Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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Five-minute Christian wisdom or in Latin, "disjecta membra" from Ignatius Press' founder, editor, and priest, Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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Dreaming of that life of ease and leisure? Read the Gospel of Luke ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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We all know what happens at Mass: the Eucharist. But why does it matter? Pope Benedict has some ideas ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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This year, a high-school girl made a glorious prom dress out of DUCT TAPE. Impossible? That's what we're called to do with the ugly, gray material of our lives. That is holiness ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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Jesus' tells strange parables. Would you really leave everything you have for a shiny hunk of calcium the size of a BB? No. But what if YOU are that shiny BB ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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The universe is full of tiny coincidences, but somehow, all of these work together to bring about God's greatest creation: human life itself. ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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Today's theological vocabulary word: "prolepsis." How Adam and Eve's sin caused entropy BEFORE they were even created and, more importantly, how Jesus redeemed the whole universe BEFORE he was born ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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A big question: Why would God create death? Why do things fall apart? Is it because of the Fall, because of sin? Then what about the brontosaurus? Here's a first approach at making sense of what scientists call the law of entropy ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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How are all those self-help videos on Instagram working for you? Not great, you say? Don't worry. Mary's Magnificat shows us psychology done the right way—with God front and center ..read more
Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
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Most of us have forgotten how to praise and, therefore, how to be happy. Let's change that right now. How? The Psalms ..read more