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Saint Teresa of Avila: Hope for All

By Fr. Maurice Emelu | October 15, 2020 |

A torn paper with the word hope written on it.

We celebrate the life of one of the four women the Church honors as Doctors of the Church, Saint Teresa of Avila. The other three are Saints Catherine of Siena, Therese of Lisieux (the youngest of all the Doctors of the Church), and Hildegard of Bingen. Understanding the Title of Doctor of the Church A…

Four Steps to Being Blessed

By Fr. Maurice Emelu | October 10, 2020 |

A person wearing boots and jeans on top of rocks.

I introduce today’s reflection with a famous Bible story. Fascinated by the Blessed Lord Jesus Christ’s words and actions, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!” But he [Jesus] said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the…