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A Cristo hay que predicarlo con toda su intensidad! – Bilingual reflection by Emmanuel G.
La pasión y muerte de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, nos dirige a considerar dos cosas: la maldad de los hombres que estaban empeñados en acabar con el Justo, y el amor infinito de Jesús. El pecado es la entrada del hombre hacia la muerte, sin embargo, cuanto más grande y perseverante es la malicia del hombre,…
Palm Sunday Celebration: Holy Week Begins
Holy Week has officially kicked off at Conception Abbey and Seminary College! United with the Universal Church, the seminarians of Conception Seminary College, the monks of Conception Abbey, and a good number of guests (including RCIA candidates on retreat) celebrated Palm Sunday Mass. On a relatively cool, but sunny morning, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s…
An Invitation to Holy Week – by Ben Snyder
Come, let us join Mary at the feet of Christ. Let us not count the cost of our love. Let us run to our Lord for the days are coming when we re-enter the horrors of the Passion. For now, let us take the ointment from our fasting and prayer this season and offer it…
Palm Sunday Reflection: “I will draw all people to myself” By: Father Peter
This is the week spring begins; the moon is full, and it is time again to celebrate our passing over with the Lord. On Palm Sunday, we bless palm branches and hear the account of Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem amid cries of “Hosanna.” Yet the excitement of the liturgy ends with the procession. Then…
Ite ad Joseph – Go to Joseph
Guardian of the Holy Family Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Scripture reveals that the Saint was a righteous man. Learning of his wife’s conceived child before they had lived together, he decided to divorce the Blessed Virgin quietly, to avoid exposing her to shame. Despite…
God is Our Champion – Reflection by Fr. Pat York
“But the Lord is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.” Jeremiah 20:11 It’s uniquely human to struggle and to doubt. To go through life without occasions of doubt, to go through life without struggling against the stumble, to go throughout life without an occasional lingering thought… Is…
Coffee Shop From Center Stage: A Timeline
7:00 PM – At the moment, St. Michael’s Gym is empty except for a few guys making sure all of the technical stuff is working. In an hour, the gym will be full and I will be telling all of the jokes, or at least trying to tell all the jokes James Flattery and I…
Driving Out the Snakes – Reflection by Dave Sotelo
Today the Church celebrates the life of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. St. Patrick was a missionary and bishop who was kidnapped at young age by Irish riders. The Saint later escaped slavery and returned to his homeland. Eventually, St. Patrick went back to Ireland to convert the pagan island to Catholicism. There…
Trial by Fire – Reflection by Jeanette Schieber
In today’s first reading we hear the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refusing to worship or serve the King’s god. The King becomes furious, and had them bound and cast into the white-hot furnace. When the King looks into the fire, he is astonished to find not three bound men but FOUR untied and unhurt men…
CSC Board of Regents Meet: Focus on Strategic Plan
Conception, Mo. – The Board of Regents of Conception Seminary College in Conception, Mo. held their annual spring meeting March 11-12 in St. Maur Hall on the CSC campus. Charged with the goal of preparing Roman Catholic priests to serve an ever-changing world, the Board of Regents continued their work in preparing a new strategic…