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God’s Initiative and Our Response
July 17, 2019
Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12; Matthew 11:25-27
Our readings today speak of revelation. In our first reading, God reveals himself to Moses through a burning bush. In our ...
Semana Eucarística: Una Experiencia de Fe y el Poder del Pueblo
July 9, 2019
We’re in the midst of our Semana Eucarística (Eucharistic Week) here at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Chicago. Each evening we have a three-hour service ...
What Makes a Great Nation?
July 4, 2019
Isaiah 58:6-11; Matthew 25:31-46
Earlier this week, people here in Chicago and throughout the country gathered to watch the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team in its World Cup ...
Letting go, leaving behind, and following Jesus
July 2, 2019
Our gospel reading yesterday morning should have sounded very familiar. It included the same gospel pericope we had a day earlier, except that this time it was the ...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski