Journaling: Grace in the Pages

Terry Hershey September 3, 2020

I love to write. Since I was a boy, paper and pencil have been on my list of favorite things.

Sharing the Word for September 3, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 3, 2020

Jesus is still generous today. He provides the sacraments, Scriptures, the Church’s teaching, and the companionship of the faithful.

Sunday Soundbite for September 6, 2020

Greg Friedman, OFM September 2, 2020

Jesus’ plan for dealing with someone in the community who sins urges us to begin “one on one,” so as to minimize the embarrassment or good reputation of the person.

Sharing the Word for September 2, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 2, 2020

Everything in Jesus’ ministry was intended to proclaim that God’s love was taking over the world–that through Jesus all creation would be brought to fulfillment.

Sharing the Word for September 1, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 1, 2020

Jesus casts out the evil in our lives by strengthening us to overcome our moral deficiencies. His power is always at work to make us more like him.

Faith and Family for September 6: A Brother Who Sins

Franciscan Media August 31, 2020

READ

MT 18:15-20

Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.

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UNDERSTAND

by Father Greg Friedman, OFM

Sharing the Word for August 31, 2020 – Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk August 31, 2020

Jesus will perform wonders when and how he sees fit. Nobody has a claim on them. Jesus will work on his own terms.

Sharing the Word for August 29, 2020

Jim Van Vurst, OFM August 29, 2020

The role of prophets such as John the Baptist was one that required great faith in view of their role to challenge religious and civil leaders.

Sharing the Word for August 28, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk August 28, 2020

Prayer, loving attention to our neighbor, consistent gratitude to God: all these are ways to keep ourselves aware that the Lord Jesus is on his way to judge the living and the dead.

Stop. Listen. Learn.

Kyle Kramer August 27, 2020

Earlier this year, I adopted a “sit-spotting ” nature meditation practice, which I wish I’d started doing a long time ago.

Every other morning, before dawn, I hike back into the forest behind our rural home, to a secluded spot where a spring-fed stream tumbles down layers of exposed limestone. I sit there for about half an hour, watching a small stretch of the stream and listening to the sounds of the water and the woodland. I journal for a bit, then I hike back home.