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Palm Sunday

By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
April 13 — Lk 22:14-23:56 “This is my body, which will be given for you.” These words, nestled into the heart of this weekend’s Palm Sunday readings, might not be the first to come to mind when we consider this Sunday’s rituals. Far more evocative are the waving of the palms, the cries of “hosanna […]
4/12/25
Reading Time 3 min

Good news brightens Ordinary Time

By Lucia A. Silecchia
Years ago, I read reports about a study positing that the American news media can be biased toward reporting bad or negative news. What saddened me was the report’s assertion that negative articles are the ones most sought out by the public as reports of bad news garner more clicks and public attention. Could it […]
4/10/25
Reading Time 3 min

Put down the burden

By Elizabeth Foss
The week Lent began, I traveled to Florida for a family emergency. Right after I returned home, I left for Scotland with my daughter and my husband.
4/10/25
Reading Time 3 min

Riding the winds of change

By Christina Capecchi
This is the story of a tree. An Eastern Cottonwood soaring 108 feet high, stretching its arms across three yards and anchoring the entire street. It was a defining feature of its St. Paul, Minn., neighborhood near Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church.
4/10/25
Reading Time 3 min

He who is without sin

By Fr. Steven Oetjen
Jn 8:1–11 Jesus looks up at the crowd who wants to stone the woman caught in adultery, and he says, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” The word for sin in the Bible (“hamartia” in Greek) comes from archery, and it means “to […]
4/5/25
Reading Time 3 min

The lost son

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
Our glorious Savior leapt down from heaven and took on the fullness of our human condition for a variety of reasons: to redeem us from our sins, to manifest the love of God, to restore us to a life of grace, to offer us hope in the goodness of God and the promise of heaven, […]
3/29/25
Reading Time 3 min

What if it’s true?

By Elizabeth Foss
We had a wedding last month. Everything glowed. It reminded me of all the promises of the kingdom of heaven.
3/27/25
Reading Time 3 min

Brain differences

By Mary Beth Bonacci
Did you ever look at the behavior of someone of the opposite sex and think, “It’s like they have completely different brains?”
3/27/25
Reading Time 4 min

Be a Veronica

By Lucia A. Silecchia
Like so many during Lent, I found myself last Friday night at a small parish church for the Stations of the Cross. In the evening quiet, the last light of day still glimmered through the windows, reminding us that spring, like Easter, is both near and not yet.
3/27/25
Reading Time 3 min

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