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November 6, 2020December 23, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Returning our Focus to Christ

The fact that God can take away any problem he wishes, or hasten the end of some unpleasantness, might leave us imagining a whole ungainly mess of wasted time in God’s providence that could have been much better spent.

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in Articles / Interior Life / Holiness
October 26, 2020October 17, 2022  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

The Formation of Saints: The Beatitudes Form Christ within Us

The Gospel of the beatitudes, appointed for the solemnity of All Saints, is God’s prescription for human holiness and happiness (see Mt 5:1-12), but they aren’t things that would naturally be your “first pick.”

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in Articles / Interior Life / Saints
September 18, 2020December 30, 2022  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

The Friendship of Jesus

I wonder what Philip was expecting to see when he made this request on behalf of all the Apostles: “Show us the Father and that will be enough for us” (Jn 14:8). What did he expect Jesus to show them?

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in Articles / Virtue
May 28, 2020May 27, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

A Place in Her Heart: A Reflection for the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church

To find our place in the heart of Mary, Mother of the Church, is unique—not so much the sentimental homecoming of popular song, but a place of rebirth in Christ.

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in Articles / Our Lady / Blog
April 27, 2020January 20, 2021  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

The Love that Converts Work into Prayer | On the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

The Gospel reading for the feast of St Joseph the Worker (Mt 13:54-58), presents us with a couple of pointed questions about Jesus: “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son?”

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in Articles / Interior Life / St. Joseph
April 2, 2020March 19, 2021  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Following in His Footprints: Accompanying the Lord through Holy Week

“And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!’” (Mt 21:9).

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in Lent / Articles
March 27, 2020March 27, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Returning to Life: The Raising of Lazarus

Before our Lord arrives at this scene of mourning and distress, He had allowed everything to get as bad as it could possibly have gotten. Lazarus had taken ill and died.

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March 20, 2020March 17, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

With Eyes Full of Light: The Healing of the Man Born Blind

It is a feature of the Lenten Gospel readings for Year A that the events recounted are very vivid. The persons involved are so memorable, so human, so similar to us, that we have little trouble placing ourselves in these scenes, imagining that we are there.

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March 17, 2020January 20, 2021  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Saint Joseph: The Love of His Heart and the Work of His Hands

When we think of St Joseph, patron of the universal Church, certain words come immediately to mind: faithful, just, obedient, silent. There is precious little information in Scripture about him, but these words always seem apt to describe his character.

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in Articles / Saints / St. Joseph
March 12, 2020March 16, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Naming Our Desire: The Thirst of the Samaritan Woman

In our Lord’s conversation with the Samaritan woman we can hear, as St Augustine observes, one of Christ’s most attractive and tender invitations: “Come to me, all you who labor and find life burdensome, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28)

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February 20, 2020February 17, 2022  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Going Out to Meet the Bridegroom: Bringing Love to our Lenten Struggle

Our own “desert” to which Christ is calling us might be anything from a private home, to an office cubicle, to a city street. Wherever the contents of our hearts can and should be revealed, there the Bridegroom awaits us.

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in Lent / Articles / Interior Life
February 5, 2020February 5, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Embraced in Her Suffering: A Reflection on Our Lady of Lourdes

To have been embraced by the blessed Virgin as our mother in her moment of supreme grief leaves no doubt about the special worth that she places on suffering in our lives.

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in Articles / Our Lady
January 22, 2020January 4, 2023  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Converted By Love: A Reflection on the Conversion of St Paul

No one is more aware of the passage of time than a convert. There is a clear before and after whose threshold is a life-changing encounter with Christ.

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in Articles / Interior Life / Saints
January 2, 2020December 15, 2022  by St. Josemaria Escriva

The Epiphany of Our Lord | A Homily by St. Josemaria Escriva

Not too long ago I saw a marble bas-relief representing the adoration of the child Jesus by the Magi. The central figures were surrounded by four angels, each one bearing a symbol: a crown, an orb surmounted by the cross, a sword and a scepter.

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in Christmas / Articles / Homilies / St. Josemaria
December 22, 2019December 23, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

The Ways of God

God is getting awfully close. And the closer He gets the more He takes the controls out of our hands. It’s hard to miss that in these concluding days of Advent, as we review the events leading up to our Lord’s birth.

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December 15, 2019December 23, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

For the Sake of Joy

Nothing is more bitter than getting what you want and then finding out it wasn’t what you really needed. Dissatisfied with ourselves, our lives, we might search long and hard for a missing piece and discover, in the end, that it was never really the main thing.

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December 8, 2019November 25, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Returning to Bethlehem

It might come as a shock to find out that Advent is more about preparing for the second coming of Christ than for the first. Or better: Advent teaches us that the same attitude we have toward the first coming is the same we will have toward the second.

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in Advent / Articles
December 1, 2019December 23, 2020  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

God Is With Us: Advent Teaches Us to Receive What We Already Have

God’s nearness is one of the most startling realizations for those who have begun living the spiritual life in earnest. That God sees and hears me, that He is both working through and loving me in all circumstances is a revelation that immediately inspires wonder.

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in Advent / Articles
November 15, 2019October 21, 2022  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

The Sinner’s King | A Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King

In the three-year cycle of readings for the Solemnity of Christ the King, it might seem strange to have alternative Gospels that emphasize Christ’s weakness. What kind of kingship are we acknowledging and celebrating in Christ, the King?

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November 8, 2019October 24, 2022  by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord our God (Ps 123:2): What the Holy Souls Teach Us about the One Thing Necessary

St Josemaria expresses the wish in The Way that we should learn to speak of the holy souls in purgatory as “My good friends the souls in purgatory” (571).

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