Seven Days with the Psalms: Pennies from Heaven

Maureen O'Brien June 28, 2021

Welcome to day one of our celebration! Today, Maureen O’Brien encourages us to put our trust in God—just as the psalms advise.

Sharing the Word for June 28, 2021 – Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk June 28, 2021

God wants to be friends with us all. We need to be responsive to his outreach. God listens to prayer if the prayer is persevering.

Sharing the Word for June 26, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk June 26, 2021

One of the lessons in the saga of Abraham is that God does what he wants to do in his own way, however improbable his intentions might seem in the doing.

What Was Found: Finding Joy in the Psalms

Franciscan Media June 25, 2021

The psalms—those lovely Old Testament poems—have some practical applications for us today.

Sharing the Word for June 25, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk June 25, 2021

Jesus taught in many ways. This first ministry of Jesus was a ministry of the word. Now he shifts his focus to a ministry of action.

Sharing the Word for June 24, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk June 24, 2021

We are all messengers of the Lord. We are all precursors of the Messiah. We all have responsibilities for announcing God’s word.

This Life and the Next

Jim Van Vurst, OFM June 23, 2021

The best way to think of heaven is not the abode of God, but our union with God.

Alone or All Alone

Carol Ann Morrow June 23, 2021

Today, I will choose—not just accept—a few moments of alone time. I will acknowledge that God is within and without.

Talking to the Lilies with My Toddler

Shannon K. Evans June 23, 2021

Summer in the Midwest is a feast for the eyes. Nearly every week a new flower bursts to life in the yards of neighbors and in the gardens of city parks: first daffodils, then tulips, followed by lilacs and peonies, and the list goes on.