Category: Rome is Home

  • Lambs Among Wolves

    Lambs Among Wolves

    Before anything else… Alleluia, Alleluia, and Alleluia once more! I hope everyone had a joyous Easter :) We, pilgrims here on earth, have shifted from the Lenten season to the Easter Season. From darkness to light, sin to virtue, and death to life, we are now made anew through Jesus’ glorious Resurrection, the central part…

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  • Maundy Thursday

    Maundy Thursday

    Maundy derives from the Latin word, “mandatum”, meaning law or commandment. The second greatest commandment that Jesus gave us after “You shall love the Lord, Your God, with all your heart, soul, and mind”, is to “love your neighbor as yourself”. Jesus offered us a great example by washing the feet of His Apostles. Most…

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  • Breath of Heaven

    Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception, readers! Just by reading statuses and tweets, I can definitely feel the excitement for the upcoming Christmas season.  So on this feast, and as we continue on in this 2nd week of Advent, I want to share something that’s been on my mind lately. Last night the Lord beautifully…

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  • Wake Up Call

    +++ Dear Congressman Kennedy, Since our recent correspondence has been rather public, I hope you don’t mind if I share a few reflections about your practice of the faith in this public forum. I usually wouldn’t do that – that is speak about someone’s faith in a public setting – but in our well-documented exchange…

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  • Too Legit To Quit

    Today’s reading doesn’t deliver anything brilliantly profound, but rather a simple message/analogy on living lives true to ourselves and to God. The reading from Maccabees describes the story of Eleazar, a scribe who was of old age that lived in a time of turmoil. He was to forced eat the flesh of a pig —…

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