Fr Matthew Reese
And they came to Beth-sa′ida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man…
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Br Alex Swain
… Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you…
Fr Robert Hendrickson
Dear Friends in Christ, There’s something holy about a pile of wood, a few nails, and a group of kids wielding hammers (under close supervision, of…
Travis Reese
Dear Friends, In today’s reading in Acts 17:16-34, we learn about a debate Paul has while staying in Athens. Paul engages with the philosophers during his…
Jordan Paul
A virtue is a stable or permanent disposition, informing a faculty of the soul—whether intellect, will, sense cognition, sense appetite—which empowers the person to choose the…
Lisa Bowden
Friends, In the 2019 film Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins’ Pope Benedict XVI reveals to Jonathan Pryce’s character (Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who later becomes Pope Frances)…
Justin Appel
Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson from Mark paints Jesus in terms which fundamentally challenge our preconceptions about him. These days, Jesus is sometimes treated as a…
Fr Matthew Reese
Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister…
Br Alex Swain
The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company…”—Acts 15:39a Beloved in Christ, Interpersonal communication is hard, especially when it’s with people we love. With friends,…
Fr Robert Hendrickson
Dear Friends in Christ, There’s something thrilling about standing in front of an amusement park ride that makes your knees wobble and your heart do somersaults…
Emily Lyons
On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded […] And they took offense at him.—Mark 6:2,3 Dear…
Deacon Brigid Waszczak
Sisters and Brothers, In today’s Gospel reading (Matthew 20:20-28), the mother of Zebedee’s sons seems like a pushy mom. Yet she only followed up on Jesus’…