Category Archives: justice

The Empty Tomb

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Pilate said to them, “The guard is yours; go secure it as best you can.” So they went and secured the tomb by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard. – Matthew 27: 65-66 “The king lay … Continue reading →

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Sacrifice: The Condition of Love

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” – John 18:37 All things have a purpose. Suffering is no … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday Ushers in “The Week That Changed The World”

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

As we enter Holy Week we remember that two years ago we and the world entered a most unprecedented period of duress rooted in a pandemic from which many trials and challenges have sprung forth. Yet the lessons of Holy … Continue reading →

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A Reprise of The Carpenter’s Son for St. Joseph Day

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know, that … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

A reprise of a post during the pandemic. Much has been illuminated and opinions altered since the truths were revealed from the pandemic follow-up studies. But suffering, loss and sacrifice are as much a part of Lent than any trial … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. 3All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye … Continue reading →

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To Be Determined

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“If the eighteenth century claimed to be the Age of Reason, nobody can deny the claim of the twentieth century to be the Age of Unreason.” – G.K. Chesterton (G.K.’s Weekly, Volume 12: September 13, 1930 – March 7,1931) by … Continue reading →

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A Hill To Die On

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The expression “a hill to die on” is a common saying that means someone is approaching a situation with unbeatable odds or something that is extremely unlikely to be successful. It can also refer to an issue or course of action … Continue reading →

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And the Greatest of These

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love Act of Faith O my God, I firmly believethat you are one God in three divine Persons,Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.I believe that your divine Son became manand died for our sins and that … Continue reading →

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The Carpenter’s Son

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know, that … Continue reading →

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