The lessons today are multiple. There are a lot of ways to be lost. There are a lot of ways to seek out the lost. There are lots of ways to be found. There are lots of ways to be loved.
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The only way forward for America
America has always been exceptional because it has always been a home for peoples of every land. This nation has been a beacon of hope, a refuge for peoples who have no place left to turn.
Continue readingJesus invites us to put the Gospel above everyone and everything
Jesus was absolutely serious about putting the Gospel first — over everyone and everything.
Continue readingOn September 1, we celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
On Sept. 1, we celebrate the day of prayer for the care of creation.
Continue readingBe humble and become exalted
Far better to sit at the “lowest” place and then be invited by the host to come to a “higher” place than to choose the “highest” and be relegated to the “lowest” because someone more important has arrived.
Continue readingHanding on the faith
I am praying that in this new moment, all of us — in our schools and parishes, but also in our homes and families — will discover a new urgency for the task of educating and forming our young people as Christians.
Continue readingGod works in us to bring TRANSFORMATION!
It is not what we will do, but what God will do in us to bring TRANSFORMATION!
Continue readingDivision is the price we pay sometimes for living a kingdom life
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.” — St. Bernard of Clairvaux. When a person has something “tough” […]
Continue readingAfter El Paso
The humanity of others is never negotiable. Men and women do not become less than human, less a child of God, because they are “undocumented.” Yet, in our nation, it has become common to hear migrants talked about and treated as if they are somehow beneath caring about.
Continue readingThe treasure of faith and trust is worth more than any pirate’s gold
When we trust, and when we know with all our heart and soul that the promises of God are always good, and that his love is everlasting, we live with a generosity of heart that makes us new and alive.
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