NEWS

16 Aug

In the Book of Proverbs, Wisdom is “she.”  Wisdom challenges us to use knowledge to build our house, to grow in understanding of what we know and...

09 Aug

Imagine that you were among the four hundred people who lived in Nazareth with Joseph, Mary and Jesus.  You have known Jesus since he was a boy learning...

02 Aug

Does Jesus sound a bit harsh? Was he condemning the people pursuing him because they wanted more bread and fish.  Or was he challenging them to understand...

26 Jul

As a result of their nomadic heritage, Semites , both Jews and Arabs, had a strong ethic of sharing food, drink and shelter with others, including strangers, ...

19 Jul

Jesus was well acquainted with sheep. Then, as now, herds of sheep were everywhere.  In countries like Israel and Jordan sheep have the right of way because...

11 Jul

We all want to be loved and affirmed, or at least to be like and accepted.  We definitely do not want to be ignored and rejected.  We will sometimes...

05 Jul

Many people want to be a prophet in our current age, particularly when the Power Ball and Mega Millions lotteries rise to hundreds of millions of dollars. ...

28 Jun

Many of us learned a valuable lesson in trust and faith from our parents or grandparents with a very simple demonstration. They told us to stand up straight in...

15 Jun

Ever since the first human being considered the possibility of life after death there have been speculations and theories about what such life would be....

08 Jun

"Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”  Jesus told two of his disciples, “Go into the city and a man will meet you,...

01 Jun

It is hard to be in many places in the world without seeing people of all generations using a cell phone to call or text or email someone on the other side of...

24 May

Our current Increased Offertory Program at Sts. Joseph and Paul reminds me of ways to be a better steward.  At a very young age in 1938 I learned...
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