Sharing the Word for August 2, 2021 – Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
August 2, 2021
The Israelites complained about the food that God provided for them in the desert. It wasn’t tasty enough. They didn’t recognize or appreciate what God was giving them.
Two Catholic groups: No vaccine mandate without conscience protections
OSV News
August 2, 2021
Two Catholic organizations issued statements in July urging against imposing a coronavirus vaccine mandate without conscience, religious or medical exemptions.
Praying through My Pain
Christopher Heffron
August 2, 2021
Emotional and physical pain are parts of life, but that doesn’t make them easy to endure. Sometimes prayer is the best medicine.
Roamin’ Catholic: Living with Less in Assisi
Kelly Sundberg
August 2, 2021
‘If living with less, even temporarily, helped me to understand the values of St. Francis a bit better, then it’s an experience I’m happy to have had.’
South Korea honors Father Kapaun with country’s highest military honor
Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Wichita Diocese who laid down his life as a military chaplain during the Korean War, received South Korea’s highest military decoration posthumously in Seoul July 27.