Scripture Reflection for Oct. 13, 2024, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Wis 7:7-11 Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Heb 4:12-13 Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 Think it's easy to gain eternal life? Think again. That message lies at the heart of this Sunday's Gospel, the familiar story ...
Perspectives gained from my Archives internshipJulia Kierul
Small, everyday occurrences tend to be overshadowed by history's grand, extraordinary, or abnormal events. On the surface, worldly events such as the French Revolution or the "discovery" of the Americas ...
'There Are Two': Pope Gelasius and Jefferson's 'Wall of Separation'Kenneth Craycraft
In a Jan. 1, 1802, letter to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association, President Thomas Jefferson wrote one of the most famous sentences in American presidential history. After quoting the religion ...
The Synod on Synodality approaches its conclusionRussell Shaw
Participants in the Synod on Synodality spent two days before the start of its final session in a closed retreat that ended with a "penitential liturgy." The synod office also provided the participants ...
The challenges of being a Catholic voterGreg Erlandson
Every four years, for as long as I've been in the Catholic press, editors get two types of phone calls come election time. The first is to complain about the perceived bias of the editor or her reporters. Once, ...
The real choice Catholic schools offerMichael Reardon
''If you just want the best academics and your only measure of success is what college your child attends, then don't send them here." This quote is from the president of a Catholic school ...
Election year mannersRussell Shaw
"A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic, but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer and remains at large." That ...
Scripture Reflection for Sept. 29, 2024, Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Nm 11:25-29 Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 Jas 5:1-6 Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 In our divided and divisive times, this weekend's Gospel should give all of us pause. It poses some hard questions about how we ...
Are you a media apostle?Sister Hosea Rupprecht
The name of the Media Apostle Retreat, which took place just outside Boston on Aug. 23-25, comes from Blessed James Alberione, founder of the Daughters of St. Paul, often called the "Media Apostle." The ...
Why we give thanks for priestsCourtney O’Brien
Each September, the Clergy Trust invites parishes, donors, and anyone else who is interested to #GiveThanksForPriests. This annual campaign offers us the chance to reflect on the priesthood and the priests ...
