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 …

July 14, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt  It’s summer and it’s too darn hot. The only happy people are the tomato warriors who are delighted with God’s little joke because juicy, red Big Boys are in the making.