August 17, 2026

August 17, 2026

Ezekiel 24:15-24: Ezekiel’s wife died suddenly. He surrendered, even in his grief, to letting God use this tragedy to give a message to the people. God told him not to observe the mourning customs so important in his culture. Then, when the people asked him why, he...
August 16, 2026

August 16, 2026

Mission to Unity  Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 declares early the “catholicity” of the Church:   The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD…. these I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer…. for my house shall be called a house of prayer for...
August 15, 2026

August 15, 2026

A Sign in the Sky   The Life-giving Church  Revelation 11:19-12:10 invites imagination through its imagery. Tradition sees the “woman” as the Church. If we look at her as ministering as St. Paul understood ministry, then by helping to communicate God’s divine life to...
August 14, 2026

August 14, 2026

Catholics are not afraid to see and admit sin in the Church. Our history includes popes who were lechers and murderers, bishops who were warlords, and generations of priests ordained just for financial benefits. Eight percent of the original “college of bishops” sold...
August 13, 2026

August 13, 2026

Ezekiel 12:1-2 lays it out very simply: “You live in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear.” But generalities are useless. Specifically, how would this apply to our time?  At the inaugural convention of...
August 13, 2026

August 12, 2026

Ezekiel 9:1-22 tells the angel to mark as approved “all those who moan and groan over all the abominations that are practiced within Jerusalem.” What did Jesus consider “abominations”? The sin of the woman taken in adultery? The sin of the Samaritan, divorced five...