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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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GERSHOM

A son of Moses and Zipporah who was born during the period Moses sojourned in Midianite territory after fleeing from Pharaoh (Exodus 2:21-22). The name Gershom means "exile" or "stranger," which was appropriate because Moses observed ruefully, "I am a stranger in a foreign land."

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Wednesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time

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"In the communion of saints, 'a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things.' In this wonderful…

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