Category Archives: Christian

A borrowed Tomb

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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Father Forgive Them

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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Advent Reflection

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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HOLY SATURDAY: WE WAIT

Posted on April 19, 2025 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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The Carpenter’s Son

Posted on March 22, 2025 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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Family

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

This past Sunday was the Feast of the Holy Family on the Catholic Christian calendar. As the event of Christmas and the season moves forward the process of removing the remnants of celebration begins. As the Christmas tree decorations are … Continue reading →

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Where Advent Leads

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Let’s go back and think of all the repercussions of the sin of Adam. There isn’t an Arab; there isn’t an American;  there isn’t a European; there isn’t an Asiatic in the world who does not feel within himself something of the … Continue reading →

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Entering Advent Season

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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The Summer Patriot

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

First published in Philadelphia on December 19th, The American Crisis No. 1 was an appeal to the patriotism and resolution of the American people. It’s opening lines are some of the most well-remembered and oft-quoted in American history. “THESE are … Continue reading →

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In The End

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven … Continue reading →

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