Daily Archives: June 26, 2014

Active Participation

Warm noon-day sunshine streams in through gothic windows, creating a glow in the nave of a church still heavy with incense from the previous Mass. The high altar, dressed in white for Corpus Christi, is ablaze with candles: in addition … Continue reading

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Transforming daily duty into a “work of art for God”.

Today’s Gospel reading at Holy Mass: Matthew 7:21-29 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many … Continue reading

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Synod document cites cultural and economic threats to family

from The Catholic Herald by Francis Rocca   The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a “widespread cultural, … Continue reading

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