Spiritual Vaccination
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 5, 2022
We have a Divine Medicine brought down to a small but potent dosage so we can handle it and it can handle us! That is what true spiritual symbols always do.
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Sharing the Word for April 5, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
April 5, 2022
When all is said and done, Jesus means life or death, salvation or destruction. Our acceptance or rejection of Jesus is what determines the meaning and value of our lives.
The Demonization of the Other
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 4, 2022
In these days, we are being invited to share in the passion of Jesus, and in the aloneness and fear of all who have been hated and hunted down since the beginning of time.
What Is Life and What Is Death?
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 3, 2022
The stone to be moved is always our fear of death, the finality of death, any blindness that keeps us from seeing that death is merely a part of the Larger Mystery called Life. It does not have the final word.
The Two Loves Are Not Separate
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 2, 2022
Jesus gives him two commandments yet treats them as one! He connects two disparate passages and makes them one and the same, love of God and love of neighbor
Saint Francis of Paola
Franciscan Media
April 2
Saint Francis of Paola wanted to live a quiet life of solitude. He managed to do this in a cave near Paola, but soon followers began to gather. He formed them into a community which emphasized pretty severe penance and austerity. Saint Francis also had a public life assisting in the French court.
Sharing the Word for April 2, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
April 2, 2022
The world in which we live doesn’t want much to do with Jesus. He makes people uncomfortable. His demands seem dangerously excessive. What do I make of Jesus?
Faith Is a Leap into God’s Love
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 1, 2022
Faith is the leap into the water, now with the lived experience that there is One who can and will catch you—and lead you where you need to go!
Catholic author of Black Lives Matter book sees hope amid struggles
OSV News
April 1, 2022
When journalist Olga M. Segura initially set out to write a book on Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church, she intended it to be more of an overview that might prompt white Catholics to get more involved in the work of racial justice.
Sharing the Word for April 1, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
April 1, 2022
Today’s psalm reading speaks of God’s care for the brokenhearted. The Lord saves those who are crushed in spirit. God watches over the just. The sufferings of God’s servants are always of concern to him.