Author: Kevin Aldrich
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Mary, Virgin Most Prudent: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Central idea: Mary, Virgin Most Prudent. Doctrine: The virtue of prudence. Practical application: Growing in prudence.
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Rejoice in the Lord Always: Third Sunday of Advent
Central idea: Rejoice in the Lord. Doctrine: The Beatitudes. Practical application: Rejoicing in the Lord always.
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What Sort of Persons We Ought to Be: Second Sunday of Advent
Central idea: The sort of persons we should be eager to become. Doctrine: The virtue of friendliness. Practical application: Become friendlier.
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Be watchful! Be alert! – The First Sunday of Advent
Central idea: Be watchful! Be alert! Doctrine: Humble vigilance of heart in prayer. Practical application: Being a better servant.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
Central idea: The king of the kingdom of God. Doctrine: The kingdom of God and the last judgment. Practical application: Living today with the end in mind.
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The good fruit of those who fear God: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Fruits of the fear of the Lord. Doctrine: Children of God or divine filiation. Practical application: A brief summary of some of the consequences of divine filiation in the Christian life.
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Be Awake: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Be awake and prepared to meet Christ. Doctrine: Christ will make all things are subjected to him. Practical application: Prudence.
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Beatitude and the Beatitudes: The Solemnity of All Saints
Central idea: Saints get to be with God. Doctrine and Practical application: Beatitude and the Beatitudes.
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The Greatest Commandment and Catholic Social Teachings: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The greatest commandments. Doctrine: Catholic social teachings. Practical application: Living Catholic social teachings.
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Theological Virtues: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Faith, hope, and love. Doctrine: The theological virtues. Practical application: Exercising the theological virtues more effectively.
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The Desirability of Salvation: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: The desirability of salvation. Doctrine: Heaven, hell, and purgatory. Practical application: The spiritual works of mercy.
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Justice, the People of God, and the Sacraments: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Central idea: Justice and the people of God. Doctrine: The Church is sacramental. Practical application: Frequent the Sacraments that can be frequented.