Families, please choose Catholic education
“School days, school days, dear old golden rule days,” so the song goes. If you stop at a J.C. Penney, [...]
New translation opportunity to reflect on Holy Sacrifice of Mass
There are a couple of sayings: “It’s like taking coal to Newcastle” or “It’s like preaching to the choir,” which [...]
Weekly Eucharist: Perfect exercise for practicing Catholics
As I mentioned before, the experience of an entire Lent on Patmos Island without full participation in the Eucharist provided [...]
The paschal mystery: A community empowered
Let me tell you, spending virtually this year’s entire season of Lent on the Greek Isle of Patmos, in an [...]
Appointment of Bishop-designate Hying tribute to local church
Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI honored the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with the selection of Fr. Don Hying as the [...]
Celebrate, experience gifts of the Holy Spirit
“Beloved: Although you have not seen Jesus Christ you love him; even though you do not see him now yet [...]
Christians cannot ignore community’s pain
We live in a violent world. Terrorism intimidates society’s citizens. The fear of random violence forces us to change our [...]
Blessed John Paul II’s vision still inspires
At times when I preside at a ceremony in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, I am seated in the cathedra, the archbishop’s chair. The chair faces the northern wall and I often look at the faces of my predecessors. It strikes me that at some time in the future, my face will occupy a spot on the wall. I can almost hear the voices of the little children saying, “Mommy, who’s that?”
It’s quite sobering to realize that history will view the years of my episcopacy and offer judgments as to its effectiveness. I can only pray that I do whatever God wants during my time as an archbishop and that in the end, I assisted the archdiocese and its people toward holiness.
John Paul II presided over the church for more than 26 years. He now belongs to history, but the affection and admiration for this pontiff remains. Sunday, May 1 was Divine Mercy Sunday. More than 1 million people gathered in Rome at St. Peter’s Basilica to celebrate the beatification of Pope John Paul II.
Trouble loving your enemies? Try praying for them
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to [...]
Journey with Jesus this Holy Week
Holy Week is the most sacred part of the entire liturgical year. Encapsulated within that week is the fulfillment of the mission given to the Son of God. The sacred seems to overflow the boundaries established by the secular.
During Holy Week television channels will play “The Ten Commandments,” “The King of Kings,” “Jesus of Nazareth,” as a reminder that there just may be something more to life than the here and now.
Jesus warned us that he would be rejected by the world. As St. John stated in his Gospel, he came into the world and the world did not know him. The beauty of this week is the depiction of the Passion. The suffering of Jesus offered to God the Father for us so that our sins might be forgiven in and through his sacrifice.