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Lenten Reflection 10, Spiritual Emptiness
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Lenten Reflection 10, Spiritual Emptiness

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Brad Shorr

In Go to Heaven, Fulton Sheen describes modern man: “The modern man is no longer a unity, but a confused bundle of complexes and nerves. He is so dissociated, so alienated from himself that he sees himself less as a…

Lenten Reflection 9, Mercy and Justice
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Lenten Reflection 9, Mercy and Justice

Posted on February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 by Brad Shorr

“Then Jesus looked up, and asked her, Woman, where are thy accusers? Has no one condemned thee? No one, Lord, she said. And Jesus said to her, I will not condemn thee either. Go, and do not sin again henceforward.”…

Lenten Reflection 8, Love and Criticism
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Lenten Reflection 8, Love and Criticism

Posted on February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 by Brad Shorr

In Life of Christ, Fulton Sheen reflects on why John the Baptist confronted Herod on his sinful and scandalous marriage to Herodias, both of whom had been married before. Sheen says: “If there was one subject that, from a worldly…

Lenten Reflection 7, Turning the Other Cheek
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Lenten Reflection 7, Turning the Other Cheek

Posted on February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 by Brad Shorr

“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.[5] 39 But I tell you that you should not offer resistance to injury; if a man strikes thee on thy right cheek,…

Lenten Reflection 6, The Humor of God
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Lenten Reflection 6, The Humor of God

Posted on February 24, 2024April 18, 2025 by Brad Shorr

There was a bit of a dust-up on social media this week when Crisis Magazine ran an essay condemning The Chosen for portraying Jesus as a joke-cracking, regular guy. Amongst the devout some were scandalized, pointing out that never once…

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