Readings (Year B) Job 7:1-4, 6-7Psalm 147:1-61 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23Mark 1:29-39 Reflection: Re-connect with God I grew up in Wisconsin about 45 minutes...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
In his book, The Rule of Peace: St. Benedict and the European Future (St. Bede’s Publications), the English writer Christopher Derrick writes, “Stress and...
Lucy Maud Montgomerys spunky heroine Anne of Green Gables famously uses the term “kindred spirits” to describe people with whom she quickly senses...
Readings (Year B) Deuteronomy 18:15-20Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-91 Corinthians 7:32-35Mark 1:21-28 Reflection: Like father, like son I left home when I was...
Good public schools; regular garbage pickup; well-maintained streets and water systems; police, fire, and EMS first responders: What’s not to like about...
When 2020 started, I thought it was going to be my year. Everything was lining up perfectly: I’d ride out the first few months of the year in a job I didn’t...
Readings (Year B) Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Reflection: Christian unity This past August, a colleague and I...
Readings (Year B) 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 101 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20John 1:35-42 Reflection: Images of God What is your image of God...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: Pre-cana required? My fiancé and I just got engaged, and he does not want to attend marriage...
When I was 10 years old, I had a fight with my mom. I don’t remember what it was about: It could have been any of the thousand little battles that happen daily...
