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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection: Knowledge vs. wisdom By SISTER MARY McGLONE Recently, the NPR program “Science Friday” featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the springboard of all the cumulative knowledge we have. Today’s liturgy invites […]
THE WORD OF GOD THIS WEEK
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: It’s time to accept all God’s people By SISTER CAROL DEMPSEY When we peruse the Bible, especially the Hebrew Scriptures, we encounter narratives and poems describing the many hardships, struggles and injustices of biblical times. Nations and kingdoms rival one another. Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman empires […]
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31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: God asks to give are all to our vocation By SISTER MARY McGLONE How many times have you heard St. Paul bashed for what he says about women? Today’s selection from his first letter to the Thessalonians offers a very different take on Paul’s attitudes. Sandwiched between two readings […]
Gallery: About 120 enjoy annual Communion Brunch
The annual Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Communion Brunch was celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at Monarch Banquets in Yorkville. Nearly 120 were treated to a brunch that included scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, chicken, hats and broccoli, waffles homemade baked goods and more. The Rev. Jason Hage, pastor of Mary, Mother of Our Savior […]
CALL TO WORSHIP
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Today’s Scriptures call us to understand that all that we are, and all that we have belong to God. Our allegiance to government leaders and to civil and national law must be respected in light of what we believe as followers of Christ. We must promote the values of God’s […]
THE WORD OF GOD THIS WEEK
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Reflection: Jesus, and learning a lesson from Charlie Brown By SISTER MARY McGLONE The cartoon character Charlie Brown never ages and seems not to learn much either. Every fall since 1953, Lucy has been snatching away the football just before Charlie can kick it, leaving him sprawled on the ground, […]