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Ifs and Buts

Carol Monaco December 30, AD2022 1 Comment

There’s a saying: “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.” Well, I don’t know about that—candy and nuts

saints, discipleship, sainthood, St. Dymphna, diversity, All Saints Day

We Believe in the Communion of Saints: The Saints as Fund Managers

Suellen Brewster November 28, AD2022 3 Comments

A recent opportunity to speak to a group of young people about the saints had me digging into a variety of sources as to what

frustration, anger, confusion, sadness, alone, depression

Anxiety and Anger

Carol Monaco September 29, AD2022 2 Comments

The other day I read an excerpt of a psalm that annoyed me. It said: “Do not fret at the man who prospers; a man

The Catholic Mass – Your Daily Blood Transfusion!

Ray Sullivan August 14, AD2022 4 Comments

Strange title, you say? Well, yes it is! But each and every Catholic Mass offers this life-saving gift to those who receive the Eucharist in the

Receiving God in Our Hearts and Homes

Deacon Greg Lambert August 7, AD2022 3 Comments

One of the advantages of being a pastor of a small parish is the ability to visit most families in their homes throughout the year.

Peacemakers

Carol Monaco July 30, AD2022 3 Comments

The daily news depresses me. With the news comes that horrible feeling of helplessness. I’ve tried tuning it out, but it doesn’t work. So what

Grace and the 12 Steps:
the Cup that Sanctifies Replaces the Cup that Stupefies

Bob Kurland May 4, AD2022 4 Comments

“Never be too hard on the man who can’t give up drink. It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise

Christians Can’t Bypass Suffering

Melanie Jean Juneau February 5, AD2022 12 Comments

What a tragedy if, at the end of my days when I stand before God, I finally realize that I spent my earthly life playing

Don’t Blame God

Richard Auciello November 27, AD2021 8 Comments

Recently I read an article about a diver caught up in a terrible accident. He came to the surface near the shore and was hit

Prayer and the Grace of God

Barbara Padolina September 30, AD2021 No Comments

As a mother of a large family – twelve children ranging in age from four to 27 years – I am often asked this uncomfortable

Is it Possible to Be Perfect As Our Heavenly Father is Perfect?

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer August 27, AD2021 2 Comments

One of the nice things about being an associate pastor of a wonderful parish in a poorer area was that I got to see many

mary, jesus, cross, marian, altar, heart

The Grace of the Assumption

Rob Greving August 4, AD2021 2 Comments

As far as dogmas go, the Assumption is unfortunately named. The belief itself, though – that Mary, conceived without sin, and sinless throughout her life,

The Grace of Giving and Receiving

Masha Goepel July 21, AD2021 1 Comment

There are birds singing all around me. Occasionally, a car drives past with the whoosh of wind that sounds almost like the ocean. When it’s

Missals, Mistakes, and the Mission for Souls

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer July 19, AD2021 12 Comments

Here in Italy we recently changed our edition of the Roman Missal, the book that guides the priest through the celebration of the Mass. Priests

Communion, Eucharist, Eucharistic, Blessed sacrament, Mass, EMHCs, Offer it Up

Of Holy Communion, Kings, and Privilege

Anthony S. Layne July 5, AD2021 17 Comments

I find it interesting that the current controversy over Communion occurs while simultaneously critical race theory is suffering pushback from communities and states. Yes, the

Grace Abounds and We Are Changed

Michelle Meder June 19, AD2021 7 Comments

In a year of intense sacramental preparation, the second graders look to me as their catechist to explain to them the meaning of “grace.” As

Stewardship and Sloth in the Modern World

Deacon Greg Lambert November 13, AD2020 No Comments

Stewardship and sloth are two words not likely to come up in daily conversation around the kitchen table or office water cooler. Furthermore, they are

Addiction with Power is a Deadly Combination

Rob Marco November 7, AD2020 2 Comments

For someone who has never struggled with addiction, it’s hard to understand the depths of shame that accompany it. When it has found a home

My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts

Susan Skinner October 4, AD2020 4 Comments

I went to the chapel the other day to pray as I was struggling with many things and many people. I was thinking about how

Amazing Grace

Scott Davis July 21, AD2020 1 Comment

Our parents and catechists taught us as small children that God created us to know, love, and serve Him with the end goal of being

Time for Communion

Carol Monaco June 30, AD2020 1 Comment

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic erupted, I received Holy Communion at Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday. Receiving Communion was certainly a blessing

The Confessional of the Wilderness – A Parable

Mark C. McCann May 1, AD2020 No Comments

Catholicism is a faith of signs. We are steeped in a rich tradition of sacraments, those holy expressions of earthly realities that allow us to