March 11: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT God Is On Your Side: A Statement from Catholic Bishops on Protecting LGBT Youth As Catholic Bishops in the United States, we join with the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in our country. As we see in the Gospels, Jesus Christ taught love, […]
March 10: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT -from Pope Francis’ Ash Wednesday homily III. Once again, the word of God asks us to return to the Father, to return to Jesus. It also calls us to return to the Holy Spirit. The ashes on our head remind us that we are dust and to dust […]
March 9: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT -from Pope Francis’ Ash Wednesday homily II. We then need to return to Jesus, like the leper who, once cured, returned to give him thanks. Although ten had been healed, he was the only one saved, because he returned to Jesus. All of us have spiritual infirmities that […]
March 8: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT -from Pope Francis’ Ash Wednesday homily I. We can think of the prodigal son and realize that, for us too, it is time to return to the Father. Like that son, we too have forgotten the familiar scent of our home, we have squandered a precious inheritance on […]
March 6/7: Day by Day with Father Bill – Weekend Edition
with guest columnist Nadine Duncan, St. Mary Minister of Pastoral Care Last Sunday at the 9:45 am Mass, six wonderful people took the next step in the RCIA process through the Rite of Election and Continuing Call to Conversion. They now enter the Period of Purification and Enlightenment. This will be completed during the Easter […]
March 5: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT -from the Twitter feed of Gym for the Soul, reminding us that today and every day is a Compassion Day I choose to acknowledge my own sufferings – great and small – without becoming overwhelmed by this acknowledgement. I choose to allow myself to heal in so far as I […]
Homily Connect Mar 7: Anger & Forgiveness
“There is good anger and there is bad anger!” Scripture John 4:5-42 Once Upon a Time-On a Mountain A couple climbed a mountain and met a woman They were invited to sit down and ask her a question They asked about the meaning of life – she told them They asked for her recipe for […]
March 4: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT A Reflection on the Cross by Steve Stockman When you feel you are always one step behind You’re arriving for the just departed train When the slowest car on the road, it seems Is as the end of the passing lane Two twigs entwined By a piece […]
March 3: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA’S SUSCIPE* Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my intellect, and all my will – all that I have and possess. You gave it all to me: to you, Lord, I return it! All is yours, dispose of it according to your […]
March 2: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT -from The Wounded Healer by Fr Henri Nouwen The Christian way of life does not take away our loneliness; it protects and cherishes it as a precious gift. Sometimes it seems as if we do everything possible to avoid the painful confrontation with basic human loneliness, and allow […]