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Lent with the Saints: Levi (Matthew) the Tax Collector

Greg Friedman, OFM February 29, 2020

Isaiah 58:9b–14; Psalm 86:1–2, 3–4, 5–6; Luke 5:27–32

Luke—and Mark—tell us the story of Levi, a tax collector whom Jesus calls as a follower in today’s Gospel passage. Levi promptly throws a party for Jesus. More tax collectors and others show up as well, prompting criticism from the Pharisees and scribes. Their disapproval draws one of Jesus’ most important responses: “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:31–32).

Lent with the Saints: Sharbel Makhluf

Greg Friedman, OFM February 28, 2020

Sharbel Makhluf was known for both his fasting and his care for those who sought him out for prayer and blessing.

Lent with the Saints: Thomas More

Greg Friedman, OFM February 27, 2020

Thomas More was a scholar, author, lawyer, family man, and chancellor of England.

Lent with the Saints: Do You Want to Be a Saint?

Greg Friedman, OFM February 26, 2020

Joel 2:12–18; Psalm 51:3–4, 5–6, 12–13, 17; 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–18

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A Deep Wound

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 26, 2020

How could God take my precious son at age 43 and yet allow rotten people who have stopped believing in God to keep on living? My son was a great Catholic and spent eight years in Catholic schools.

Film Reviews with Sister Rose

Rose Pacatte, FSP February 26, 2020

Bombshell

In August 2015, Fox newscaster Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) becomes ill as she prepares to moderate the Republican debate. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), who favors conspiracy theories, thinks she may have been poisoned. Kelly is criticized after asking then-candidate Donald J. Trump about his past sexist remarks and if a man of his temperament should be elected president. He begins to tweet insulting remarks about her—and others follow suit.

Follow Your Conscience

Susan Hines-Brigger February 26, 2020

Conscience: “. . . a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed. In all he says and does, man is obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right.”
—Catechism of the Catholic Church

Praying My Way through Dementia

Gloria Hutchinson February 26, 2020

As she faces daily torments of dementia, this author finds strength and peace in prayer.

Why Bother with Confession?

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 26, 2020

When I became a Catholic at the age of 20, I loved the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Now, more than 40 years later, my behavior is morally acceptable, but I am tortured interiorly by inappropriate thoughts, lacking focus and concentration. While polite and kind outwardly, I get irked or offended by others’ behavior. I am impatient, judging inwardly in my mind.