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Curing the contagion of ingratitude
(Image: Martin Sattler/Unsplash.com) “What do you have that you did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:6). Western society has lived in open revolt against authority and tradition since the 1960s. Among …
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Give Thanks
[Editor’s Note: Today is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. While not an explicitly Catholic holiday, this day reminds us of the need to always express our gratitude to the Lord. …
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This Thanksgiving, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Reminds Us What Gratitude Looks Like
Amabilia Filicchi, “Elizabeth Ann Seton,” 1888 As families gather across the country, the first native-born U.S. saint offers a steady example of thanksgiving rooted in faith.
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How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving — and who history left behind
The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ 1620 landing and 1621 feast erased a great deal of religious history and narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America — at times excluding groups such …
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Faith, family and fortune in Vietnam’s ‘City of Tombs’
In a village in Vietnam, families build ornate mausoleums that blend faith, memory and migration — transforming a landscape of sand dunes into a city of the dead, where love …
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St. Francesco Antonio Fasani
St. Francesco Antonio Fasani Feast date: Nov 27 St. Francesco (Francis) Antonio Fasani was born as Giovanneillo in Lucera, Italy in 1681, the son of Giuseppe Fasani and Isabella Della …
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St. James Intercisus
St. James Intercisus Feast date: Nov 27 A soldier and courtier to King Yezdigerd I of Persia in the early fifth century, James was a Christian who, during Yezdigerd’s persecution …
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Thanksgiving Day
As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.As he was entering a village, ten persons with leprosy met him.They stood at a distance from him and …
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Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Some men rushed into the upper chamber of Daniel’s homeand found him praying and pleading before his God.Then they went to remind the king about the prohibition:“Did you not decree, …