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"When Dorothy met her assassins on that rainy Saturday morning, she reached for her Bible saying, 'this is my only weapon'" -Sr. Judi Clemens speaking on Sr. Dorothy Stang
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"When Dorothy met her assassins on that rainy Saturday morning, she reached for her Bible saying, 'this is my only weapon'" -Sr. Judi Clemens speaking on Sr. Dorothy Stang
"Community is based on something much more than just me" -Fr. Stephen Thorne
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Community is based on something much more than just me" -Fr. Stephen Thorne
“So today is the day for everybody to stop worrying about what somebody else is doing and put yourself in check. Are you ready for when Jesus comes?” -Fr. Tony Ricard
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“So today is the day for everybody to stop worrying about what somebody else is doing and put yourself in check. Are you ready for when Jesus comes?” -Fr. Tony Ricard
"But this second letter...reminds Jesus's followers that the apocalypse hasn't happened yet, so the way they and we behave still matters here on earth. Our actions will reveal our commitment to the Gospel." -Katie Lacz on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"But this second letter...reminds Jesus's followers that the apocalypse hasn't happened yet, so the way they and we behave still matters here on earth. Our actions will reveal our commitment to the Gospel." -Katie Lacz on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
“God is not indifferent or silent before our plea. God is the one who does justice and does not forget.” -Cecilia Espinoza
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“God is not indifferent or silent before our plea. God is the one who does justice and does not forget.” -Cecilia Espinoza
"by perseverance you will save your life, not by insurance but by perseverance. And what does perseverance mean? It's simply this: hold on, hold out till the end because the Lord is coming." -Monsignor Raymond East
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"by perseverance you will save your life, not by insurance but by perseverance. And what does perseverance mean? It's simply this: hold on, hold out till the end because the Lord is coming." -Monsignor Raymond East
“this is the problem that Jesus seems to be addressing in the gospel, that things happen and we don't respond well to it...What would Jesus say he would like us to respond? Perseverance, he says.” -Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ on Luke 21:5-19
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“this is the problem that Jesus seems to be addressing in the gospel, that things happen and we don't respond well to it...What would Jesus say he would like us to respond? Perseverance, he says.” -Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ on Luke 21:5-19
“Perseverance does not mean passive submission to difficulties. It means making something glorious out of problems.” -Fr. Emmanuel Ochigbo
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Perseverance does not mean passive submission to difficulties. It means making something glorious out of problems.” -Fr. Emmanuel Ochigbo
“the events predicted in today's reading happened long ago and will not happen next month. But if Christ's words still cause consternation...amplification of doubt and worry...I encourage you to re-read Jesus's reassuring words and trust their truth” Jean P. Kelly on Luke 21:5-19
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“the events predicted in today's reading happened long ago and will not happen next month. But if Christ's words still cause consternation...amplification of doubt and worry...I encourage you to re-read Jesus's reassuring words and trust their truth” Jean P. Kelly on Luke 21:5-19
“When the end comes...When that time comes don't worry about it if you have been communing with the Lord up until then, amen? Because the time is not a point in the future, it's right now. Right now. We are a people of the Kingdom today.” -Fr. Oscar Pratt
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“When the end comes...When that time comes don't worry about it if you have been communing with the Lord up until then, amen? Because the time is not a point in the future, it's right now. Right now. We are a people of the Kingdom today.” -Fr. Oscar Pratt
“So here Paul has another tradition. It's not a tradition about the second coming of Jesus or the Antichrist or anything like that. Here the tradition is if you're a Christian idleness is not an option for you.” -Brant Pitre on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
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St Paul and Idleness
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“So here Paul has another tradition. It's not a tradition about the second coming of Jesus or the Antichrist or anything like that. Here the tradition is if you're a Christian idleness is not an option for you.” -Brant Pitre on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
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“When you do authentic work of any kind, you are participating in God's ongoing creation and providence” -Bishop Robert Barron on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“When you do authentic work of any kind, you are participating in God's ongoing creation and providence” -Bishop Robert Barron on 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
“Jesus also has a perennial message, a simple but important message: we can plan as much as we like – it can be good to plan – but we also need to be prepared for whatever life might throw at us in the future, including what is wholly unexpected and unplanned” -Fr John O'Connor
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Jesus also has a perennial message, a simple but important message: we can plan as much as we like – it can be good to plan – but we also need to be prepared for whatever life might throw at us in the future, including what is wholly unexpected and unplanned” -Fr John O'Connor
“How then to perceive the light of God’s wisdom? We must first do so in humility, in receptive listening, allowing the idols of our fears and false certainties to be purified by God’s word. But that demands of us patience, a word derived from suffering.” -Fr Gregory Murphy
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“How then to perceive the light of God’s wisdom? We must first do so in humility, in receptive listening, allowing the idols of our fears and false certainties to be purified by God’s word. But that demands of us patience, a word derived from suffering.” -Fr Gregory Murphy
“if you listen carefully to what’s being said by Jesus today, while he is telling us of dramatic times to come, he is also constantly telling us not to fear them” -Fr Peter Hunter on Luke 21:5-19
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“if you listen carefully to what’s being said by Jesus today, while he is telling us of dramatic times to come, he is also constantly telling us not to fear them” -Fr Peter Hunter on Luke 21:5-19
“The pressure of the times proclaim the need to be faithful to the spirit of God’s Covenant with human kind. We require a heart of flesh and a law written right there. This, surely, is the Gospel of the Lord — the true Day of Judgment.” -Fr Giles Hibbert
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“The pressure of the times proclaim the need to be faithful to the spirit of God’s Covenant with human kind. We require a heart of flesh and a law written right there. This, surely, is the Gospel of the Lord — the true Day of Judgment.” -Fr Giles Hibbert
“So don't orient your life...in terms of the natural necessities. No, no, they're not ultimate. The God of Jesus Christ is ultimate.” -Bishop Robert Barron
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“So don't orient your life...in terms of the natural necessities. No, no, they're not ultimate. The God of Jesus Christ is ultimate.” -Bishop Robert Barron
“So Jesus offers us more than mere existence. He offers us life that is full, rich, abundant, and here and now.” -Judith Norris
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“So Jesus offers us more than mere existence. He offers us life that is full, rich, abundant, and here and now.” -Judith Norris
“It's the new world of your life lived now on the foundation of Jesus Christ, under the lordship of Jesus Christ, feed by the food of Jesus Christ. Will it cause a lot of struggles, earthquakes, famines? You bet, but that's just the birth pangs of a new world.” -Bishop Robert Barron
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
“It's the new world of your life lived now on the foundation of Jesus Christ, under the lordship of Jesus Christ, feed by the food of Jesus Christ. Will it cause a lot of struggles, earthquakes, famines? You bet, but that's just the birth pangs of a new world.” -Bishop Robert Barron
“Reorient your life in such a way that the ultimate good is God, then you will relate properly to all those other matters. But when they become god and when you stand bedazzled by them then your life is disordered.” -Bishop Robert Barron
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Reorient your life in such a way that the ultimate good is God, then you will relate properly to all those other matters. But when they become god and when you stand bedazzled by them then your life is disordered.” -Bishop Robert Barron
“Just like with us teachers, in order to put these noble intentions into action, we need plenty of reminders, both in word and in action, as well as follow-through, both with diligence and with kindness, to ourselves and others” -Steve Veryser
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“Just like with us teachers, in order to put these noble intentions into action, we need plenty of reminders, both in word and in action, as well as follow-through, both with diligence and with kindness, to ourselves and others” -Steve Veryser
“Lack of imminent danger causes us to think the world will go on forever, we will be in control, and maybe there isn’t even a “Last Day of Judgment.”” -Mary Ortwein
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Lack of imminent danger causes us to think the world will go on forever, we will be in control, and maybe there isn’t even a “Last Day of Judgment.”” -Mary Ortwein
“Apocalyptic writings use symbols to paint pictures of future events; and these pictures often generate fear in the mind of the readers. However, they are meant to encourage persecuted Christians that God is in control of history” -Fr. Lawrence Obilor
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
“Apocalyptic writings use symbols to paint pictures of future events; and these pictures often generate fear in the mind of the readers. However, they are meant to encourage persecuted Christians that God is in control of history” -Fr. Lawrence Obilor
“By serving those who face the greatest difficulties, we create a loving community, a New Earth, where all people are able to have dignified work to support their own sustenance, where no one is excluded. This is the important work that Jesus has called us to do” -Dave Kane
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“By serving those who face the greatest difficulties, we create a loving community, a New Earth, where all people are able to have dignified work to support their own sustenance, where no one is excluded. This is the important work that Jesus has called us to do” -Dave Kane
“Life is short. It can end in and instant. We need to take everything God gives us in life as a gift. Everything. And we’ve got to take everything that God lets happen to us in life as a blessing, an act of grace, regardless of what it is.” -Joseph LaCombe
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“Life is short. It can end in and instant. We need to take everything God gives us in life as a gift. Everything. And we’ve got to take everything that God lets happen to us in life as a blessing, an act of grace, regardless of what it is.” -Joseph LaCombe