Ask a Franciscan: A Lector’s Challenge
I have been a lector for many years. Although I had some training as an actor, I have tried not to be too emotive when I proclaim the readings. Until recently, pastors and people in the parish have given very positive feedback.
Radical Saints: Marianne Cope
Marianne Cope listened only to God, accepting and caring for people others feared or found distasteful and putting her own health at risk.
Find the Common Place
Reflect Jesus came to the well on a hot day, tired from his long journey. Encountering a Samaritan woman, he began to tell her personal, private details about her life that no one else knew. She came to see him …
The Awful Grace of God
Suffering opens the channel through which all of Life flows and by which all creation breathes
Sharing the Word for January 23, 2023 – Third Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time January 23, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Hebrews 9:15, 24-28 It wasn’t necessary for Christ to offer his sacrifice repeatedly like the high priest did. Jesus’ one sacrifice took away the sins …
March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the nation’s capital for the 50th March for Life Jan. 20 — the first national march since the overturn of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade …