Sharing the Word for April 25, 2022 – Second Week of Easter – Year 2
The evangelist’s calling in the Church is to announce the works and favors of the Lord–to proclaim the wonders of God in the assembly of God’s holy ones.
I’d Like to Say: Stop Weaponizing the Eucharist
We may find common ground on pro-life issues when we expand our view to include other pressing social problems.
Dear Reader: Tying and Untying Life’s Knots
This month, as we celebrate Mother Mary, let us embrace and express gratitude for the many ways in which our mother helps us untie our troubles when we most need her.
Saint Mark
Most likely the first of the four Gospels, the Gospel of Mark is brief and pointed. Saint Mark has one goal, to present Jesus as God’s crucified messiah, and he fulfills that goal concisely. Saint Mark’s Gospel seems to have been one of the sources used by Saints Matthew and Luke for their works.
Texas bishops call execution of inmate an ‘act of vengeance’
On April 21, Texas executed a 78-year-old inmate, Carl Buntion, by lethal injection shortly after the governor of Tennessee temporarily blocked the execution of a 72-year-old prisoner, Oscar Smith, citing issues with preparations of the lethal drugs to be used.