The Trinity and Purity

Baccalaureate Homily for the Class of 2004, Bethlehem Catholic High School Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Trinity Sunday, 6 June 2004              Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Most Blessed Trinity.  When I talk about the Trinity, I normally use a doctrinal formula:  In the

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All Saints Day 2001

  Bethlehem Catholic High School I was wondering about the difference between a virtuous person, on the one hand, and a saint on the other.  What makes the difference?  I was mulling over this question, and I found the answer—in, of all places, the dentist’s chair.   It’s September 5th,

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