Spirituality

This resource will feature weekly Sunday Reflections based on the readings from Sacred Scripture written by Ted Wolgamot, Psy.D. The readings are found in those cycles common to the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, and most mainstream Protestant churches. It will also include a blog written by a guest, articles of interest in the spiritual world, and books that have been found to be of special import.

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Back to Business as Usual?

The Pope is back in Rome, and everything’s back to normal. Whew! Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives can go back to attacking each other, ignoring the poor, the unborn, the ...


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Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” Mk. 10:23   Here’s a trivia question for all you baseball fans: What was the ...


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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“ … what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” Mk 10:9 Listen to these heart-rending words of a 43-year-old mother: “’Are you trying to tell me that ...


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Sr. Rachel Bergschneider: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Here’s another reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is written by Sr. Rachel Bergschneider, OSB, pastoral associate at St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Peoria Heights, IL. ...

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How to Die with Dignity

Ron Flug, the husband of my friend and former newspaper colleague, Polly Flug, died several years ago of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. I’m somewhat familiar ...


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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off… if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off … if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it ...