Pope Leo
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“As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free.” – Battle Hymn of the Republic, adapted from Julia Ward Howe’s 1861 poem Of all I’ve seen and heard over the last weekend, in which the United States of America celebrated the 250th anniversary of its independence, the line above continues…
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If reports are true, Pope Leo XIV will release his first encyclical on May 15th, titled Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent humanity). Since this is unrelated to my day job, I will almost certainly not be among the first to read and report on this, so I wanted to try to flag a few things in advance…
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Fruit is either ripening, or it is rotting. I test high on liking to take personality tests, I like to joke. Of the many personality assessments I’ve taken over the years, one has been particularly clarifying for me as a leader. While I don’t remember the name of the instrument, my whole work team took…
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We have a snake in our backyard. He’s a 2-3 foot black racer, and he likes to hang out on the rocks by our garden hoses, so I call him Rocky. I had a pet grass snake for a little while when I was young, so I don’t mind Rocky. April is another story. I’ve…
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If you are a Catholic nerd deeply engaged Catholic, this is probably not your post. But if you saw some quotes from Pope Leo about poverty (that weren’t fake), and you were just curious enough to learn some rudimentary things about this document that the quotes came from, I am here for you. Let’s do…
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Pope Leo has asked Catholics to pray the rosary every day in October as a call for peace. I’ve never really been one to pray the rosary. As a convert, I didn’t grow up with the devotion, and I’m still pretty sure I don’t have the whole order of prayers quite right. Beyond that, rote…
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He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. – Colossians 1:17 This verse is part of a hymn about Christ that St. Paul quotes at the beginning of his letter to the Colossians. It’s a bold theological statement about the second person of the Trinity – that Christ, who we Christians…
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