with the Church |
224 |
16 Listen, Adore, Serve |
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17 A Eucharistic Existence |
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18 The Eucharist Forms tire Church through Its Celebration |
228 |
19 The Eucharist Forms the Church through the Consecration |
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20 The Eucharist Makes the Church through Holy Communion |
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21 The Eucharist Makes the Church through Imitation and Mission |
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22 The Eucharist as Witness |
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23 "It Is the Lord! ” |
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24 "Jesus Took Bread and Gave It to Them" |
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25 "Simon, Son of John, Do You Love Me?" |
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26 Peter’s Slowness to Understand |
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27 Jesus Questions Peter |
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28 Saul’s Background |
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29 The Last Exodus of Peter |
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30 Patil, the Apostle |
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JULY |
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1 Praying with the Emmaus Disciples |
249 |
2 Mission: 1 (Jn 13:17) |
250 |
3 I Mission: 2 (Ml 28:18) |
252 |
4 Mission: 3 (1 and 2 Cor, Ac) |
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5 The Life of the Disciple(Jn13-17) |
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6 The Disciple's Missionary Stance (Mt 10:M2) |
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7 "Testing" Disciples in Mission |
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8 The Way to Pass the "Test" |
259 |
9 Characteristics of Mission |
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10 Jesus Encounters All: Zacchacus |
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11 Saint Benedict |
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12 Jesus Encounters the Samaritan Woman |
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13 Jesus Encounters Paul |
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14 Being Witnesses |
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15 Why Not Believe in Jesus? |
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16 The Servant of God; Cardinal lldcfonso Schuster |
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17 Cardinal I Ide fonso Schuster |
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18 1 Have Called You Friends: Pope Paul VI |
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19 He Spoke In Today's People as One of Them: Paul VI |
277 |
20 A Message for Our Time: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski |
279 |
21 A Man Totally United to Jesus: Marcello Candia |
281 |
22 Charity’ in the Form of Alms |
283 |
23 Charity in Caring for die Poorest of the Poor |
285 |
24 Sexuality and Responsibility |
287 |
25 The Church in Defense of Unborn Human Life |
288 |
26 Respect for the "Specifically Human" |
289 |
27 The Conspiracy of Silence Surrounding Death |
291 |
28 Euthanasia |
293 |
29 The Church, Guardian of Mini's Future Destiny |
295 |
30 Gospel-Oriented Vacations |
296 |
31 The Value of Vacation Time |
297 |
august |
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1 In the Land of Jesus: Bethlehem, The Divine Initiative |
301 |
2 In the Land of Jesus: Bethlehem, Wailing |
302 |
3 In the Land of Jesus: Bethlehem, Receiving the Gilt |
304 |
4 In the Laud of Jesus: Bethlehem, “Loal, It Is You Who Speak to Us" |
305 |
5 In the I .and of Jesus: Hie Jildcan Desert, Christian Orthopraxis |
306 |
6 In the LiHid of Jesus: The Judean Desert, Christian Orthixloxy, |
307 |
7 In the Land of Jesus: The Judean Desert, |
308 |
“Lord, Show Yourself on Our Way” |
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8 In the Land of Jesus: The Judean Desert. |
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Contemplating the Lace of God |
309 |
9 In the Land of Jesus: rhe Judean Desert. |
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Towards the Fullness of Life |
310 |
10 In the Land of Jesus: Jericho, The Presence of Jesus |
313 |
11 In the Land of Jesus: Jericho, Jesus’ Visit |
313 |
12 In the Land of Jesus: Jerusalem, With Jesus in His Agony |
314 |
13 In the Land of Jesus: Jerusalem, "Ours Are the Sorrows He Bore" |
315 |
14 In the Land of Jesus: Jerusalem, “Watch and Pray" |
316 |
15 In the Land of Jesus: The Kedron Valley and Mary, |
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Mother of the Church |
317 |
16 In the Land of Jesus: Emmaus, The Parable of a Journey |
318 |
17 In the Land of Jesus: Emmaus, The Love Which Sets the World on Fire |
320 |
18 In the Land of Jesus: Emmaus, "Lord, Speak to Our Heart" |
321 |
19 Human Activity Must Show Forth the Works of God |
322 |
20 The Wonderful Work of the Father |
323 |
21 Walking in the Newness of Life |
324 |
22 Rise Up! You Have a Mission! |
325 |
23 “Shine Forth" |
326 |
24 Jesus, Light ofJoy |
327 |
25 Christian Service in a Christological Context |
329 |
26 The Christian Journey of Service: The Baptismal Option |
330 |
27 The Christian Journey of Service: The Community Option |
332 |
28 The Christian Journey of Service: The Option for Those Far Away |
333 |
29 The Christian Journey of Service: Contemplative Love |
334 |
30 The Work Exceeding All Others: The Offering of Self |
334 |
31 The Prophecy of Peace |
336 |
SEPTEMBER |
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1 The Path to Peace |
339 |
2 Educating Consciences for the Journey Towards Peace .340 |
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3 “Help Carry One Another's Burdens" (Gal 6,2) |
342 |
4 The Life of Jesus Shows Us the Meaning of Work |
344 |
5 Reflections and Warnings on the Crisis in the World of Work |
346 |
6 The Role of Christian Workers in the Unemployment Crisis |
347 |
7 Work and Christian Communities' |
348 |
8 The Joy of Having a Mother |
350 |
9 God's Gratuitous Gift |
351 |
10 Guidelines for Christian Commitment Today: Reconciliation |
353 |
11 Guidelines for Christian Commitment Today: To the Marginalized |
354 |
12 Attention to Our Handicapped |
355 |
13 The Drama of the Mentally III |
357 |
14 Tire Cross: Mystery of Reconciliation |
359 |
15 Jesus' Words in His Passion and Our Reconciliation - |
361 |
16 “Today You Will Be with Me'' |
363 |
17 Education for Old Age |
363 |
18 Honor Your Father and Your Mother |
366 |
19 Towards Prophetic Volunteer Work |
368 |
20 The Christian Community and the Volunteer Worker |
369 |
21 Absence from God |
371 |
22 Reconciliation Is Difficult, Still God Reconciles Us |
372 |
23 Saving Love |
374 |
24 Reconciliation Should Be Proposed to All |
375 |
25 Reconciliation Is Gradual |
376 |
26 The Gtxxl News of Reconciliation |
377 |
27 The Clrnrch. A Reconciled Society |
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28 Nominal and Practicing Catholics: |
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A Journey of Reconciliation |
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29 The Dynamism of the Sacrament of Reconciliation |
382 |
30 Penitential Colloquy |
383 |
OCTOBER |
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1 Jesus, The Definitive Word |
387 |
2 The Word Crosses Human Life |
388 |
3 Word and Church |
389 |
4 Word and Liturgy |
390 |
5 The Word: A Mutual Gift |
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6 The Word in the Family |
393 |
7 The Word: A Buried Treasure |
394 |
8 The Word: Light of Hope |
395 |
9 The New People of God |
397 |
10 “Happy Are Those Who Mourn..." |
398 |
11 "... They Shall Be Comforted" |
400 |
12 Jesus and the Crowds |
401 |
13 The Faith Journey of Man Born Blind |
403 |
14 The Three Groans: The Groans of Creation |
404 |
15 The Three Groans: Our's and That of the Spirit in Us |
406 |
16 The Canticle of Fidelity |
407 |
17 Welcoming Silence |
409 |
18 Living Experience |
410 |
19 Prayer and the Awareness of Reality |
412 |
20 The Prayer of the Whole Christ |
414 |
21 Meeting the Lord in Recollection |
415 |
22 Prayer Reveals Christ to Us |
416 |
23 Sprayer Is the Exercise of Char ity |
417 |
24 The Prayer of Faith |
419 |
25 The Evangelical Prayer |
419 |
26 Apostolic Prayer |
420 |
27 The Prayer of Meditation and Contemplation |
422 |
28 The Theme of Unity in the Priestly Prayer |
423 |
29 “Father, That They May Be One in Us!” |
425 |
30 “As You Are in Me and I in You” |
426 |
31 "I Say to All of You ...” |
427 |
NOVEMBER |
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1 The Saints and Christ |
429 |
2 Death and Life |
430 |
3 A "Culture of Holiness” |
431 |
4 A Crucified and Donated Life: St. Charles Borromeo |
432 |
5 Saints Are Happy People |
433 |
6 Our friends |
435 |
7 Jesus Has Something to Say about Death |
436 |
8 Communicating with Our Departed Ones |
438 |
9 Man, the Image of God |
440 |
10 A Threatened Dignity |
441 |
11 Sinful Humanity: The Starting Point for God’s Action |
443 |
12 Close to Everyone, Equal to All |
444 |
13 The Logic of the Incarnation |
445 |
14 The Person: In the Gospel and in Society Today |
447 |
15 Man: The Sign of the Absent God |
448 |
16 Illness, Liberty, Obedience |
449 |
17 Individual Conscience and Justice |
451 |
18 Jesus Encounters Every Person |
452 |
19 Abraham’s Journey |
454 |
20 Moses'Journey |
455 |
21 Being with Jesus |
457 |
22 Evangelical Virginity |
458 |
23 Leave and Receive |
460 |
24 The Various Christian Vocations |
461 |
25 Who Ami? |
462 |
26 Who Are You? |
465 |
27 Constructive Communication |
466 |
28 Communication and Culture |
468 |
29 Giving a Voice to Every Person |
469 |
30 Tire Christian Way of Communicating |
471 |
DECEMBER |
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1 Our Fears and the Great Light |
473 |
2 The Way of Trust |
474 |
3 A Living Witness: John the Baptist |
476 |
4 Serenity and Availability |
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5 Ambrose, Bearer of Hope |
479 |
6 Struggle and Comfort for Ambrose |
481 |
7 The Savory Dread of the Word According to Ambrose |
482 |
8 Mary, A Sign of Benediction |
483 |
9 Signs of Salvation for All People |
485 |
10 Searching for Truth |
486 |
11 A Truth Which Is |
487 |
12 "I Am the Truth" |
488 |
13 "Lord, You Are My Truth" |
490 |
14 "Lord, You Arc My Light" |
490 |
15 "Lord, We Ask You..." |
491 |
16 Awaiting the Coming of Jesus |
492 |
17 Hope and Expectation |
493 |
18 Christian Hope |
495 |
19 Light Shines in the Darkness: The Darkness |
496 |
20 Light Shines in the Darkness: The Light |
497 |
21 Christmas Is a Word for Us |
498 |
22 Christmas Is a Word of God |
499 |
23 Joy, Liberty and Peace |
500 |
24 The Infant Jesus Is the Messiah |
501 |
25 Jesus, a Gift for Us |
502 |
26 God Reverses Appearances |
504 |
27 God Is Present |
505 |
28 Jesus, Gospel of Joy |
506 |
29 The Road of Hope |
507 |
30 Jesus: Negative Sign of Contradiction |
508 |
31 Jesus: Positive Sign of Contradiction |
510 |