THE HUMAN SIDE The children’s Christmas Mass was packed. In past years, it exuded busyness: children putting on a pageant, proud parents and grandparents watching and music abounding. Not so this year! What changed was a power outage that left the church in darkness, the organ without power and everyone without heat. Candles, usually used […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Cremation and burial at sea
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am a lifelong Catholic and served 28 years in the Navy. As a junior officer, I saw the ashes or bodies of deceased sailors buried at sea; I decided at the time that this is what I want done with my body after I die, and I have not changed my […]
Father John Catoir: Accepting yourself as God does
Perfectionists are often exhausted. They don’t know how to relax. It’s important to realize that being perfect is not as important as being at peace with who you are. There’s a lesson to be learned from those less fortunate than ourselves. The blind and the disabled often have a certain calmness about them. They have […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: The weak will be exalted
4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a The first biblical reading this weekend is from Zephaniah. These details are known about this prophet. He was the son of Cushi and a descendant of Hezekiah, presumably King Hezekiah, who reigned as king of Judah, the southern Hebrew kingdom centered on […]
Carolyn Woo: Retirement, an invitation
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY Hello. I feel like I should re-introduce myself to you as I have just finished my five-year term of service at Catholic Relief Services and now write to you in my status as “me” and not president and CEO, or dean, or professor or whatever titles I have held since starting my […]
Talk story: To care for our foreign sisters and brothers
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Do not tire of courageously living the Gospel, which calls you to recognize and welcome the Lord Jesus among the smallest and most vulnerable. I entrust all child migrants, their families, their communities, and you who are close to them, to the protection of the Holy Family of Nazareth; may they […]
Mary Adamski: Mary did you know
It’s time to think about Christmas. Nooooo, you say? Time to get past it, you think? If you are a malingerer like me, the decorations may not have found their way back into the closet and some gifts and goodies are still heaped here and there unassimilated.
Father Exsequel Tuyor, diocesan priest: ‘You will become a priest’
“Each year during our theological studies, we were asked to write down our response as to why we wanted to be a priest. The first two years I responded, ‘Because God gave me a brother.’ But then I realized that others were writing that they wanted to serve God.”
Sister Roviesa Orias Jadlocon, Missionary Sisters of Faith: Faith and Grace
“When I see the tears of the children as they pray for their parents or loved ones, or those who are sick during our bible reflection periods, I know they are really touched by God. That is my consolation. Everything is the grace of God.”
Sister Rosemarie Pelligra, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities: Through faith and prayer … letting go
“One would think that with the different experiences I had, that it would become easier in knowing what to do when a loved one reaches that tender and frail moment of lingering between life and death. It is never easy, except with God.”
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 159
- 160
- 161
- 162
- 163
- …
- 217
- Next Page »
