St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that one way to know God is to start with creation. All creation comes from God and leads back to him. So too with our lives.

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St. Paul went from persecuting Christians to becoming the most outstanding preacher of Jesus. But was this really a conversion?

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St. Sebastian is the patron of athletes. He competed and won in the greatest game there is. His famous death reminds us to put God first.

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Every day we begin with light overcoming darkness. The Church uses this image in two powerful ways in today's hymn for Lauds.

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God is writing an amazing story and you have been chosen. You get to play a part.

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When you're called to be set apart and chosen, the worst mistake you could make would be to want to be like everyone else. Israel did it, and so do we.

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In the baptism of Jesus we learn who Jesus is. In our own baptism we also learn who we are. Like Jesus, we also begin our mission.

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On this feast of Epiphany, we recognize how God reveals himself directly as in the Bible, but also indirectly, through reason and creation as he did with the Magi.

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There are no limits on what God can do. God will fill us. But we need to expand our capacity to receive his gifts.

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When Jesus was born, people had been waiting for a long time. What is it that we most want?

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