Opening the Word: Jesus is Lord

Timothy O’Malley prepares us for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time by reminding us that amid the chaos, to find our way to a safe harbor, we must cry out to the Lord. He writes: “Traditionally, the Church has often been described

Not all miracles happen instantaneously

Russell Shaw writes about the everyday, slow miracles we experience in our lives. He writes: “A friend asked me to write about miracles, taking as an example the events that brought him and his wife together in a happy marriage now in

Opening the Word: Suffering and sacrifice

For the eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes about how the death of John the Baptist invites Jesus to contemplate his own mission to give his life for the world. Violence is transformed by the love of the Word made