The Scripture readings from this reflection: Sirach 27: 4-7; Psalm 92: 2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 In our Gospel reading for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus is preaching to a large crowd who has come not only from across Judea, but...
“I have risen, and I am with you still. The Lord is truly risen, to Him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity.” That is the antiphon from the Mass during the day for the Sunday of the resurrection. On Easter morning, the Gospel, according to John, will speak...
Courtesy of Mercy Hospital Springfield In the last edition of The Mirror, I tried to shed light on the document outlining the guiding principles of a Catholic hospital, the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, commonly referred to as the...
What will you “do” for Lent? That is a thoroughly Catholic question. Although other denominations do follow Lent and it seems to be more and more popular among other denominations, Catholics are well entrenched in the practices of the 40 days of Lent. Lent conjures...
Did you know that each Catholic hospital is guided by directives of Catholic moral theology called the Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs)? These directives offer guidance on a host of issues regarding the morality of certain medical procedures, such as...
From Jan. 4-11, 2022, the Bishops of Episcopal Region IX, that is the Bishops of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri gathered at Prince of Peace Abbey, in California, for our annual retreat. Our retreat director was The Most Rev. Peter Sartain, Bishop Emeritus of...
By Anna Capizzi Galvez—Washington How can Catholics and Christians approach Lent this year in a fresh way? Two authors provided their insights on how to make Lent meaningful in 2022 —especially since this is the third Lent the Church will observe during the COVID-19...
Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside, CA From Jan. 4-11, 2022, the Bishops of Episcopal Region IX, that is the Bishops of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri gathered at Prince of Peace Abbey, in California, for our annual retreat. Our retreat director was The Most Rev....
The winter edition of Abbey Banner, published by St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, contains an edited article from the “Joint Message for the Protection of Creation,” issued by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, and the Archbishop of Canterbury...
We recently did something quite beautiful. As I said in the announcement for the recent Evangelization & Discipleship Summits, held Oct. 9 & 10 in Springfield and Cape Girardeau respectively, “We are at a critical moment in the Church of Southern...
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