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	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>Ask me first before you steal</copyright><itunes:image href="http://missionchrist.net/images/chirho.GIF"/><itunes:keywords>Billy,Kangas,Mission,Christ,Ypsilanti,Ann,Arbor,Missional,emergent,theology,christian,religion,funny,comic,tasty,michigan,coffee,espresso</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Billy Kangas Stuff</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Mission Christ</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity"/></itunes:category><itunes:author>Billy Kangas</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>missionchrist@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Billy Kangas</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item>
		<title>Remembering Gerry Rauch’s Quiet Catholic Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Quiet Architect of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal In the course of my research on the early history of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, I had the privilege of spending several hours interviewing Gerry Rauch about his life, his faith, and his role in the early Catholic Charismatic Renewal. With the news of his death this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>This is the Night God Makes All Things New</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to lose focus during the Easter Vigil. The liturgy is beautiful, but it’s long, and the sheer number of Scripture passages can feel overwhelming if we don’t have a few handholds to guide us. My hope is that with a little preparation, you’ll be able to enter the Vigil with a sense of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>By His Wounds, Into His Shalom: The Promise of Isaiah 53–55</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Isaiah 53 has always stood at the heart of Christian reflection on redemptive suffering. The figure of the Suffering Servant is understood as fundamentally connected to Christ, and the New Testament itself makes this connection explicit. Matthew writes that Jesus’ healing ministry fulfills Isaiah’s words: “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases” (Matthew 8:17). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Church’s most tender and hope‑filled prayer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the joy of joining Deacon Tom and Sister Sarah on Notes from Above last week to talk about one of the Church’s most tender and hope‑filled prayers: the Nunc Dimittis, the Canticle of Simeon. It was a gift to reflect together on how this ancient prayer still shapes the heart of Christian discipleship. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>William of St. Thierry’s Advent Invitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In today’s (Monday of the third week of Advent) Office of Readings, the second reading comes from William of St. Thierry, a Cistercian abbot, active in the 12th century and friend of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The reading comes from his treatise on the nature and dignity of love, one of his earliest and most [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hearts Desperate for Jesus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking a lot about Advent this week. This season is all about having hearts that are desperate for Jesus. It connects us with those who longed for the Messiah in former days, and it connects us with hearts that are hungry for the promise of a redeemed and restored creation. It is also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catholic Resilience in Gaza and the West Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night I had the privilege of spending time with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. We celebrated Mass together and then gathered for dinner, where he shared his heart for the many Christians he serves in Palestine. I was really struck by his pastoral heart and sensitivity. As he spoke, several things [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Mockery to Majesty – Christ the King</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Viva Cristo Rey!” Long live Christ the King. Once shouted by martyrs in the face of persecution, these words became the defiant anthem of faith during the Cristero War in Mexico (1926–1929). When the government sought to erase Catholic worship from public life, ordinary men, women, and even children took up this cry as their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Luke’s Portrait of the Compassionate Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saint Luke is the evangelist whose Gospel pulses with compassion. He transmits many of Jesus’ most beloved stories, offering vivid portraits of mercy that continue to shape Christian imagination and pastoral practice. Consider the image of the prodigal son returning to his father’s embrace after years of wandering. Luke writes, “While he was still a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week in Review: Saints, Books, and Lots of Prayer.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Honoring St. Vincent de Paul As we prepare for the weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about St. Vincent de Paul. I wrote a new entry in my series on him, whose feast day we celebrate tomorrow, on my Substack. You can visit it here. I was particularly struck by how he transformed the wounded [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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