Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By Sister Betty J. Lillie, S.C. Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-6, 12-17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Now that summer is morphing into fall and being transformed into the gorgeous colors of the new season, we might be looking back at the …

Thursday, August 19, 2010 By Father Earl Fernandes The academic calendar has ruled my life. From 1977 until 2002, when I was ordained a priest, I was in school. After that, I spent time as a high school teacher, a graduate student and a seminary professor.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 By Terrance Callan Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 One way to create a large, diverse group is to include in it everyone who wants to be included. However, a sizable, diverse group can also arise when the requirements for …

Thursday, August 5, 2010 By Jeanne Hunt A few weeks ago, I was caring for my two grandsons. I was putting them to bed and thought it might be nice to start teaching them how to pray. Lewis is 4 and Liam is 2, just the right ages to begin …

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 By Terrance Callan Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48 We often alternate between excessive trust and excessive skepticism concerning predictions of the future. Sometimes we give weather forecasts, economic predictions and other attempts to describe the future too much credit; …

Thursday, July 22, 2010 By Michael Daley Wanting to test my hypothesis I asked my wife what word came to her mind after ”St. Rita’s.” Without missing a beat, she replied, “festival.” Was there any other possibility? Yes, I know that St. Rita is a school for deaf children, but the …

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 How do we think of God? One may think of God as a conductor, making beautiful music out of the stuff of creation. A child may think of God as an …

By Father Kyle Schnippel  “Um, Mom, this is the small one.”   Two years ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Rome with my parents.  They had never been, while I was making my fourth trip to the Eternal City.  I had a sense of the city, the scale, …

Thursday, July 8, 2010 By Father Kyle Schnippel “Um, Mom, this is the small one.” Two years ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Rome with my parents.  They had never been, while I was making my fourth trip to the Eternal City.  I had a sense of the …

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 By Father Timothy Schehr Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 Deuteronomy. Now that is a name to be taken seriously. Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible; it is also the final book of the Torah, the Law of Moses. …