Sharing the Word for August 20, 2021
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
August 20, 2021
Ruth refuses to leave her mother-in-law. She has formed a deep bond with Naomi’s people–who are God’s people. Their affection leads to results that no one could have foreseen.
Be Still
Susan Hines-Brigger
August 20, 2021
Do any of us really know how to be still anymore? We have tools in our faith, such as the rosary and prayers, that can help us at least slow down a bit or perhaps even sit still.
In Praise of the Color Green
Carol Ann Morrow
August 20, 2021
Despite the reported fragility of our earth, we still see grass in the cracks of sidewalks and evergreens with their perennial promise.
Let’s Create a Better World
Kyle Kramer
August 20, 2021
As I imagine a flourishing world, I picture one in which we are all able to become our truest, best, most Christlike selves.
Catholic college president describes ‘difficult times’ in native Haiti
Harry Dumay, president of the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee and a native of Haiti, said everyone throughout his homeland is “devastated by what happened to their brothers and sisters in the south of Haiti,” hit Aug. 14 by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake.