Getting Some Things Right

Kathy Coffey September 9, 2021

St. Augustine got a few things right, others spectacularly wrong. But his mother, St. Monica, never gave up on him.

Sharing the Word for September 9, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 9, 2021

There are people in the lives of all of us who do not act well toward us, who never seem willing to do us much good. Jesus says that we must love these people and do good to them.

For the Dignity of Women

Shannon K. Evans September 8, 2021

For all the strides that have been made for women’s equality and protection, more work remains to be done. May we continue to amplify the voices and experiences of women everywhere.

Faith and Family for September 12: The First Prediction of the Passion

Susan Hines-Brigger September 8, 2021

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus asks the disciples who they think he is and then proceeds to predict his passion for the first time.

Sunday Soundbite for September 12, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM September 8, 2021

In today’s Second Reading we hear that violence starts from within the human heart. But from God comes the possibility of peace.

Sharing the Word for September 8, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 8, 2021

God’s redemptive action on behalf of those who would accept salvation had been in process since the beginning of the world. These actions express the thought and care that God takes for Christians’ salvation.

Sharing the Word for September 7, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 7, 2021

You have entered Christ’s life through baptism, Paul says. Accept this new life he has bestowed on you. He has paid up in your name whatever you may have owed to God.

What’s Next?

Bruce Epperly September 6, 2021

As I begin the first months of retirement, I ask myself regularly, “What’s next?” What great thing will God ask of me? In what cause will I be called to invest my time, talent, and treasure?

Sharing the Word for September 6, 2021 – Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 6, 2021

Saint Paul accepts the sufferings that his ministry requires: filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. Christ’s followers must endure struggle for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom.

Relishing the Joy of the Present

Daniel Imwalle September 4, 2021

Everyone loves the idea of vacation, but when we actually take one, it seems to be over in the blink of an eye. It’s hard at first to clear the distractions away from our minds, but over time the benefits begin to bubble up.