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St. Francis Xavier April 7, 1506 – December 2, 1552 (Feast Day Dec. 3) Recently, I tore my ACL and had surgery to repair it. When I first met the surgeon, I was presented with three options for the ACL graft that would, essentially, replace my shredded ligament. I chose to go with the cadaver graft, which meant that the surgeon would remove what was left of my ACL and replace it with a ligament…
“Rejoice in the Lord always, I say it again rejoice!” These words of St. Paul echo the sentiment of the Church for this third Sunday of Advent. We rightly rejoice as we joyfully await the imminent coming of our Savior…our day of Redemption! It is now just over a week before we celebrate the birth of Jesus and this is indeed reason for rejoicing, for the birth of Jesus ushered in the Kingdom of God…
On this feast in which we celebrate the purity in which Mary was conceived we are invited to meditate on the favor of redemption given to her from the moment of her creation. The angel Gabriel is sent to her to declare “the Lord is with [her]” and that she has “found favor with God.” However, the Church also invites us to reflect on the fact that this gift of favor (which in its “ever-perfect”…
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