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Beyond the ledger

By Elizabeth Foss
The last couple weeks of Lent are difficult for the Older Brother — you know the one whose family includes the Forgiving Father and the Prodigal Son. He is the one who stayed behind, the one who did what was expected, the one who never wandered far from the rules that ordered the household.
3/19/26
Reading Time 3 min

From blindness to sight

By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
“One thing I know, I was blind and now I can see.” This simple line in the Gospel for this Laetare, or “rejoice,” Sunday cuts through a Gospel filled with human complexities and frustration.
3/14/26
Reading Time 3 min

A tale of two thirsts

By Fr. Steven Oetjen
The encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman begins with the real experience of human weakness: Jesus is tired, hungry and thirsty. Why was Jesus sitting at the well when the woman came? Because he was “tired from his journey.”
3/7/26
Reading Time 3 min

Our Lady of the Little Arch

By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
I was grateful for the recent opportunity to travel to Rome for the end of the Jubilee of Hope and to walk through the open Holy Door. No trip to the Eternal City is complete for me unless I stop by the smallest Chapel in Rome in honor of the Mother of God: Our Lady of the Little Arch.
3/5/26
Reading Time 3 min

Do you really believe God loves you?

By Sr. Constance Veit, LSP
If you’re like me, you were impressed by the athletes of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. In them we witnessed both the rewards of hard work and the traumatizing effects of extreme expectation.
3/5/26
Reading Time 3 min

What children see when we keep Lent

By Elizabeth Foss
By the middle of Lent, the visible signs begin to fade. The ashes are long washed away. The resolutions we made with such clarity now live quietly in the background of ordinary days.
3/5/26
Reading Time 2 min

In gratitude for Msgr. Stanley Krempa

By John Clark
My spiritual advisor and dear friend, Msgr. Stanley J. Krempa passed away Feb. 28. Please pray for the repose of his soul. When I heard the news that he died, two thoughts immediately leapt to mind.
3/4/26
Reading Time 5 min

The bridegroom prepares a place

By Fr. Steven G. Oetjen
May 3 — Jn 14:1-12 The marriage custom in ancient Jewish culture was very different from ours today.
3/2/26
Reading Time 3 min

Lenten renewal

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
March 1 — Mt 17:1-9 An unexpected large bill arrives in your inbox. The shower drain gets clogged. You almost forget an important birthday. You slip on the ice and strain your shoulder.
2/28/26
Reading Time 3 min

Thank a journalist

By Ann M. Augherton
I used to have a bumper sticker that read, “If you know today’s news, thank a journalist.” I’m not the type to put a sticker on my car, but I put it on my metal “file cabinet,” something we used to store papers in before digital options came along.
2/22/26
Reading Time 3 min

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