Dust to Dust: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
Mary Ann Steutermann
January 29, 2021
More than simply a call to give up creature comforts, Lent invites us to confront our vulnerability and embrace our brokenness.
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Sharing the Word for December 23, 2020
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
December 23, 2020
In today’s reading the prophet looks forward to the advent of the Lord, who will come to purify his people–to bring a new era of holiness.
Christmas Light in Winter’s Darkness
Kathleen M. Carroll
December 14, 2020
What better moment to reflect on both the brevity and great expanse of time than at the close of one year and the beginning of the next?
Faith and Family for December 13: Third Sunday of Advent
Susan Hines-Brigger
December 9, 2020
The Gospel for the third Sunday of Advent tells of John the Baptist preaching about the coming of Christ, the light of the world.
Sunday Soundbite for December 13, 2020
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 9, 2020
With the Holy Spirit’s help we can take a message of joy and hope in Jesus Christ to a world that needs to hear it.
Sunday Soundbite for December 6, 2020
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 2, 2020
Today’s Advent readings find us listening to hope-filled messages with an emphasis on the ones who brings the message: Isaiah; Zion; and John the Baptist.
Saint Andrew
Franciscan Media
November 30
Saint Andrew was Saint Peter’s brother, and was called by Jesus along with Peter. We know very little about Andrew except that he too was a fisherman, and a disciple of Saint John the Baptist.
Reflections on the Luminous Mysteries
Jack Wintz, OFM
October 4, 2020
When Pope John Paul II added the Luminous Mysteries to the three already existing mysteries of the Rosary, my heart immediately responded with “Right on!”
Reflections on the Joyful Mysteries
Jack Wintz, OFM
October 4, 2020
The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she is to be the Mother of our Savior. Mary humbly asks an honest question: “How can this be since I am a virgin?”
Learning to Live Poorer: A Meditation for Lent
Ragan Sutterfield
October 3, 2020
“If we want to be at peace,” Wendell Berry writes, “we will have to waste less, spend less, use less, want less, need less.”
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