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The Resurrection Arrives

On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame de Paris reopened. Below we repost what we wrote as it was consumed by flames.

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JD Breen
Dec 09, 2024
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Atlanta, GA

April 15, 2019

Beware the Ides of April.

Today we rendered unto Caesar what Caesar says are the things that belong to Caesar.

In Paris, a much greater treasure has been lost. As Holy Week begins and Lent ends, we grieve for the things that belong to God.

During the reign of Louis VII and Bishop Maurice de Sully, on an island in the Seine atop the…

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