Learning from Lazarus: what this Bible story can teach us about preparing for death
By Mark Schmidt Director of Respect Life/Social Justice In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the story of a man named
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Columns
Becoming more familiar with our stories and the church’s story
In his book “A Church On the Move,” Joe Paprocki says the church must abandon once and for all the
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Third Song of the Servant
April 9, 2017 PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION At the Procession with Palms Mt 21:1-11 Jesus enters Jerusalem At
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Doing violence in God’s name
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Walking in the footsteps of migrants
Recently I was given a unique opportunity to taste some of the bitter hardships endured by fellow human beings fleeing
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Suffering South Sudan
People are beginning to starve to death in South Sudan. The United Nations has formally declared that a state of
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Where There’s a Will There’s a Way
By Jeff Henderson Special to The Witness A recent poll indicated that less than half of all adults have a
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Love is both tolerant and intolerant
Every community, inevitably, has a value or set of values that it considers fundamental, some basic good which positions every
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Ripping off our blinders
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/-032617.cfm When our twin granddaughters were born almost 10 years ago, all eyes were on Ellie at just 2 pounds.
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The raising of Lazarus
April 2, 2017 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Ez 37:12-14 Them bones gonna rise … Ps 130:18 Out of the depths
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