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Called Not to Be Served but to Serve
(OSV News) – Pope Francis’ most recent encounter with mortality has captured the world’s attention. As of this writing, he remains in the hospital fighting double pneumonia with a “reserved” […]
(OSV News) – Pope Francis’ most recent encounter with mortality has captured the world’s attention. As of this writing, he remains in the hospital fighting double pneumonia with a “reserved” […]
First Sunday of Lent The Book of Deuteronomy provides the first reading for this First Sunday of Lent. Deuteronomy recalls the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt, where they had […]
I am a compliment-er by nature. Giving sincere, spontaneous compliments feels as comfortable to me as remarking on the weather – and brings me more joy. In high school, friends […]
(OSV NEWS) – So, a random guy walks into a bar. No, this isn’t the beginning of a joke. For me, it’s a Lenten meditation. A friend of mine tends […]
I had the privilege of participating as an elected delegate in the two sessions of the Synod of Bishops on synodality in Rome. At the forefront of our conversations during those […]
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Sirach is the source of the first reading. Sirach does not appear in the King James Version of the Bible – the translation […]
(OSV News) – Ask any parent who launched their child only to have them return home – or encouraged them through rehab only to watch them relapse. Ask any adult […]
(OSV News) – Praying for vocations usually means praying for more priests. That’s a good and necessary effort, of course, because without priests, there is no Eucharist. But there’s another […]
(OSV News) – One evening, after dinner at a conference in California, their stomachs filled with good food and better wine, a group of mathematicians and physicists went for a […]
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The First Book of Samuel supplies the first reading this weekend. Originally, this book and its companion, the Second Book of Samuel, were combined in […]
Not to lay a guilt trip on you, but those good intentions with which you began 2025, how are you doing with them? Are you continuing to work out at […]
At a recent Sunday Mass, our curious kindergartener leaned over to me and asked why we trace a small cross on our forehead, lips, and heart as the Gospel is […]