Moreover, we don’t even have a right to violate ourselves as we are not our own – we were “bought” at a “great price” and all baptized in Him are now His body.
Read MoreKing Herod represents those threatened and insecure people who greet the birth of a child with fear. Just as he deceitfully tried to ascertain the child’s whereabouts so that he might kill Him (as Herod typically did with any would-be contenders to his throne), many today see the unborn child as a threat to their own throne of comfort, lifestyle, and personal autonomy.
Read MoreOn this great solemnity, we celebrate Our Lady’s first and most important title as the “Holy Mother of God.” The Blessed Virgin was able to know and do God’s will primarily by reflecting on events that happened and were happening.
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