Jan 24, 2024 | Church, News, Serve
We honor our parents not because they give us what we want but because they represent our merciful God who gives us his loving and life-giving Spirit: What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an...
Jan 23, 2024 | Church, Know
Civic Responsibility Freedom (in temporal affairs) Truth (Holy Intransigence) and Charity (Holy Tolerance) Pursuing the Political Common Good Our Civic and Political Obligation One Party Politics A Voter’s Guide: Do We Need One? Choose a Spouse… a Parent Voter’s...
Dec 9, 2022 | Church, Love
Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of forgiving others: Jesus does not say, “Blessed are those who plot revenge.” He calls “blessed” those who forgive and do so “seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:22). We need to think of ourselves as an army of the forgiven. All...
Nov 11, 2022 | Church, Know
Returning to Sunday Obligation On the First Sunday of Advent, the dispensation from obligation to attend Mass on Sunday will be lifted in the Archdiocese of Chicago. While many people have returned to regular Sunday Mass attendance—our numbers at St. Mary of the...
Jul 3, 2022 | Church, Serve
The recent Supreme Court act to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is the answer to years of prayer and hard work. While the recent Supreme Court action still allows for abortion, it is just not a right protected by the Constitution. Now it will be up to each...
