Falling Away to God
Kyle Kramer
September 22, 2022
If we’re going to live peacefully with each other and with our God-given Earth, many of us are going to have to let some things fall away.
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From Darkness to Light
Melanie Rigney
September 22, 2022
After losing his family, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez could have become bitter and angry with God. Instead he became a Jesuit lay brother and served the community as a doorkeeper.
Sharing the Word for September 22, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
September 22, 2022
Part of our Christian spirituality is getting to see and to know Jesus–to assimilate him into our lives. As we grow and develop spiritually we learn ever more about Jesus.
Notes from a Friar: God’s Love Is Always
Jeremy Harrington, OFM
September 21, 2022
In reviewing my life, I saw that God was with me every step.
Lead Me, Guide Me
Clifford Hennings, OFM
September 21, 2022
Knowing the right thing to do isn’t necessarily easy. Yet when we find there are many good options or only bad ones, we can always turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance.
School in the Age of COVID-19 and Gun Violence
Lindsey Archdeacon
September 21, 2022
SHORTLY AFTER MOST PARENTS breathed a collective sigh of relief due to the waning concerns of COVID-19 and the numerous challenges it caused with schooling for nearly two years, they were faced with another frightening situation. Every parent’s worst nightmare played out in the horrific massacre of the children and teachers in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, this past June.
Saint Matthew
Franciscan Media
September 21
Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Romans as a tax collector. His fellow Jews considered him a traitor and resented him. The Pharisees viewed him, and all tax collectors, as sinners. So it was a real shock to hear that Jesus called such a man to be one of his followers. But that’s the kind of thing that Jesus did.
Sharing the Word for September 21, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
September 21, 2022
Like Matthew we have become followers of Jesus. And our call to follow Jesus is not due to our own special worth or virtue, but simply to the generous will of the Lord.
There Is No Planet ‘B’
Kathy Coffey
September 20, 2022
Some don’t want to hear that the material world is sacred, because they’d rather exploit it. Lord, give each of us the courage to do whatever we can to protect our earth–the only home we have.
Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions
Franciscan Media
September 20
The Korean martyrs, including Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasang, spread the gospel in their native land under extremely difficult circumstances. The holy companion martyrs include bishops, priests, and laity, some of whom where French missionaries.