Letting Children Lead
Shannon K. Evans
September 19, 2022
Think of the children you regularly encounter in your family, neighborhood, parish, or workplace. They have much to teach us about the ways of God.
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Saint Januarius
Franciscan Media
September 19
Little is known about the life of Saint Januarius. Legend has it that he and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheater of Pozzuoli, but the animals failed to attack them.
Sharing the Word for September 19, 2022 – Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
September 19, 2022
If we don’t listen to Jesus carefully–that is with the expectation of passing on what we have heard–we haven’t heard what Jesus intended.
Rocks and Stones
Carol Ann Morrow
September 18, 2022
Sometimes stones surface in the landscape—on the surface, or at the searching point of my spade. The rock I carry in my pocket today will remind me to be centered on the Rock of My Salvation.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Franciscan Media
September 18
Saint Joseph of Cupertino is most famous for levitating during prayer. After a short career with the Capuchins, he joined the Conventual Franciscans. Following a brief assignment caring for the friary mule, Joseph began his studies for the priesthood.
Sunday Soundbite for September 18, 2022
Greg Friedman, OFM
September 18, 2022
Scripture scholars aren’t exactly sure what this Gospel story is meant to show, but one explanation may be that Jesus wanted us to have our priorities straight about the use of wealth.
Understanding God
Melanie Rigney
September 17, 2022
The Dominican Thomas Aquinas was one of the Catholic Church’s greatest theologians and philosophers. But the road to all that wisdom began when he was a youngster and asked the same question so many children do: “What is God?”
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Franciscan Media
September 17
Saint Robert Bellarmine was ordained in 1570 during a period when the study of theology was in a weakened state. He dedicated his time and energy to the study of Church history, the Fathers of the Church, and to Scripture, in order to organize Church teaching to face the attacks of the Protestant Reformers.
Sharing the Word for September 17, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
September 17, 2022
The lesson offered in today’s parable is that if the kingdom doesn’t seem to be growing as one would like, the fault lies not with the seed of the word, but with the quality of the soil.
What’s the Latest?
Stephen Copeland
September 16, 2022
The uncertainty and conflicting research about the pandemic has led many to scrutinize their every move each passing day. Whenever you find yourself blindsided by pandemic-related anxiety today, stop, breathe, and pray.
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