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The good shepherd – Fourth Sunday of Easter

Written by Kevin Aldrich on April 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Christ is the good shepherd. Doctrine: Responsibilities of a good shepherd. Practical application: Supporting one’s bishop. Read more »

Categories: Easter

Christ is the key to interpreting Scripture – Third Sunday of Easter

Written by Kevin Aldrich on April 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea and Doctrine: Christ is the key to interpreting all Scripture. Practical application: Praying the Psalms in the light of Christ. Read more »

Categories: Easter

Second Sunday of Easter

Written by Kevin Aldrich on April 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Christ’s Resurrection and the promise of our own. Doctrine: Our new birth in the Resurrection of Christ. Practical application: Cooperation in growing in the new life Christ offers us. Read more »

Categories: Easter

The resurrection of Christ and our resurrection – Easter

Written by Kevin Aldrich on March 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

The Resurrection of Christ and our resurrection. Read more »

Categories: Easter

Christ’s Passion – Palm Sunday

Written by Kevin Aldrich on March 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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Categories: Lent

Love Christ more than oneself – Fifth Sunday of Lent

Written by Kevin Aldrich on March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Loving life by hating it. Doctrine: The virtue of temperance or selfless self-preservation. Practical application: Personal encounter with Christ. Read more »

Categories: Lent

Medicinal suffering, same-sex unions, and virtues needed to live the truth – Fourth Sunday of Lent

Written by Kevin Aldrich on March 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Medicinal suffering. Doctrine: Why Catholic institutions ought not extend marriage benefits to same-sex unions. Practical application: Virtues needed to live the truth. Read more »

Categories: Lent

Christ and Laws – Third Sunday of Lent

Written by Kevin Aldrich on February 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: God’s Law and Jesus Christ. Doctrine: God’s law, the natural law, civil law, and conscience. Practical application: Obeying God and not men. Read more »

Categories: Lent

Suffering – The Second Sunday of Lent

Written by Kevin Aldrich on February 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: God wants to bestow life. Doctrine: The problem of suffering. Practical application: Alleviate others’ suffering. Read more »

Categories: Lent

Concupiscence – First Sunday of Lent

Written by Kevin Aldrich on February 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Sin and its remedy. Doctrine: Concupiscence and self-mastery. Practical application: Lenten activities. Read more »

Categories: Lent

Kindness – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on February 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Christ is our model of kindness. Doctrine: The virtue of kindness. Practical application: Growing in kindness. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Optimism and Hope – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on January 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Confidence in God. Doctrine: Optimism and Hope. Practical application: Activating hope. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time, Uncategorized

Marriage – The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on January 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Authentic prophets who teach with authority. Doctrine: The vocation to marriage. Practical application: Understand and defend marriage. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

Contrition – The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on January 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: Contrition. Doctrine: The act of contrition. Practical application: Acts of contrition. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

To reign is to serve – Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

Written by Kevin Aldrich on January 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Central idea: God calls men to serve. Doctrine: “To reign is to serve.” Practical application: To reign by being a humble, obedient servant. Read more »

Categories: Ordinary Time

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