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Be careful of birds landing on your head. That happened to Saint Fabian, and it was taken as a sign that he should be elected pope. So he was. And he served for 14 years until he was martyred in 250.
The presence of God in the Word is one of three ways God is present at each Eucharist. We are most familiar with the divine presence in the consecrated bread and wine. God is also present in the gathered assembly.
Now that Jesus has treated the Pharisees with public disdain because of their lack of concern for the afflicted man, they want to get rid of Jesus and his claims once and for all.
Where love is genuine, belonging is always mutual. It is like submerging ourselves into an ocean of sublime grace.
Every faith leader needs to join together to heal our wounded nation by speaking with conviction against all attempts to sabotage elections.
One morning I watched a snowy egret. She stood patiently in the shallow water of the sound—nearly motionless for almost an hour.
Like many people, Saint Charles of Sezze thought he knew what God wanted, only to find out that he was mistaken. Instead of going to India as a missionary, Saint Charles settled in Rome where he cooked and cared for the friary and friary chapel. While being simple, Saint Charles was no simpleton as is obvious from his life story.
Jesus says what his followers are doing in picking and eating grain on the Sabbath is acceptable because he himself, the Son of Man and the Lord of the Sabbath, says so.
“Love has asked a lot of me lately,” says this author who tells about her journey to care for a young boy.
Saint Anthony of Egypt was a solitary ascetic who practiced great mortification yet drew many people to himself. He responded by founding an early form of monastic life. He lived until age 105.
