After we gather together as a community (the first act where we experience the real presence of Christ) we are ready to hear the word of God. The LIturgy of …
It’s been interesting lately (cough, cough) how fires in Canada have been affecting (cough, cough) our breathing in the Ohio Valley. It’s even been affecting our vision, with what looks …
Image featured:The colonnade of St Peter’s reaches out to embrace those coming to the church This is the first in an occasional series of reflections on the parts of the …
With Pentecost and the end of the Easter season, the Church enters Ordinary Time. The name comes from the Latin word for order or counting, not the modern sense of …
This quote from the prophet Isaiah was the title of the Vatican assessment of the synod reports of the various continents of the earth. It named concerns about groups on …
When the Holy Spirit comes we will be clothed in δυναμις, Jesus says. Dunamis is the Greek word for power. I wonder how many of us think of a prayer …
I love those words from the Acts of the Apostles because they could just as easily apply to the church in our own day as to the early church. In …
Native Americans in feathered headdress as finials at the American College in Leuven In looking over the pastor assignments that were announced this week I noticed something that was …
As the Synod on Synodality continues we get another change that will help us to become a church that lives by listening to all its members. The Vatican announced on …