July 12: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s Clowning in Rome In recent decades we have become particularly aware of the crucial importance of our relationship with nature. As long as we relate to the trees, the river, the mountains, the fields, and the oceans as properties to be manipulated by […]
Jul 12 Homily Connect: We have a mission
Scripture: Am 7:12-17 Eph 1:3-14 Mk 6:7-13 The Mass – Dismissals Our Choices Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. Go forth, the Mass is ended or Go in peace. Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. Latin Mass- Ite Missa est or Go – meaning the assembly is dismissed Our word […]
July 10/11: Day by Day with Father Bill – Weekend Edition
With guest columnist Mary Ann Otto, St. Mary Minister of Missionary Discipleship I BELIEVE IN… I was raised at a time when parents would dictate what radio stations and yes, vinyl records we would listen to in the general areas of our home. Thus, I was raised on country music from a young age and […]
July 9: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s A Cry for Mercy I just returned from a walk through the dark woods. It was cool and windy, but everything spoke of you. Everything: the clouds, the trees, the wet grass, the valley with its distant lights, the sound of the wind. They all […]
July 8: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME July by Henrietta Cordella Ray Sunshine and shadow play amid the trees In bosky groves, while from the vivid sky The sun’s gold arrows fleck the fields at noon, Where weary cattle to their slumber hie, How sweet the music of the purling rill, Trickling adown the […]
July 7: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME With the Lark by Charles Laurence Dunbar Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy, Chasing the troubles that fret and annoy; Darkness for sighing and daylight for song, – Cheery and chaste the strain, heartfelt and strong. All the night through, though I moan in the […]
July 6: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Dante Stewart’s Twitter Thread Christian faith would be so much healthier if we didn’t see our faith as a war to be won or people as enemies but as worlds to be explored and people to be loved. What if we saw our faith as joining […]
July 5: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv, Shepherd of the Diocese of Lexington, KY, offered this Opening Prayer at the Outreach 2021 LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference on Saturday, June 26. The Conference format was a webinar. All loving Creator, who reveal your power in mercy and compassion, look upon […]
Jul 4 Homily Connect: We Put People in Boxes
Scripture: Ez 2:2-5 2Cor 12:7-10 Mk 6:1-6 A Favorite The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins Boy with thick eyebrows rides skateboard with loud boom box My dad yells until her turns it down – He’s a little bit SCARY But I bet he kisses the cat and scratches her until she purrs Bus […]
July 2: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Prayer for Independence Day, the 245th Anniversary of our Nation’s Birth God, source of all freedom, this day is bright with the memory of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human being. Help us to continue a good work begun long […]