March 21, 2023
Bishop Scharfenberger
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Seeking the face of God
The recent violence in Israel represents a new eruption of the venom of rivalry and distrust that has been injected into relationships between Jews and Palestinians, festering for decades.
The recent violence in Israel represents a new eruption of the venom of rivalry and distrust that has been injected into relationships between Jews and Palestinians, festering for decades. It is iconic of the fall of humanity from grace.
Human formation for seminarians
At the very center of all human formation for anyone seeking to be ordained is the spiritual life.
At the very center of all human formation for anyone seeking to be ordained is the spiritual life.
Plaid-shirt theology
It does not take a world-acclaimed philosopher to teach us we are beloved children of God, destined for eternal happiness.
It does not take a world-acclaimed philosopher to teach us we are beloved children of God, destined for eternal happiness.
Trusting God to be God
Jesus takes the punishment that we deserved so that we can have the reward that he deserved.
Jesus takes the punishment that we deserved so that we can have the reward that he deserved.
Keep spreading the word
Our commission is to lift one another up to the God who saves.
Our commission is to lift one another up to the God who saves.
Come (Holy Spirit) again?
Open your hearts to the Holy Spirit and what the inspired Scriptures contain, and receive the message even if it means something will have to change in your life.
Open your hearts to the Holy Spirit and what the inspired Scriptures contain, and receive the message even if it means something will have to change in your life.
Lifting up our loved ones
The message of Jesus on the cross — a God who dies for us — reminds us that no matter how far we have fallen or been cast down, he is there to meet us, embrace us and lift us up.
The message of Jesus on the cross — a God who dies for us — reminds us that no matter how far we have fallen or been cast down, he is there to meet us, embrace us and lift us up.
‘Be reasonable: See it my way’
The way to heaven is want to what God wants for us. To see what God sees in us and what we may become.
The way to heaven is to want what God wants for us. To see what God sees in us and what we may become.
The sins of the fathers
Anyone wounded by the ravages sown by those in league with the Evil One, can come to the source of all true love, peace and healing, Jesus himself, in the sacramental life he offers in his Church.
Anyone wounded by the ravages sown by those in league with the Evil One, can come to the source of all true love, peace and healing, Jesus himself, in the sacramental life he offers in his Church.
Going with the pain
Suffering can be united with the cross of Christ and turned into an occasion of grace.
Suffering can be united with the cross of Christ and turned into an occasion of grace.
As bread is broken
We can learn and grow together, walking the walk with the hungry, homeless and marginalized. This is how bread is broken and shared, as Jesus does with us.
We can learn and grow together, walking the walk with the hungry, homeless and marginalized. This is how bread is broken and shared, as Jesus does with us.
A Father’s pride and joy
It is God who invented us, not we who invent God, and that is why we yearn for that Father-love.
It is God who invented us, not we who invent God, and that is why we yearn for that Father-love.
The Thomas in all of us
In many ways, Thomas is very much one of us or our contemporaries. He takes the scientific approach — the real scientific approach, not politicized or filtered through some ideological
In many ways, Thomas is very much one of us or our contemporaries. He takes the scientific approach — the real scientific approach, not politicized or filtered through some ideological
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