Fr. Scott Lewis: Valuable lessons on fear and generosity
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Nov. 11 (Year B) 1 Kings 17:10-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44
God's Word on Sunday: Valuable lessons on fear and generosity
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Nov. 11 (Year B) 1 Kings 17:10-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44
God's word on Sunday: Adversity is a test of faith
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 5 (Year B) Exodus 16:2-4, 12-16, 31a; Psalm 78; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35
Young athletes fight to balance sports and faith
Sixteen-year-old Justin Alvarado has practice every day after school during the cross-country and track-and-field seasons. He is also a member of the FC Emery soccer club, with practices two to three times a week.
Speaking out: Offering my gifts at Sunday Mass
I believe it is natural for people to go through a period where they don’t feel the desire or the need to go to Church.
WASHINGTON – Flying on Sunday and need a place for Mass? A recent study revealed that 40 per cent of major US airports have chapels offering Sunday Mass times for travellers and airport employees.
Comment: Whatever happened to celebrating feast days?
Lent gives us two solemn feasts, St. Joseph and the Annunciation of the Lord. Both fell in the last weeks of March, and it is likely that a majority of Canadian parishes did not celebrate both of them; a great many likely celebrated neither.
Caribbean music brings out church spirit at Sunday Mass
Going to Church is a big part of a Catholic Christmas — even if it’s not a big part of the rest of the year for the majority of Canadian Catholics.
Today’s villain, tomorrow’s saint
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B) May 3 (Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 22; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8)
Small wonder that Saul — later Paul — was feared by the Jerusalem community. They wanted nothing to do with him, for he had terrorized the community of believers in Christ relentlessly. By his own admission in his letters, Paul had hunted them down and arrested them, voting in favour of the death penalty at their trials.
Homilies must challenge, says new Vatican document
VATICAN CITY - A homily at Mass is not a mini catechism class, the Vatican says in a new document on homilies, but it is an opportunity to explain Church teaching using the Scripture readings and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.