“It’s the father of lies who tells humans they are not who they are: ‘Nobody wants you.’ ‘You are only a fetus, not a person.’ ‘You would be better off dead. It’s best for your family.'”
At Easter, Christ defeats the lies that ensnare us
The triumph of the cross: The hope of Holy Week
Master German painter Matthias Grunewald’s image is particularly poignant in these challenging pandemic days as we walk the via crucis.
Lent and pandemic: A place for everyone after this storm
“‘We are all in the same boat,’ Pope Francis reminded us. … We could perhaps point out that we are all in the same storm but not in the same boat. There are stronger boats and there are more fragile ones. We also see that sometimes those who are in the same boat try to throw others off it.”
Palm Sunday: The moral character of Jesus in movies that teach obedience
Movies are a storytelling medium that can be tools to teach an understanding of obedience and moral character to children, teens and adults.
Updated: Upcoming Lenten fish fries in the diocese
View the latest calendar of takeout and drive-thru parish fish fries.
Sunday Scripture reading: March 14, 2021
Fourth Sunday of Lent
First reading: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23
Second reading: Eph 2:4-10
Gospel: Jn 3:14-21
St. Joseph’s Day can have its cake — and meat with it too
St. Joseph’s Day, on March 19, is on a Friday in Lent, a day Catholics are required to abstain from meat.
Cardinal’s Lenten meditation: Jesus and his beatitudes are model to follow
“The beatitudes are the self-portrait of Jesus. He teaches by what he does,” the cardinal said March 5 during his Lenten meditation.