Lectionary Reflections for Sunday, August 14, 2011 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28 The processional hymn for our wedding nine years ago was “Gather...
Read MoreMy friend, John Donaghy, who used to do campus ministry at Iowa State University and now is a lay missioner with the Catholic diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, reminds us that on this date in 1943 “Blessed Franz...
Read MoreAccording to the Vatican II document, Gaudium et spes: “With these truths in mind, this most holy synod makes its own the condemnations of total wars already pronounced by recent popes, and issues the following declaration: Any...
Read MoreLectionary Reflections for August 7, 2011 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a Psalm 85:9-14 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33 “Conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of man [sic]. There he is...
Read MoreWhat I write here may seem so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be stated; however, an acquaintance on Facebook asked in his status update, “Where are all the moderate Christians denouncing the extremist Christian...
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