LITURGY IN FOCUS

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Today, we hear three parables about God’s generous, all-encompassing love. Each parable proclaims that the Kingdom of God is filled with mercy, acceptance and patience. We are called to be discern God’s will, to grow into mature disciples and to open ourselves to the transformation to which God continually calls […]

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Stir up your goodness By SISTER MARY McGLONE Putin invades Ukraine. Athletes drug themselves to gain the advantage over competitors. People lash out against immigrants, calling them invaders and criminals. Kids gang up on a child just to make them cry or run away. Why do people do mean […]

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time About Jean Francois Millet’s artwork “The Gleaners” by Jean Francois Millet “Peasants Planning Potatoes” (Jean Francois Millet) “The Harvesters Resting” (Jean Francois Millet)  “The Angelus”  (Jean Francois Millet) “A peasant I was born, I peasant I will die” — The Art of Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875) Much of Millet’s art […]

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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: What do you live for? By SISTER MARY McGLONE “If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is […]