Lit Up on the Way of the Cross
Mission Blog Day 3 Holy Wednesday St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, New York City. I rushed to the Cathedral from a late lunch meeting, but I didn’t get there ahead of them. The joyful young seminarians had arrived early, and were waiting, praying, where we’d agreed to meet in the crypt below the main altar. Their faces radiated with, yes, a little anxiety about the task ahead, but of the joyful kind. They were primed and loaded for a “real” experience of the mission
Steve Auth
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Mary Finds Her Soul
Dear Steve, You asked me to send you a summary of what I discussed yesterday with the young man I was speaking with for so long. He was from a secular family and is left-wing. Almost right away I said that there is nothing God can't forgive, and that He never stops loving us. I let him do a lot of talking about what he didn't like about the Christian churches and the guntoting Catholics he meets upstate. I told him how Nicholas Kristof, a NYT’s columnist, said that wherev
Steve Auth
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The Line of Joy
Mission Blog Day 2 Holy Monday St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, SoHo. We’ve had our share of Holy Mondays in SoHo with brutally cold weather, wet weather, and storms. Not today. The Lord sent us warm sun and clear skies, both meteorologically and figuratively. Following a brief talk on the importance of joy and love to the mission’s success, our dozen some odd missionaries swept out of HQ just after 4:30, spreading joy and love through the neighborhood around the church. B
Steve Auth
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The Woman At The Well
"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst." Jn 4:12-13 Midtown, New York City. It's Palm Sunday and Holy Week has begun! Among us, we will be greeting thousands of lost souls in the city, and inviting them back to the Church to renew their spirit in Jesus. Most will reject our offer, but a few will come, and the trajectory of their lives will change forever. Each of us is called to find "our soul",
Steve Auth
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Supernatural Charity
Charity (Part 1) True Charity is Supernatural In his opening remarks, Fr. Michael talked about the difference between "Natural" Charity and "Supernatural" Charity. Natural Charity is what most of us are accustomed to; being "nice" to others, lending a helping hand when we can. Supernatural Charity is Charity infused with, and directed to, the Holy Spirit. This higher level of Charity knows no bounds, no limits, and no restrictions on who it is directed to-- friends and ene
Steve Auth
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