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“So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17

Easter heralds a time of newness-the stone has been rolled away and the Risen Christ emerges with salvation for all! It is a time to cast away old grudges, past shames and well-worn hurts. It is a time to be and do that which is new. It is a time to revel in a God of mercy who forgives. Continue reading →

“Just like many dioceses do in the United States, you’re working in a community and with them-it’s a hand-in-glove relationship.” – Sister Janet Korn, CRS delegation to Kenya, speaking on CRS partnerships Sometimes serving our poorest brothers and sisters around the world means taking action in our own backyard. What begins as a journey to the farthest reaches of the globe may end closer to home than we might have originally thought. Continue reading →

For forty days we fasted. What did that mean? We denied ourselves something we enjoyed. We pushed aside something we might otherwise indulge upon. We resisted immediate satisfaction. We disciplined our impulses and our desires. We took something that may have defined us in some way and emptied ourselves of it, if only for a time. And why did we do this? So as to welcome in the stranger, the other, the downcast and the voiceless. What we denied ourselves this Lent became the source of hope and change for some of our poorest brothers and sisters around the world. Continue reading →

As we begin this joyous season of Easter, we hear these words of Jesus. How tempting it is to relegate this passage from John to the archives of history! But let us realize that they are as relevant now as they were 2,000 years ago-ours is a God of work, a God who is constantly creating anew in us and in our world, a God who beckons us to work alongside with our own skills and passions and dreams Continue reading →

The First Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death As we imagine this scene in our minds, perhaps we see chaos, mayhem, people pushing and pulling at each other, screaming and shouting. There is manipulation and bribery afoot, a good man about to be killed as a public spectacle, and the laws of the land stand in silence. Perhaps this scene seems far removed-something we may glimpse in the news, something that happens in faraway countries under foreign governments. Continue reading →

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We begin our journey with a mark on our forehead. It draws questions and stares from strangers, coworkers and neighbors. In a way, this practice is embarrassing! But before you wipe off your ashes, recall that they symbolize our sinfulness. By wearing these ashes today, we publicly acknowledge our human imperfection. Continue reading →

“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s needs.” -Acts 2:44–45 Continue reading →

Thoughts from Pope Francis “Where do I find hope? In the poor Jesus, Jesus who made himself poor for us. And you spoke of poverty. Poverty calls us to sow hope. This seems a bit difficult to understand. Continue reading →

Temptation is the Enemy’s way of tricking us into forgetting our own human dignity-Satan wants nothing more than for us to forget that we are uniquely made in the image and likeness of God, and that that same God loves us more than we can imagine. That’s why, in the Garden of Eden, Satan tempts Eve “to become like God.” Continue reading →