Happy Baptism to You!
To understand the significance of baptism we should recall what it did to Jesus Last month’s column discussed the purpose of human life as a starting point...
January 2016
Mass Readings: January 31- February 7, 2016
Liturgical Calendar Year C, Weekdays Cycle Year 2, 4th Week Sunday January 31 Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19, Psalms 71:1-6, 15-17, 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13, Luke 4:21-30 Monday February 1, Bl...
Abortion: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
By Tony Magliano Due to the blizzard that hit the mid-Atlantic, my bus never made it to the 43rd March for Life in Washington, D.C. But thousands of...
Pope Francis asks Pardon for ways Christians have Harmed one Another
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service After walking across the threshold of the Holy Door with an Orthodox metropolitan and an Anglican archbishop, Pope Francis invoked God’s...
Pray to God for Urgent Rain
From Sr Monica Shanley IBVM, Strand, Western Cape –a campaign of prayer to God for rain is needed At this time of severe drought in our country...
Pope Francis: Patch up Family Feuds, Let go of the Pain
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service - Let the Year of Mercy be the time to end all family feuds, to forgive each other and let bygones be...
Stop the Scheming
The Catholic Church is not immune to internal conflict and division, to cliques, to scheming and backstabbing. Every now and then Pope Francis reminds priests that they must...
Colossians 3:17 Wallpaper
Download Colossians 3:17 wallpaper. “Whatever you do, whether in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the...
Mission of Mercy
BY FATHER MICHAEL AUSTIN SJ -Days before his election as pope in March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was given a book by his friend and fellow...
In 2016, Let’s Change for the Better
Duke Ellington’s jazz standard notes: Things ain’t what they used to be! Being a bit of a musician I often think in terms of songs though not...
