Sharing the Word for November 3, 2021
We are called to pay a price for our discipleship just as Jesus’ first disciples were. Our price may not require heroic self-sacrifice, but it does demand consistent, hard-nosed dedication.
Sunday Soundbite for November 7, 2021
It’s important for each of us in the community to share generously in order for our local Church—as well as the global Church—to do the work of the Kingdom.
Faith and Family for November 7: The Poor Widow's Contribution
In this week’s Gospel, Jesus tells the crowds that the small donation of a widow was greater than the large sums of money donated by the wealthy.
Followers of St. Francis: Sister Jannnette Pruitt
“Transition comes to everyone,” Sister Jannette Pruitt, OSF, says “and when it does, I trust in God and try to take life one day at a time.”
Loving Those Who Hate You
St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639) was born to an unwed African-Native Peruvian mother, and under Peruvian law his ethnicity and illegitimacy disqualified Martin from life as a religious.
Pope urges leaders at COP26 to be courageous in tackling climate change
Education, a change in lifestyles and a model of development focused “on fraternity and on the covenant between human beings and the natural environment” are urgently needed to slow climate change and care for its victims, Pope Francis said in a message to world leaders at the COP26 summit.