July 19, 2024

Everything Is Sacred

Ilia Delio, OSF July 19, 2024

Everything is sacred. The entire creation, including every person, is a sacrament of God.

Before you tidy or clean part of your space today, notice beauty in the mess. Consider how God’s designs are perfect and beautiful no matter if things seem messy or chaotic. Work with God when you create order in the ...

Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant during his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 25, 2019. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Gregory A. Shemitz)

Congress invites deacons to become a ‘Eucharistic bridge’ for the church

OSV News July 19, 2024

As an anticipated 50,000 Catholics descend upon Indianapolis July 17-21 for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, among them will be a multitude of permanent deacons -- men whom Pope Francis has called "the guardians of service."

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