Sep 30: Day by Day with Father Bill
SAINT JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (22) There are some things we must never do, as individuals or as a society, because they are always incompatible with love of God and neighbor. Such actions are so deeply flawed that they are always […]
Sep 29: Day by Day with Father Bill
SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (17) A Well-Formed Conscience Conscience is the voice of God resounding in the human heart, revealing the truth to us and calling us to do what is good while shunning what is evil. Conscience always requires serious attempts […]
Sep 28: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME I have provided the link for you to a wonderful Black American (Negro) Spiritual song: Hold Up the Light. Here are the lyrics. Chorus: Hold up the light (3X) all ye heaven bound soldiers, Hold up the light (2X), let your light shine round the world. Verse […]
Sep 27: Day by Day with Father Bill
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Come back to the Lord to be nourished by His Word and His Sacraments! The Lord calls to us in our hearts, The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me. (John 10:27) What about His promise: Anyone who eats my flesh […]
Sep 26: Day by Day with Father Bill
SATURDAY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (10) Some question whether it is appropriate for the Church to play a role in political life. However, the obligation to teach the moral truths that should shape our lives, including our public lives, is central […]
Sep 25: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (5) This statement highlights the role of the Church in the formation of conscience and the corresponding moral responsibility of each Catholic to hear, receive, and act upon the Church’s teaching in the lifelong task […]
Sep 27 Homily Connect: Sharing Our God Given Gifts
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 27, 2020 EZ 18:25-28, PHIL 2:1-11, 27A, MT 21:28-32 Scripture A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not, ‘but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to […]
Sep 24: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (2) The political realities of our nation present us with opportunities and challenges. We are a nation founded on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but the right to life itself is not fully protected, […]
Sep 23: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT PIUS PIETRELCINA, PRIEST -From Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility (1) As Pope Francis teaches, “An authentic faith…always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it. We love this magnificent planet on which God has […]
Sep 22: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN [Autumn is a] time of plenitude, a time of fulfillment in which the richness of nature become abundantly visible, but also a time in which nature points beyond itself by the fragility of its passing beauty…When I walked out I was overwhelmed by […]