April 30, 2012 By Stephen Trosley They were publically humiliated, stripped of their property, imprisoned, tortured and dragged into the arena to be savaged by wild animals. Some were crucified and others were tested by fire. Those who survived were treated as outcasts.

April 27, 2012 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC   Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22: 26-27, 28, 30, 31-32; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 The readings for this week focus on the early church and explicate the themes that drew the community’s life together in the resurrected …

By Terrance Callan   Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24: 35-46 Often we find ourselves completely unable to solve a problem or understand a situation. If we then arrive at a solution somehow, we may feel as if the sun has broken through the …

April 14, 2012 By Terrence Callan Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 4: 32-5; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 There are times when our circumstances change so radically that we feel our life has come to an end and started over again. And there are times when we wish we could …

April 8, 2012 By Terrence Callan Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; John 20:1-9   Today we celebrate Easter Sunday, the feast of the resurrection of Jesus.  

March 30, 2012 By Terrance Callan Passion Sunday: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 As we begin Holy Week, we focus our attention more and more on the passion and death of Jesus.

March 30, 2012 By Jeanne Hunt Quack! Quack! Quack! As I was rushing to work one Monday morning, life was brought to a sudden halt by traffic: car after car waiting to move; the freeway was frozen. It was a standstill, and there seemed no hope of movement.  

March 30, 2012 By Father Kyle Schnippel In my life as a priest, I often joke that it has been my plight to work with young people,  but their energy and zeal is certainly something that keeps us ‘older’ folks moving! In my work with young people, especially, I have …

March 30, 2012 By Michael Daley On a recent Friday afternoon, with my wife out of town and weather reports of severe storms — even possible tornadoes — to come, I hurried home from work. Having just arrived home from school, my kids were hunkered down in the basement with …

March 30, 2012 By Father Earl Fernandes Friedrich Nietzsche claimed that “God is dead.” The notion that God is dead, or even the mere loss of a sense of God, has a profound impact on values in the world.