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I hope you enjoy this new weekly blog. I am sure we can get some good discussions going.
Here is a link to today’s readings. Have I shared with you my pet peeve before? It occurs all-to-often at sporting events during the playing of the National Anthem. The singer reaches the powerful high note at the words “O’er......
25 June, 2017No comment0 Likes
Here is a link to today’s readings. The Christian religion was known to its original followers as The Way. It is the way of a good life, the way of peace and justice, the way of mercy and compassion, the......
18 June, 20171 Comment1 Like
Here is a link to today’s readings. When I was a little boy, I was convinced that the term for cutting the grass was “lowing the mawn.” In my young mind, I imagined the “mawn” must be the grass, and......
11 June, 20173 Comments0 Likes
Here is a link to this week’s readings. A good friend of mine retired a few years back as Director of Religious Education (DRE) at her local parish. Having spent her career in the ministry of faith formation, retirement hit......
04 June, 20171 Comment1 Like
Here is a link to this week’s readings. A delightful story from this week involves Pope Francis teasing a nun he has known for years, named Mother Rosangela, in Genoa, Italy. Clearly full of love and friendship, the pope told......
28 May, 20172 Comments2 Likes
Here is a link the this Sunday’s readings. Has a particular Bible verse ever spoken so clearly to your heart that you understood exactly why this is called the Word of God? One such verse for me is Mark 5:36.......
21 May, 20171 Comment0 Likes
Here is a link to today’s readings. A papal homily this past week is making news. On Thursday, Pope Francis reminded his audience of an important theological concept known as the development of doctrine. Though the pope did not use......
14 May, 20171 Comment1 Like
Here is a link to today’s readings. Surveys have shown that three of the biggest influences on discerning a vocation to the priesthood are family support/encouragement, a priest-mentor, and being asked the simple question, “Have you thought about becoming a......
07 May, 20171 Comment0 Likes
Here is a link to this Sunday’s readings. In this third week of Easter, the Church is still celebrating the Resurrection of Christ with jubilation! As St. Augustine proclaimed, “We are Easter people and our song is Alleluia!” Two weeks......
30 April, 20171 Comment1 Like
Today is the Feast of Divine Mercy. Here is a link to today’s readings. Rooted recently in the revelations received by St. Faustina Kowalska in the 1930’s, the focus on God’s Mercy is certainly no innovation of the last century.......
23 April, 20172 Comments0 Likes
Happy Easter! Here is a link to this Sunday’s readings. Easter is a Eucharistic feast. It is THE Eucharistic feast. The Eucharist has no meaning apart from Easter, and Easter is only understood in the Eucharist. One of the most......
16 April, 20177 Comments1 Like
Today is Palm Sunday. Here is a link to the readings. In the beautiful, poetic hymn used by St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians, we read, “Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not......
09 April, 20171 Comment2 Likes
Kevin Dowd holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University and a master's in religious education from the former Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (IREPM) at Boston College. Currently, Kevin is a Ph.D. student in theology and education at Boston College in the School of Theology and Ministry. A member of St. John's Catholic Church in Worcester, Kevin also teaches Catholic Social Teaching at Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA as an adjunct professor in theology. Kevin speaks at various conferences throughout the U.S. on many topics, including his popular, "Using the Bully Pulpit: A Christian Ministerial Response to the Violence of Bullying in our Schools."