September 11, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sirach 27:30-28:9; Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12; Romans 13: 8-10; Matthew 18:15-2

Sept. 4, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9; Romans 13: 8-10; Matthew18:15-20

August 25, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. I hate telling people what to do, but the fact of the matter is that a whole generation of Catholics is falling by the wayside. It’s up to you and me to turn things …

 August 28, 2011 By Terrance Callan Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27

August 21, 2011 By Terrance Callan Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 22:19-23; Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 16:13-20

August 10, 2011 By Michael Daley I had just stopped the mower to talk with my neighbor, Dan, when his son excitedly called from a few houses down, “Dad, they tied it.”

August 14, 2011 By Terrence Callan Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28It can be difficult to give up ideas we have had for a long time and accept new ideas in their place. Admitting that we have been wrong in our past thinking …

August 7, 2011 By Terrance Callan Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33 It is natural to avoid the things we fear and to reject what does not make sense to us. But sometimes we can only find God by confronting what frightens us …

July 31, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35-39; Matthew 14:13-21

July 28, 2011 By Father Earl Fernades Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. A recent visit confirmed the impression the city made upon me two decades ago. There is a serenity to Florence not found in a metropolis like Rome. The vista from the Duomo …