Advent with Richard Rohr: December 19
Richard Rohr, OFM
December 19, 2019
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years. —Luke 1:7
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Meet the Holy Galilean Women
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
June 24, 2019
These holy women may not be in the forefront in Scripture, but they had a front-row seat to Jesus’ extraordinary life and ministry.
Faith and Family: The Waters of Baptism
Susan Hines-Brigger
January 9, 2019
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LK 3:15-16, 21-22
The people were filled with expectation,
and all were asking in their hearts
whether John might be the Christ.
John answered them all, saying,
“I am baptizing you with water,
but one mightier than I is coming.
Faith and Family: Mary and Elizabeth
Susan Hines-Brigger
December 19, 2018
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LK 1:39-45
Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Sporting His Faith: An Interview with ESPN’s Tony Reali
Peter Finney Jr.
January 24, 2018
Television host, sports junkie, husband, father—all of these could describe this popular ESPN personality. His Catholic faith keeps him grounded.
“I can talk for hours about giving voice to people, and, oddly, my job is to silence people with a mute button, ” says Reali, 39, laughing. “But I trust they know it’s done with a wink. “
Humor in the New Testament?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
December 26, 2017
Is there any humor in the New Testament? Everything seems extremely serious.
Like the Old Testament, the New Testament has a fair bit of humor, much of it rather subtle.
Isn’t there humor in Jesus’ image of a camel trying to go through the eye of a needle (Mt 19:24; Mk 10:25; and Lk 18:25)? Some Scripture commentators conjectured Jerusalem had an “eye of the needle ” gate, but no one has found any evidence of such a gate.
Catholics & Cremation
Fr. Don Miller, OFM
October 25, 2017
The Church’s teaching on cremation is solidly rooted in the core beliefs of our faith.
Meet the Franciscan Saints
Robert Ellsberg
September 25, 2017
The Franciscan tradition is filled with holy men and women, starting, of course, with Francis of Assisi.
Rediscovering Catholic Traditions: Holy Water
Carol Ann Morrow
January 1, 2006
The ancients said everything was composed of four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Jesus used all these elements as tools for teaching and miracle-making,
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