Thursday, June 24, 2010 By Michael Daley After a long day of teaching, I returned home to an unexpectedly quiet house. This was surprising, given that my wife was out of town and our three kids were with a babysitter. A little alarmed, I looked around the house. Nearby I …

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21; Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Galatians 5:1, 13-18; Luke 9: 51-62 The readings of this week continue last week’s idea about forming a whole new way of thinking about the Messiah and …

Thursday, June 17, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes At the kickoff for the Athenaeum’s capital campaign, a benefactor said, “Father, we enjoyed your last article (‘Magisterium: Always Right?’) in The Catholic Telegraph. I only have one question: What’s the magisterium?” The Catechism of the Catholic Church (85) states: “The task …

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1; Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24 Among this week’s readings our Gospel passage gives us a focus to important questions that surfaced in the minds of Jesus’ followers. When a person …

Thursday, June 10, 2010 By Jeanne Hunt In the month of June every parish church will have one or two weddings each Saturday. The bride will be radiant. The groom will be handsome and strong in his determined resolve to wed.  Everyone will gather around them, resolving to support them …

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13; Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11; Galatians 2:16, 19-21; Luke 7:36-8:3. During this period of Ordinary Time our liturgical readings remind us of some of the important teachings of our faith tradition. …

Thursday, June 3, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel In the Catholic Church, spring brings not only “wedding season,” but in dioceses throughout the United States men who have completed their training are called forward to be ordained to the priesthood. In rites as ancient as the church herself, those being …

Wednesday, June 2, 2010By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: Genesis: 14:18-20; Psalm 110:1-4; 1 Corinthians11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17 Having completed the Easter season and returned to Ordinary Time, our liturgical cycle offers us the celebration of several beautiful feasts that remind us of …

Thursday, May 27, 2010 By Michael Daley Last week my son, Brendan, celebrated his first Communion. As the date approached you could see both the excitement and nervousness on his face. One day his sister surprised him and said, “You even get some pretty nice gifts.”

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 By Terrance Callan Trinity Sunday: Proverbs 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 This Sunday we celebrate our belief that God is three persons in one God. Each of the readings views the relationship among the three persons from a different angle. The reading from the Book of …