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Sunday Scripture: Making sense of our experience
May 8, 2011 By Terrance Callan Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:14, 22-33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35. We often have difficulty understanding a new or unexpected experience. We recognize that something has happened to us, but we do not know exactly what it is. It is only when we …
Sunday Scripture: Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed
April 30, 2011 By Terrance Callan Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31.
Sunday Scripture: Signs of new life at Easter
April 21, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; John 20:1-9. As we make our way to our parishes this Sunday morning we will probably notice signs of life. For weeks now the earth has been taking on more color; the sounds …
The Catholic Moment: Our intellectual tradition
April 21, 2011 By Michael Daley Visiting my brother in North Carolina, my niece came out of a farmer’s market carrying some calypso beans. She generously offered them to her relatives, and we were struck by the various black and white patterns (very similar to yin and yang) on them.
Sunday Scripture: The contrasts in the Passion narrative
April 13, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14 –27:66.
The Catholic Moment: Experiencing Holy Week
April 13, 2011 By Father Earl Fernandes Each year the church calls us to remember the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus in ritual, music and readings. We have all grown up with the long reading of the Passion of Christ from the Gospels, the carrying of the palm in …
The Catholic Moment: Big Old Fire
April 6, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt There is a raging controversy in the church. No, it’s not about capital punishment, married priests or euthanasia. It is a topic much closer to my heart: It seems there are two liturgical camps with regard to the Easter fire. The Easter fire is …
Sunday Scripture:The word of God leads to life
April 10, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Fifth Sunday of Lent: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45.
Sunday Scripture: The gift of spiritual sight
March 31, 2011 By Father Timothy Schehr Fourth Sunday of Lent: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41.
Catholic Moment: Prayer, the heart of a vocation
March 31, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel I was raised in a very small town, roughly 1,000 people total, even including the surrounding countryside. To say that everyone knew everyone would be an understatement. Despite the