Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. Jesus becomes the Temple. The cleansing of the Temple then, becomes our understanding of our relationship with Christ Jesus. The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, November 9, 2014.
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Ministering Beyond the Threshold
I ministered among people with HIV/AIDS for most of the first twenty years of my priesthood. My religious community never assigned me to such a ministry. I just happened to live at a point in history where I could not avoid being involved with people facing such a horrific illness. As I look back to those years, I would never have dreamed when I was ordained that a disease would become one of the major influences of my early priesthood. Continue reading
“Souls Awaiting the Christ”
Painting: Ronald Raab, CSC
Dear Believers in the Christ,
We celebrate the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed,
All Souls.
We buried nearly forty members of the Tri-Community this year.
We were called to deathbeds minutes before death.
We received phone calls even in the nighttime reporting death.
We carry within us the grief of those who have died this past year. Continue reading
Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. We remember all the dead this day. It is never easy to grieve in our society. We need to remember, to grieve those who have taught us to love. We will follow in Christ Jesus, death gives way to eternal life. Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, All Souls, November 2, 2014.
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Spirit of Holy Cross Award to Ed and Lea Zorn
Rev. Richard Warner, CSC, Superior General, presents the Spirit of Holy Cross Award to Ed and Lea Zorn
What a beautiful morning! Ed and Lea Zorn received the Spirit of Holy Cross Award at the 9:00am Mass today from our Superior General, Rev. Richard Warner, CSC. Lea and Ed were the only employees at Sacred Heart Church when we arrived in 1984. What a blessing to see them receive this award thirty years later. They are still so active in our community and I am so inspired by their 62 years of marriage. Blessings, Lea and Ed!
The Scriptures call us into the depths of God’s love for us. We are to love God beyond anything or anyone else on earth, with our entire hearts, with our very lives. We are also called to live that love in the world. The same love that claims us in God, we are to offer to other people. We are challenged to live beyond our negative attitudes or degrading thoughts. We are to love those who have less power than we do, widows and orphans, people who are hungry and without shelter. We are to replace our cultural power with the love of Christ for other people.
The charcoal drawing today is called, “The Searching Christ”. Jesus’ face turns to seek us out, to find us even when we believe we are unlovable. Jesus searches out after us, when we are lost among our own false opinions and self-sufficiency, among the fray of feeling left out, among our loved ones with whom we cannot reconcile. Jesus teaches us to love the Father and invites us to love people in our world. Jesus is the presence of hope within us, the attitude of non-violence and the new openness to all people.
Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THERE IS NO USUAL OPENING AND CLOSING from the station. This gospel is a summation of our faith, our year of belief in Christ Jesus, to pray and serve. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 26, 2014.
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“Nothing Else to Give”
Drawing by: Ronald Raab,CSC
I sketched this face in just a few minutes. The quick-draw reminds me that the details of many people in poverty are seldom known to most other people. This face also reminds me that society seldom cares for the detailed needs of such people, they are easily out of our sight and concern. People are often considered worth-less. This face says to me again that we all belong to God. We are called by God to give ourselves not only to God’s love and plan, but to live that love in our world where people are ignored and lost.
The title of this face tells us that we give from our need. We give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and we give to God what is God’s. For so many people, there is nothing left to give Caesar, but we give to God the essence of our lives, the poverty of our humanity. Our true worth comes from the image of Christ on our hearts. Our value does not come from the image of Caesar on a coin. God then, in mercy and love, takes care of our lives, our hearts and our future, in Christ Jesus.
Broken But Not Divided 