The embodiment of God’s endless love 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43 The Second Book of Samuel furnishes the first biblical reading for this feast, marking the close of the church’s year. Once the two books of Samuel composed a single volume. In time, editors divided the volume into the two books now seen […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Spotting the blessings
A few years ago, I added a new element to my evening prayers. I now begin by thanking God for five blessings. The rule I made up is that the blessing must be something that happened that day. For example, I only thank God for my husband if he did something particularly thoughtful that day. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Without God, we are doomed 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 Luke 20:27-38 This weekend, observed by the church as the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, has as its first reading a section from the Second Book of Maccabees. Maccabees, First or Second, rarely appears as a reading at Mass. These books are late […]
Viriditas: Sister Lourdes Fernandez, Maryknoll Sisters
The energy of the grace of God Mission is adventure. When the U.S. bishops, through the LCWR (Leadership Council of Women Religious) invited religious of different congregations to volunteer to go to Albania in the 1990s, I said, “Yes.” I had the openness and the enthusiasm to go. I had never been to Europe or […]
Kathleen T. Choi: Home sweet Rome
I was a Protestant for 40 years and have been a Catholic for 29. (There’s no need to do the math.) I consider my conversion a great blessing. Here are a few reasons why: The sacraments. I could rattle off a definition of transubstantiation, but I don’t really understand it. I don’t understand how dipping […]
Manaolana | Christina Capecchi: Door-to-door seminarian finding new roads
Going door to door to tell strangers about Catholicism and his plan to become a priest had to be the most daunting assignment Neil Bakker had ever received. The 34-year-old from Austin, Minn., had never done anything like it — never gone door to door to sell coupon books or magazine subscriptions, let alone the […]
Viriditas: Sister Fidelia Villa, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
Rediscovering faith, discovering purpose God works in so many ways. I see him in everything. Without a personal relationship with God, to whom could I run? Of course, God sends people to help me. However, when I wrestle with him like Jacob, sometimes he wins, and sometimes I do. I complain of course, but I […]
Mary Adamski : You don’t have to wait for a special day of the year to express your gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving. Let the celebration begin. You say “What? Wait! A month too early. Wait til the Halloween decorations are down.” But the time to shift into the thanks-giving gear is now. A few experiences in the past weeks were reminders that the season of thanks shouldn’t wait for the arbitrary date selected to mark […]
Guest commentary | Year of Faith: One woman’s experience of faith
I lost a good job at one of the biggest companies in the world in the early 1990s. I was devastated, but then I realized what greater gift I had to gain in what God prepared for me: being a mother. My daughter Cyrene was born and though life was simpler, the whole world was […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The humble man is rewarded Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 The Book of Sirach provides this weekend’s first scriptural reading. The book is part of that group of biblical writings classified by scholars collectively as the Wisdom Literature. The Wisdom Literature developed through an interesting and very believable process. As conditions […]
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