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The latest issue of Marriage, Families & Spirituality is now available in OpenAccess: poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
Meditation on the Holy Family can subvert some standard "family" rhetoric. My reflections: open.substack.com/pub/dawsonva...
How Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers images Christ as Root of Jesse
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When is the world going to end? Are we in the last times? Here are my reflections on how to handle interpretations of biblical prophecy. Hint: Jesus has a better answer.
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I find it jarring that the English rendition of the simple Latin Sanctus mimics the Latin by making the second syllable the drawn out one: Sanct-u-us, Hol-ee-ee. It would make so much more sense as Ho-o-lee. The current practice sounds much screechier in English than Latin.
Pilot: we are delayed because of faulty equipment here – not our fault – there will be some extra delay. But we are on a KLM flight out of Schiphol?? @klm
If you are planning a trip to Italy, here are some ways to stand out as a tourist: pilgrimplaces.substack.com/p/how-to-loo...
Happy Feast of the Assumption! Here is a short meditation on its significance.
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August 5 is the feast of the Dedication of St. Mary Major in Rome. Here are my reflections on the spatial metaphor of the placement of the basilica and the mystery of the Incarnation.
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My lastest article on Maximus the Confessor and gender theory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
June is Pride Month and the month of the Sacred Heart. These two complement each other and lead to a deeper spiritual meaning. Here are my reflections: dawsonqueered.substack.com/p/the-sacred...
Pope Leo IX, the great reformer. The ninth entry in my popes named Leo series.
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How can we understand the Ascension of Jesus? Here are my thoughts.
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Pope Leo V was a victim of the aftermath of the Cadaver Synod of 897
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The second in my series on popes named Leo: Leo II
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With the election of Pope Leo XIV, I thought it would be interesting to give a short introduction to the other popes named Leo. Here is the first of the series.
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Happy Easter! The resurrection of Jesus celebrates the goodness of bodily existence and the promise of its renewal. Here are my reflections on the readings of Easter Sunday morning: dawsonvasquez.substack.com/p/easter-sun...
My reflections on the silence of Holy Saturday:
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Who should we love? What does the Christian say about love? Here are some Valentine’s Day reflections, sort of…
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In fact, some of loneliest people are lonely because they are married, and they think they are condemned to be so bc they think they can’t walk away bc of “Christian” principles.
A short account of Rome in January at the beginning of this Jubilee year.
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Happy 2025 from Rome!
The last of the Advent antiphons is O Emmanuel. Here are my thoughts:
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O King of the Nations
Today's Advent antiphon is O Rex Gentium, King of the Nations. It is a rich title for Christ. Here are my reflections on it.
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Today, the winter solstice, is marked by the antiphon O Oriens, O Rising Sun. Here is my short meditation on it.
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The Magnificat antiphon for December 20 meditates on the title for Jesus "Key of David". Here are my thoughts.
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O Root of Jesse: my thoughts on Jesus as the root and the shoot of Jesse Is 11:1 and 11:10: dawsonvasquez.substack.com/p/o-root-of-...
O Lord (Adonai)
On December 18, the antiphon from Evening Prayer praises Jesus through the name of O Adonai. Here is my reflection on that.
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On December 17, we enter in the last week before Christmas, marked by the O Antiphons of Evening Prayer. Here is my meditation on the first: O Wisdom, open.substack.com/pub/dawsonva...
My introduction to thought about the Immaculate Conception open.substack.com/pub/dawsonva...