Check out these recent articles from around the web: Dependent. by Aaron Matthew Weldon: “Those moments at the beginning of life, as well as at its end, show us in a vivid way one of the deepest truths about being human: we are radically dependent on others.” Attack hit Tunisia where it hurt by Peter… Read More Around the Web
“Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” What a powerful way to end Mass. Sometimes a priest might choose, “Go forth glorifying God with your lives,” or “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord,” but the underlying theme is the same: Go. It’s a commissioning, a reminder of our baptismal call to… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Go!
In today’s gospel, Nicodemus questions the Pharisees by asking, “Does our law condemn a man before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?” The Pharisees are quick to judge and dismiss Jesus and his teachings simply because he is from Galilee. For St. Louis natives, we have a strong tendency to… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Refusing to Judge the ‘Other’
The Catholic Standard, has a story on a recent event sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, which featured Cardinal Wuerl and three Catholic young adults, including Millennial editor Robert Christian. Mark Zimmermann writes: (Christian) noted that the social media can play a crucial role in the New Evangelization, and… Read More Young Adults Discuss How Their Catholic Faith Shapes Their Life and Work
According to a KCBS news report, the Francis Effect has not fully arrived in the City by the Bay: “KCBS has learned that Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the homeless from sleeping in the cathedral’s doorways…. There are no signs warning… Read More San Francisco Cathedral Reportedly Drenching Homeless People with Water to Drive Them Away
“Simba… Remember who you are!” In Disney’s The Lion King, Simba finds the strength to face his past, return home, fight evil, and take his rightful place in the circle of life but only after he remembers whose son he is, the son of the king. Today’s Gospel speaks of the intimate union between the… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Living as God’s Children
Pope Francis: “The Lord always give true freedom. First of all, the freedom from sin, from selfishness in all its forms: the freedom to give of oneself and to do so with joy.”
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