Archives

What Hurdles have you Encountered when Trying to Forgive Others? How does forgiveness, especially that which is extended to you, reflect upon Jesus’ mercy?

By Allison Gingras   By Our Kids Need This, I Mean, We Need This Vacation Bible School can be such a glorious avenue of extending faith formation during the summer. Over 10 years ago, a [...]

By Marge Fenelon   In elementary school, my religion teacher told us that we must forgive others because, if we don’t God will not forgive us for our offenses. That shocked me. There were [...]

By Allison Gingras   What I know about the Prodigal Son If you asked me just five years ago, “Are you familiar with the story of the Prodigal Son?”  I would have quickly responded, [...]

By Stephanie Landsem Confession has always been tough for me. Not because I have a long list of mortal sins—I’m probably no less or more sinful than most of the confessors that step behind the [...]

By Sharon Wilson   Today’s first reading and Gospel reading deal with how the leper was treated. First in the old testament: “As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean, [...]

By Heidi Saxton   Father Ubald is a familiar face to those who have attended past WINE events. The Rwandan priest has a dynamic healing ministry, and his gentle demeanor and quiet ways [...]

 By Sharon Wilson On Saturday, November 4th Sr. Rani Marie (Who’s name translates as Queen Mary) will be beatified, the first step toward canonization. A member of the Franciscan Clarist [...]

By Heidi Hess Saxton   As a parent of two teenagers, today’s first reading really resonates with me. One of the hardest parts of parenting is keeping perspective when their shenanigans [...]

Forgiveness – whether of self or of others – even if a deep-seated grudge – is carefully presented in this well-organized book as desirable, an achievable goal. Not only achievable, but a worthy, [...]