Faith and Family for February 7: Healings

Susan Hines-Brigger February 3, 2021

This week, the Gospel tells us about Jesus encountering and healing many people who were ill or possessed by demons.

Sunday Soundbite for February 7, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM February 3, 2021

If we read more of the Book of Job than today’s passage, we discover that it doesn’t try to resolve the question of human suffering. Rather it ends by bringing us face to face with the very mystery of God.

Sharing the Word for February 3, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 3, 2021

If all that people see in Jesus’ miracles are quick cures, they are missing his point. Sometimes Jesus is not able to perform mighty deeds because the people to whom the deeds are addressed are unable to receive them.

A Tribute to Friar Jack Wintz

Franciscan Media February 2, 2021

Father Jack Wintz, OFM, former editor, friar, and friend, passed away on January 11, 2021. Four of his former colleagues remember this gentle friar.

Light to My Path

Christopher Heffron February 2, 2021

We are told as children not to be afraid of the dark. As we grow in age and wisdom, however, we understand that terrible things lurk in dark corners.

Sharing the Word for February 2, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 2, 2021

God became a human being so that he could free us from our sinfulness. Through his suffering he was to make up for the sins of us all.

Sharing the Word for February 1, 2021 – Fourth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 1, 2021

The author’s point is once more to call his readers to faithfulness. If our ancestors in faith could expend these efforts, we who are capable of attaining the fullness of the promise surely cannot be less faithful than they.