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by bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Apostles, Between the Sundays, called, discipleship, Evangelization, Featured, Great Commission, News, Prayer, prayer life, sent, silence | 0 |
Image: “Appearance of Christ on the Mountain in Galilee” (detail) by Duccio di Buoninsegna | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The Apostles It may be tempting to skim through the story in today’s Gospel of the call of the Apostles. I…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 5, 2021 | Apostles, Best of Week, Doubting Thomas, Featured, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Thomas | 0 |
Modern readers tend to see the Gospel through a filter of tradition. We see individual characters as we have been trained to see them: as the sum of the sermons preached about them. The text may present them as complex, with a variety of competing virtues and failings, but our mental shorthand reduces them to […]
by bcadmin | May 23, 2021 | Apostles, Blessed Trinity, Catholic Church, Featured, Gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, Pentecost, Saints, Sanctifying Grace, Scripture, Theological Virtues, virtues, witness | 0 |
“Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3). “Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage t…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2021 | Apostles, Ascension, Blessed Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Church, Featured, Gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, mission, News, Saints, Scripture, witness | 0 |
Years before that first Ascension Thursday, God entered into His own creation as the God-man, Jesus. He came as a humble babe, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. His birth took place in a stable that housed livestock. Little is r…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Acts of the Apostles, Apostles, Between the Sundays, Easter, Evangelization, Featured, Holy Spirit, Living the Faith, News, Ordinary Time, Pentecost, Saint Matthias, Saint Peter, St. Matthias, The Church | 0 |
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 8, 2021 | Apostles, Faith Fundamentals, Holy Spirt, News, Pentecost | 0 |
The same Holy Spirt that descended upon the Apostles on the first Pentecost descends upon those who are confirmed, and the dramatic changes that took place in the followers of Christ from that moment on can and will take place in those who are confirmed — if they cooperate with the powerful graces that they receive.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 24, 2021 | Apostles, Blessed Mother, Father Leonard Andrie, Jesus, Mark’s Gospel, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Ship, st. therese, The Local Church | 0 |
One of my favorite icons depicting the Church is Christ with his Apostles in a boat. Our Lord holds the rudder with the sails up, completely at ease and full of confidence as he looks ahead. Along with the Apostles, the Blessed Mother prays peacefully with her eyes fixed lovingly on her Son.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 17, 2021 | Apostles, Eli, Featured, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Samuel, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. John the Baptist, Sunday Scripture Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
Dr. Scott Hahn reflects on the Mass readings for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Readings:1 Samuel 3:3–10, 19Psalm 40:2, 4, 7–101 Corinthians 6:13–15, 17–20John 1:35–42 In the call of Samuel and of the first Apostles, today’s readings shed …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 17, 2020 | Apostles, Catholicism, Early Church, News, St Ignatius of Antioch, The Dispatch | 0 |
The second-century martyr bears witness to the early provenance of Catholic distinctives. […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Apostles, Evangelization, fishing, Fr. Edward Looney, Jesus, News, Spirituality, Wisconsin | 0 |
The parishes I serve in southern Door and Kewaunee counties in Wisconsin are surrounded by bodies of water. One is close to the Bay of Green Bay, off which, many of my parishioners live. The other is situated closer to Lake Michigan. In my two-plus yea…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 31, 2020 | Apostles, Blessed Trinity, Catholic Church, Featured, Gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, Pentecost, Saints, Sanctifying Grace, Scripture, Theological Virtues, virtues, witness | 0 |
“Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3). “Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage t…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2020 | Apostles, Between the Sundays, Confirmation, Dry bones, evangelize, Exodus, Ezekiel, Featured, Holy Spirit, Joel, Living the Faith, mission, Mount Sinai, News, Pentecost, Tower of Babel | 0 |
“The readings at the Vigil introduce us to the Holy Spirit and His mission through Old Testament typology and prophecy.” The Extended Vigil for Pentecost Many years ago while studying in Rome, I was able to attend an extended Vigil Mass for P…
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