I Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

Judy Zarick September 10, 2020

To understand what we are as Church, the Creed gives us four adjectives: one, holy, catholic, apostolic.

Sharing the Word for September 10, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 10, 2020

There are people in the lives of all of us who never seem willing to do us much good. Jesus says that we must do good to them as God does to us.

Faith and Family for September 13: The Unforgiving Servant

Franciscan Media September 9, 2020

READ

MT 18:21-35

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?”

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UNDERSTAND

by Father Greg Friedman, OFM

From Grief to Healing

Stephen Copeland September 9, 2020

In August of 2006, Wendy Avery returned to her Ohio home, feeling as if she was trying to jump back onto a spinning merry-go-round. For an entire year, her world had stopped, but everyone else’s kept spinning. How does one simply hop back on? How does one rejoin the dance when the music has been muted?

Sunday Soundbite for September 13, 2020

Greg Friedman, OFM September 9, 2020

We all must examine our consciences. How often would you or I forgive an offense from the same person? “As many as seven times?” as Peter asks.

Sharing the Word for September 9, 2020

Jim Van Vurst, OFM September 9, 2020

Those who are poor, who weep, and who are hungry, are seen by God as truly blessed. Not because they are perfect but because they are so often treated with disrespect.

Sharing the Word for September 8, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 8, 2020

If Mary hadn’t been willing to play her part in the story of salvation things would have been very different. Thanks be to God for her.

Virgin Mary, the First Disciple

Lawrence S. Cunningham September 7, 2020

Pope Paul VI wrote succinctly: “The Virgin Mary is held up as an example to the faithful for the way in which in her own particular life she fully and responsibly accepted the word of God and did it….She is worthy of imitation because she was the first and most perfect of Christ’s disciples.”

Sharing the Word for September 7, 2020 – Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 7, 2020

There are times when compassion takes precedence over legal niceties. Jesus comes down on the side of compassion.

Sharing the Word for September 5, 2020

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk September 5, 2020

The Pharisees protest when Jesus’ disciples seem to be disregarding the requirements of Sabbath observance. But as Lord of the Sabbath Jesus approves their actions.