
Sharing the Word for March 23, 2022
As Jesus’ ministry evolves it will become clear that he offers his followers nothing less than participation in the life of God. This was more than the Jewish leaders could handle. So they set out to kill him.
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As Jesus’ ministry evolves it will become clear that he offers his followers nothing less than participation in the life of God. This was more than the Jewish leaders could handle. So they set out to kill him.

You can’t be forgiven if you don’t forgive. When we stand before God asking for forgiveness, we have to be able to show how we ourselves have been forgiving.

Well aware of a person’s need to be in right relationship with God and others, Saint Salvator of Horta encouraged people seeking healing to go to confession and to receive Holy Communion. Good advice for all.

Life in the fourth century was anything but dull, as the life of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem proves. The Church was facing a major crisis and Cyril was one of the men who worked through the controversies. Thanks to courageous men like him, we share the faith today.

Like the tenants in today’s parable, we too are not fully committed to the charge that God gives us. We have reason to be concerned about the coming of the master of the vineyard.

We probably know more legends about Saint Patrick than facts. But from the amount of work he did, and by the after-effects of that work, we can understand what type of man he was.

Lent is a time for us to look into our hearts and see what is important to us and for whom and for what we are willing to extend ourselves.

Jesus says all of us must be “reform-minded.” We all have opportunities to turn from sin and accept God’s love. It’s what baptism commits us to do.

Jesus says that his kingdom is not like the earthly kingdoms with which we are familiar. What do I see as the outcome of my dedication to Jesus? For what kind of a kingdom am I looking?

When students and faculty members at two Perth Amboy Catholic schools gathered together in a prayerful response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, they were unified by their prayers and faith, and their city.