Faith

Attending Christ means tending to our humanity

marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:30:00 -0500

We humans need to be tended. Sheep are tended by a shepherd. Gardens are tended by a gardener. Even databases are tended by experts.

God's Word on Sunday: Compassion must be our guiding principle

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0500

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 14 (Year B) Leviticus 13:1-2, 45-46; Psalm 32; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45

Fear can be the most impenetrable barrier in the world, far surpassing any fortress or wall built by humans. Fear is strongest when people feel that their well-being and safety is being threatened.

‘Compassionate Communities’ look to create wider dialogue about death

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:10:38 -0400

Death has lived in the shadows and been discussed in whispers for a very long time.

Editorial: A test of compassion

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 05:49:04 -0400

As Montreal Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert quite rightly puts it, there is nothing complicated about how we should respond to a summer influx of asylum seekers at Quebec��Ƶapp southern border.

Love has no limits in true discipleship

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:26:03 -0500

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 19 (Year A) Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48

The Old and New Testaments speak with a unified voice on so many things.

In a new video, Pope Francis urges compassion for refugees, people on the margins

rns@catholicregister.org (Religion News Service) — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:00:00 -0500

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for greater compassion for refugees and marginalized people less than a week after President Trump ordered a temporary immigration ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Pope tells bishops to have compassion on those with failed marriages

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:00:00 -0500

VATICAN CITY - On Friday Pope Francis stopped by a formation course for bishops on the new marriage nullity process, telling attendees that as bishops, and now as local judges in annulment cases, they must pursue the truth, but never exclude those whose marriages have failed.

We are always our brother��Ƶapp keeper

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:31:44 -0400

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Sept. 25 (Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31)

The absence of love is indifference, and it is indifference that will bring our world low if we are not more heedful of divine law.

God��Ƶapp compassion shatters the hardened heart

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:35:31 -0400

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) June 19 (Zechariah 12:10-11; Psalm 63; Galatians 3:26-29; Luke 9:18-24)

Sometimes it takes an act of God to touch and move the human heart so that the tears can flow. Throughout history, up until this very day, people have often meted out countless acts of cruelty, injustice and unkindness towards one another. Leafing through history books, one could get the impression that history is written in blood. The worst part of it is the calloused and numbed consciences that seem unable or unwilling to acknowledge guilt or empathize with the pain of the victims.

God is near to all of us

fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) — Thu, 26 May 2016 11:18:18 -0400

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) June 5 (1 Kings 17:17-21a, 22-24; Psalm 30; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17)

Should we ever reproach God for human suffering? People have usually been reluctant to do so, and they spend a lot of effort try to vindicate God.