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Seeing the World as Kin

Kyle Kramer April 21, 2021

Through the eyes of love, we see a tree as kin to us, a fellow God-made creature, with its own dignity and its own right to live and grow.

God Does Not Hate Divorced People

Patricia Breen McNeil April 21, 2021

Divorce is one of those painful experiences many of us do not anticipate will touch their personal lives. God does not hate divorced people or the choices they feel they have to make.

Faith and Family for April 25: Fourth Sunday of Easter

Susan Hines-Brigger April 21, 2021

In this week’s Gospel, Christ tells the disciples the story of the Good Shepherd.

Sunday Soundbite for April 25, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM April 21, 2021

The relationship Jesus offers us is one characterized by the dignity and worth he sees in each of us. He knows each of us by name.

Sharing the Word for April 21, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk April 21, 2021

After the martyrdom of Stephen a persecution broke out in Jerusalem. The persecution had outcomes different than anybody could expect.

When Angels Speak

Melanie Rigney April 20, 2021

When angels told Joseph to take Mary into his home, flee Bethlehem for Egypt, and then leave Egypt for Nazareth, he did so without questioning.

Sharing the Word for April 20, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk April 20, 2021

Stephen’s faithfulness to Jesus cost him his life. Our discipleship too, will have a cost which will somehow involve faithfulness to the Lord.

Clare’s writings often include the metaphor of a mirror. In Francis’s body she beheld a stark mirror of the Passion. She then taught the sisters how clearly they must pattern their lives on that of Jesus. He had to become their Mirror.

Sharing the Word for April 19, 2021 – Third Week of Easter – Year 1

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk April 19, 2021

Stephen did not intend to cause trouble, but to give witness to the gift of salvation brought by Jesus. He was found to have the gift of preaching and miracle working.