The kingdom of God is within you. We’ve all heard this truth, but few fully understand it. When I sign my letters, I often write, “May the Lord be your strength and your joy.” It’s a way of reminding people that they can rely on the spirit within to do the heavy lifting. To protect […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | Palm Sunday: Live Holy Week
Mark 11:1-10; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 This weekend, in a liturgy powerful in its ability to transport us to the momentous events of the first Holy Week, the church celebrates Palm Sunday. A procession will precede each Mass, ideally involving the entire congregation, who will carry palms blessed by the celebrants. The procession, […]
Bill Dodds | YOUR FAMILY: Why doesn’t Jesus pay my taxes?
It was a little more challenging filling out this year’s federal income tax forms. I had to include information on the Affordable Care Act (a boon for some of us who are self-employed). And for the first time since my wife, Monica, died in early 2013, I had to list myself as single, not married. […]
Tony Magliano | MAKING A DIFFERENCE: The way of the cross
Writing a column on social justice and peace offers me plenty of timely issues to choose from. And I always sense from God the exact issue he desires that I write about. I’m not claiming here any special revelation. God’s active, guiding presence is available to everyone. All we need to do is deeply trust, […]
Sister Judy Resta, Sisters for Christian Community: Living a joyful song
Fifteen years ago when I started hospital ministry, it was parish-based. Hospitals used to give the chaplain a list of the Catholics there. From that list, I would go around and visit the sick, while also bringing them Holy Communion. Now, however, my work is more inclusive. Queen’s Medical Center has a non-denominational chaplaincy program […]
Father John Catoir: Life, suffering and death
Anyone can commit suicide. It’s done all the time. But recently we have seen a movement toward legalization of assisted suicide. It seems that the right to die soon becomes the duty to die. Given medical expenses in today’s world, some are tempted to say that it costs too much money to stay alive. The […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Just one
This Lent I gave up gum. A ridiculously small sacrifice, right? Well, let me tell you, I’m already climbing the walls. Who knew such a tiny habit could dig its claws in so deep? I’m not making this sacrifice because it’s an expensive habit or one that’s injurious to my health. It’s just a habit. […]
Effie Caldarola: A time to render your heart
There was a time in medieval history and in some places even later when believers would use extreme methods of self-discipline, or self-punishment, during Lent, as a penance for sin. We’re most familiar with these practices from movies we’ve seen, or in my case, the historical novels I enjoy reading. Hair shirts that bit at […]
Christina Capecchi | Twenty something: Bear claws, nose rings and rock bands: the hidden lives of Catholic sisters
Belinda Monahan has analyzed more than 100,000 animal bones in Armenia dating back from the Early Bronze Age (1,200 BC) to the Medieval period. For the 44-year-old archaeologist from New Jersey, the thrill never wears off. “When you look at a Stork’s lower-leg bone,” she says, “it’s about as long as my lower-leg bone. It’s […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion | Fourth Sunday in Lent: Looking ahead to the resurrection
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 This weekend the church celebrates Laetare Sunday, the name drawn from what is the first word in Latin of the entrance antiphon: “Rejoice!” Lent is well under way. Easter is not that far in the future. The reason for rejoicing is not so trivial as to say […]
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