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Daily prayer: Holy name of Jesus
Eternal God, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him...
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Daily prayer: First Sunday after Christmas
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our...
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Daily prayer: A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your...
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For now, life and love
On my reading list this Christmas was Graham Greene’s novel “The Confidential Agent,” which he wrote in 1938, on the eve of World War II. Its hero...
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Second Christmas celebration
Kathy and I had a second Christmas Day today in Yorba Linda thanks to the hospitality of Mark and Valerie Passarella and Harriet, 4; our daughter...