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Do we truly hope for the resurrection?

Holy Saturday Fr. Anthony Brankin

 

Holy Saturday is the most important day of Holy Week. It is the most important day of the Easter season, of the Lent Season, of Christmas Season. It is the most important day of our lives. Today is the day when we learn that our lives do not end […]

June 14th, 2016 | Category: atheism, death, Easter Season, Fr. Brankin, heaven, Lent, Modern culture, resurrection | Comments are closed

The baptism of healing and protection

Third Sunday of Easter Fr. Anthony Brankin

 

I always wondered why we have Baptisms on Holy Saturday night. This year we had four, other years we have had up to fifteen and maybe thirty Confirmations and First Communions. But what is the connection between the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday and the Sacrament […]

May 26th, 2016 | Tags: | Category: angels, atheism, Christian witness, death, Easter Season, family, Fr. Brankin, heaven, Holy Spirit, Liturgy, martyrs, Mass, Modern culture, prayer, resurrection, sacraments, Saints, sin, Virgin Mary | Comments are closed

We are judged on the merits of our lives

Second Sunday of Easter Fr. Anthony Brankin

 

The Sunday after Easter and the glow of from the Resurrection has not dimmed. Our meditations about the Resurrection of Jesus—the promise of life eternal, the hope of our own resurrection—the implications for our own lives have actually increased. God loves us so much that He would […]

May 19th, 2016 | Category: Christian witness, death, Easter Season, Fr. Brankin, heaven, Justice, mercy, Moral life, Penance, Purgatory, resurrection, sacraments, sin, suffering | Comments are closed
 
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