Notes from a Friar: A Mother’s Love
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 5, 2021
If you think about it, one word might summarize how you could describe a mother’s love. That word would be “nurturer.”
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Faith and Family for May 9: Love One Another
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 5, 2021
In this week’s Gospel, Jesus implores his followers to love one another in the same way that he loves them.
Sunday Soundbite for May 9, 2021
Greg Friedman, OFM
May 5, 2021
In prayer we relate to God with the intimate friendship described by Jesus. We come to prayer with all the confidence that good friends bring to a relationship.
Sharing the Word for May 5, 2021
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
May 5, 2021
Was the community of Jesus merely an offshoot of Judaism or something that had a nature and life of its own? Some Pharisee believers insisted that you had to be a Jew to be a follower of Jesus.
Ave Maria: Calling On Mother Mary
Mary Jo Dangel
May 4, 2021
Whether we recite the Hail Mary by itself or repeatedly in the rosary, it reminds us of the respect we show the woman chosen by God to give birth to his son. Ave Maria!
Facing a Spiritual Fork in the Road
Patricia Breen McNeil
May 4, 2021
Life is a journey we cannot predict or control. Sometimes there will be valleys and other times mountain highs. But how do you know where God is calling you?
Sharing the Word for May 4, 2021
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
May 4, 2021
When it became clear that Gentiles could be received into the community of Jesus the Church had reached an important point in its early life.
Accentuate the Positive: A Message for Moms
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 3, 2021
The world is in need of positivity and grace. As a mother, let it begin with me.
Sharing the Word for May 3, 2021 – Fifth Week of Easter – Year 1
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
May 3, 2021
We don’t have many details about the individual apostles’ lives, but we do know that each of them experienced and proclaimed the Lord really dead, really risen.
Good Grief
Carol Ann Morrow
May 2, 2021
Sadness, sorrow, tears, loss: For some of us they make all too frequent appearances. Speak to someone you love of a loss or an experience that burdens you.