Word of the Week Archives

August 9, 2001	Giving Our Gifts
	The Letter to the Hebrews reflects on the faith of Sarah and Abraham.

August 2, 2001	All Is Not Vanity
	Vanity is a pretty word with a somber meaning.

July 26, 2001	You Answered Me!
	Your prayer goes straight from your lips to God's heart.

July 19, 2001	Who Is My Neighbor?
	Compassion means literally that I have to share in the sufferings of others.

July 12, 2001	Who Is My Neighbor?
	Compassion means literally that I have to share in the sufferings of others.

July 5, 2001	'Follow Me'
	Today, Jesus continues to invite men and women to follow him.

June 28, 2001	Giving Witness
	But as Jesus already has returned to the Father, we must still be wary of the Prince of Darkness

June 21, 2001	Just Enough
	The need to identify with people from our past provides us with a connection and/or a foundation with life and times that often seem to fade with time.

June 14, 2001	Just Enough
	In Luke, Christ turns his disciple's request for dismissal into an invitation.

June 7, 2001	Triune God
	One aspect of God that can hardly be understood by the human mind is the reality that our God is a Triune God.

May 24, 2001	Being Set Free
	Helen was a wild child, just barely able to be controlled by her parents.

May 17, 2001	Peace of Christ
	As time passed, and a new generation came forward, the old ways were modified in favor of a new reality that was distinctly American.

May 10, 2001	'Love One Another'
	It is appropriate to speak of love this Sunday because it is also Mother's Day.

May 3, 2001	The Good Shepherd
	His care is so great that he has allowed us to live with him forever.

April 19, 2001	The Missing Twin
	When Jesus called the Twelve Apostles, he called brothers and best friends: Peter and his brother Andrew, James...

April 12, 2001	Resurrection Faith
	On Easter morning, the Gospel of John draws our attention to the empty tomb.

April 5, 2001	'The Stones Cry Out'
	There's a lot to cry about today! In an age when Catholic bashing is as popular as baseball, it's not just the stones that are crying out.

March 29, 2001	Only if We Ask
	Ask we must, and repent we must, because God will not take away from us the sins we want to keep.

March 22, 2001	The Silent Father
	We might well be losing sight of the father and what he suffered and what he had to endure.

March 15, 2001	The Mystery of Suffering
	We often want explanations, reasons why some things happen and other things do not.

March 8, 2001	Going Down the Mountain
	Our Catholic faith encourages us to practice detachment so that our hearts can be free from the imprisoning...

March 1, 2001	Journey in the Desert
	Our "desert temptations," I suggest, are the culture of advertising and the malls that dot the landscape. The promise is: You will fit in, you will be cool.

Feb. 22, 2001	Why Not Us?
	These days leading up to the lenten season challenge and impel us to proclaim and live the Good News through our words and actions.

Feb. 15, 2001	The Christian Way
	There are so many rules and guidelines to follow in any organized religion that it can even be difficult committing them all to memory.

Feb. 08, 2001	Whom Do You Trust?
	He tells us to be poor in spirit, which is trusting in God, and to live out the Beatitudes with trust in God.

Jan. 25, 2001	The Gift of Love
	In Washington, D.C., as in past years, people of faith got together to march against the 1973 ruling of the Supreme Court allowing abortion in this country.

Jan. 18, 2001	Rejoice in the Lord!
	"Imagine being present at Ezra's reading of the law as described in the Book of Nehemiah."

Jan. 11, 2001	The Real Bridegroom
	"Have you ever thought about the importance of a name? It is always interesting to observe expectant parents."

Jan. 4, 2001	Leave That Door Open
	"This is, in fact, a new way of being Church. A Church acknowledging its mistakes, repenting of them and moving on to spread the Gospel afresh."