Sharing the Word for May 12, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
May 12, 2022
This act of care and courtesy–washing the disciples’ feet–that is so far beneath the dignity of their master, is something that the disciples themselves are now being called on to exercise in turn.
Lighting Your Lamp
Herman Sutter
May 12, 2022
What does it mean in the Gospel of Matthew parable that the wise virgins can’t share their oil? Is Jesus telling us that there are some things in life that no one can do for us?
Our Deepest Relationship Is With God
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 12, 2022
When we pray, we remind ourselves that God is not “somewhere up there,” but within us.
Endless Light
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 12, 2022
It is her hope, this light, especially in the deepest night.
Titus Brandsma, Dutch priest, proposed as patron saint of journalists
Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis will proclaim as the Catholic Church’s newest saints is a Dutch priest and journalist who stood his ground against Nazi ideology and paid for it with his life.