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Pope sets day to honor, study, share the Bible

The newly established “Sunday of the Word of God” is an invitation to Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and faithful witness to God and his word, Pope Francis said.

Feb. 16: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s readings place us in the heart of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew’s Gospel. In these readings we encounter the beauty and the challenge of Jesus’ authentic teaching.

Feb. 9: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The opening lines of this Sunday’s reading from the prophet Isaiah plunge us into one of the most insistent motifs of the Bible: the obligation to care for the poor.

Feb. 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

With this beautiful feast the Christmas season takes its final bow. Only now does the Vatican take down its great creche that crowns St. Peter’s Square and, Queen Elizabeth waits until now to have the Christmas decorations removed from Buckingham Palace.

Jan. 26: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Years ago when I was a seminarian here in Chicago, I had an experience that I will never forget. It is tied into the powerful passage from the Prophet Isaiah found both in the first reading for this Sunday and in the Gospel selection from Matthew.

Jan. 19: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

The notion of vocation has evolved in Catholic parlance. Not long ago “having a vocation” meant being destined to become a priest or religious. A dramatic change came at the time of the Second Vatican Council.

Jan. 12: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

With this Sunday celebrating the baptism of Jesus, the church turns from the Christmas season to “Ordinary Time.” This is a long stretch of Sundays reflecting on the mission of Jesus until we reach Lent.

Jan. 5: Epiphany of the Lord

Sometimes being a Christian means moving against the tide. Judging from current political trends, maintaining a global perspective and seeking to transcend social and economic boundaries might be a Christian stance that is a lot less popular today. England has broken away from the European Economic Union. NATO seems to be a much less cohesive treaty organization than in the past. The United States appears, in some quarters at least, to be reluctant to get tangled in foreign affairs and welcome “strangers.”

Dec. 29: The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

In his painting “Rest on the Flight into Egypt,” artist Luc Olivier Merson depicts the Holy Family taking refuge in Egypt. The family is camped at night, with Mary and her child cradled in the arms of a sphinx and Joseph sleeping protectively next to a small fire and the tethered donkey that brought them here. (Egyptian Christians, by the way, believe that the Holy Family spent three years in their land, moving as refuges from place to place and sanctifying every part of the land they touched.)

Dec. 22: Fourth Sunday of Advent

My nephew and his wife are expecting a child at the end of February. Please God, this will be their first child to be born. Several months ago, they had suffered through a miscarriage, so this baby is awaited with intense joy and hope.
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