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Faith and Family for May 10: Last Supper Discourses

Franciscan Media May 6, 2020

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JN 14:1-12

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.

Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Patron Saint in Times of Quarantine

John Tuttle May 5, 2020

At the beginning of the 19th century, New York City was a prosperous urban development. With a population of some 60,000 at the time, it served as a primary center for trade.

Sunday Soundbite for May 3, 2020

Greg Friedman, OFM May 3, 2020

On the Sundays of Easter the liturgy offers instruction for the newly baptized. The chosen scriptures suggest how a community rooted in Christ witnesses to the world.

Mary: Mother of Mystics

Murray Bodo, OFM May 2, 2020

Mary’s life, like that of her son, will be a living out of her own canticle.

Father Casey Cole on Suffering

Casey Cole, OFM April 29, 2020

Who among us doesn’t know suffering? We’ve all experienced these moments of pain, either physical, mental, or spiritual. In this video, Casey Cole, OFM, proposes that certain kinds of suffering can be beneficial and allows for immense growth.

How Are Mass Readings Chosen?

Pat McCloskey, OFM April 29, 2020

A non-Catholic friend asked me how the Scriptures at Mass are selected. Who started this and when was the present system adopted?

Vatican II’s 1963 “Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy” called for a wider selection of biblical texts to be used at Mass. The current Lectionary (book of those readings) was prepared by an international committee of experts and went into use in 1970.