Looking back with an “end-of-the-year” mind-set, what have we learned?

Well, the Realignment of Resources for Mission Committee, after a long two years of hard work, has presented to me their recommendations for our diocese.

The following reflections from the bishop cover the chapters we’ll be reading from the end of October through the end of November.

Add another layer of Scripture into your prayer life.

Synodality! This is one of Pope Francis’ favorite words.

Pope St. Paul VI, a great lover of Scripture, hoped for this increased usage of Scripture in the Mass.

It can be difficult to know where to begin. A few helpful tips for getting started.

Bishop Boyea invites us to enter into a closer relationship with the Lord through hearing him in the words of Scripture.

Here in the middle of July, we are going to take a break from Genesis, which we have just finished, and Exodus, which we will soon start.

How to prayerfully read Scripture with a child.

Welcome back to church!

What is meant by this word “prophet”?

When St. Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he signed off his letter with this reminder: “Our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh,” he says, “but against … the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”

The Vatican issued a document last summer, “The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelizing Mission of the Church.”

Writing about this is a bit unusual for me, but here goes.

Bishop Boyea invites us to enter into a closer relationship with the Lord through hearing him in the words of Scripture.

The dead one has risen!

Bishop Boyea invites you to join thousands of others in the diocese in our year-long reading of the Bible. Join anytime!

We are now well into the Bishop’s Year of the Bible, a moniker, by the way, which did not originate from me!

We are almost 10 months into this pandemic.

During this new liturgical year, Bishop Boyea invites us to enter into a closer relationship with the Lord through hearing him in the words of Scripture.

I LOVE THE BIBLE! It is not just a book or a library.

“We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.”

As I watch my parents ages, 91 and 90, it has occurred yet again to me that death is awaiting them.

As I write this column, we are in the midst of another unjustified death of a black man at the hands of a law enforcement officer.