The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Look Who’s Reading . . . Lisa Hendey Look who’s reading Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story! Lisa Hendey: “Nancy provides an enjoyable template for the challenge of evangelization.” Sharing Your Faith Story – the movie! Kevin Luskus has a heart for evangelization and produced a YouTube video, Sharing Your Faith Story, to demonstrate...
Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalms117:1-2; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 12:49-53 There are a few themes this weekend. The new kingdom, ushered in by Jesus’s life, death and resurrection, is open and to be announced to all people of every nation. God excludes no one who is open to him. The question comes, are we open and willing...
Wisdom 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:35-40 When I look at the worldwide church that Jesus founded and know some of our Jewish Christian roots, I am amazed. There is some unity of belief and at the same time a lot of splits and confusion. In the first 500 years there needed to be...
Genesis 18:20-32; Psalms 138:1-3, 6-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 Is Jesus knocking on the “door of our heart”? There are several themes that one could follow with this week’s scriptures. I want to limit myself as not to be too long. The major difference between God relating to the Hebrews in the Old Testament and...
Give Up Worry Wednesdays: Day 43 What Are You Looking For? Would you be surprised to learn that your desire for peace is actually a quest for something much larger? When we seek peace, we are in reality seeking God. Friars Corner: Praise and exult Christ our King We can joyfully journey with Jesus...
Featured on NewEvangelizers.com Around the Year with the von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta von Trapp is surprisingly upbeat and joyful, especially when we recall that The Sound of Music ends with the von Trapp troupe fleeing their beloved Austria. The 1965 American musical drama ends by highlighting the danger the family averted by escaping with only what they wore — and what...