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The expression is everywhere in Christian circles. We hear it said in churches. We say it at the dinner table. We offer one when someone sneezes. Even non-believers claim it. "We're blessed." "God ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. The beatitudes in today’s Gospel are ...

Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky (1903-1973) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which is in communion with Rome, and a martyr. He had a tremendous zeal for the salvation of souls and lived ...