Faith and Family for April 4: Easter Sunday

Susan Hines-Brigger March 31, 2021

This Sunday, we celebrate Easter and the joy of Christ’s resurrection from the dead.

Resurrection Song

Stephen Copeland March 31, 2021

We find ourselves in a Holy Saturday moment, in that space between Crucifixion and Resurrection, and the model we adopt moving forward might affect whether we discover an empty tomb.

Sunday Soundbite for April 4, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM March 31, 2021

Our faith rests on the reality of Jesus’ Resurrection. We base everything on the truth of the story. But we must call upon the Holy Spirit who is present to the Church to assist us with that faith.

Lent with St. Francis: Love of Money

Diane M. Houdek March 30, 2021

In this holiest of weeks, we are challenged more than ever to think about our own relationship with money and material goods. Are we in danger of letting it come between ourselves and our God or ourselves and our loved ones?

Following Saint Francis

Christopher Heffron March 30, 2021

Saint Francis of Assisi was born into privilege and gave it up to embrace simplicity and poverty. In this era of opulence, could you do the same?

Sharing the Word for March 30, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk March 30, 2021

The servant of the song represents Jesus, but because we are in Jesus, the song is also about us. We too, serve as instruments of God’s salvation.

Lent with St. Francis: True Concern for the Poor

Diane M. Houdek March 29, 2021

The tension between material possessions and the spiritual life has always been part of religious life. We see it in our own religious institutions and in our own lives.

Post Quarantine (Almost)

Kathy Coffey March 29, 2021

The COVID-19 quarantine in much of the world invited us to look twice at what we took for granted. We’ve mourned many losses and promised to appreciate blessings when they resumed.

Sharing the Word for March 29, 2021 – Holy Week – Year 1

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk March 29, 2021

During these last days of Lent the Church offers us Isaiah’s Servant Songs as meditations on the person and mission of Jesus.

Lent with St. Francis: The Cross Is before Us

Diane M. Houdek March 28, 2021

The cross is before us now with its wordless challenge to love beyond death. Take some time this week to think about events in your own life that have given you an experience of Jesus’s command to pick up your cross and follow him.