By Deborah Kendrick We are stewards of the most wondrous mystery known, not only to mankind, but also to the angelic authorities. For it is us, who were created a little lower than these angels, [...]
By Elizabeth Westhoff We just left the spiritually rigorous season of Lent. We should be exhausted, tired and hungry. We spent 40 intense days facing our mortality, our [...]
By Elizabeth Tomlin When was the last time you visited a new parish? Did you feel welcomed by an usher holding the door, or the smile of the Eucharistic minister? Or did you feel [...]
By Hilary Scheppers In today’s gospel, we hear how the son takes his father’s wealth and squanders it. We hear how the son wastes the father’s fortune on lavish and material things [...]
By Kate Anderson My doubts were no match for her mountain-moving faith. “Come with me!” she implored. I had to agree, the Lord had been inviting me to spend more time with my sister and [...]
By Elizabeth Tomlin Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Have you ever found a four-leaf clover? I developed a knack for finding four-leaf clovers through years of practice. You see, I am [...]
By Susan Klemond The start of Lent seems a little like New Year’s to me. Both dates are new beginnings that we mark by resolving to make life changes. While our New Year’s [...]
By Alyssa Bormes I don’t think anyone has every accused me of being an ascetic. The closest I can come to the life of self-denial is perhaps… well – I can’t think of anything. So [...]
By Angie Koenig As much as a strive to be Christ-like, I have to say that I often times find myself relating much more to St. Paul than to Jesus. When I read the words Jesus speaks in today’s [...]
By Sherry Brownrigg Last month I suffered a concussion. I wish I could say it happened while I was saving a sweet old lady from a purse snatcher or some other daring feat where it [...]
