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World Grandparent Day Papal Message

From Pope Francis: “I am with you always” A message on World Grandparents Day Dear Grandfathers and Grandmothers, “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20): this is the promise the Lord made to his disciples before he ascended into heaven. They are the words that...

The Things We Give Up

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:35-37) Sounds harsh, yes? But give it a...

A Eucharistic Church

part of an on-going series on the Holy Eucharist by Cardinal Avery Dulles Karol Wojtyla has always had a deep eucharistic piety. In 2003 he released his most recent encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, emphasizing the bonds between the Eucharist and the church. Last...

The Pep Talk

In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives a “pep talk” to the twelve disciples He is sending out on mission. It has to be the worst pep talk ever – realistic, but grim. 16 “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as...

Knowing the Mission

I have two thoughts for you today. The first concerns “the twelve” while the second involves Jesus’ instructions: “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The...