The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:07:31 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Faith: There is a hunger only God can feed /faith/columnists/item/25399-faith-there-is-a-hunger-only-god-can-feed /faith/columnists/item/25399-faith-there-is-a-hunger-only-god-can-feed

Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 18 (Year A) Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-59

What is the most important thing for human survival?

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fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) Fr. Scott Lewis Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:12:07 -0400
Living water of Jesus will satisfy our thirst /faith/columnists/item/24735-living-water-of-jesus-will-satisfy-our-thirst /faith/columnists/item/24735-living-water-of-jesus-will-satisfy-our-thirst

Growing up by the shores of one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, I never thought of water as a resource needing to be conserved, or an essential commodity over which people would fight wars.

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marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) Mary Marrocco Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:57:40 -0400
Living water can satisfy our deepest thirst /faith/columnists/item/24557-living-water-can-satisfy-our-deepest-thirst /faith/columnists/item/24557-living-water-can-satisfy-our-deepest-thirst

Third Sunday of Lent, March 19 (Year A) Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42

Doubt and fear are very powerful negative forces. All hope, joy, peace and faith flee before them.

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fr_scott@catholicregister.org (Fr. Scott Lewis, S.J) Fr. Scott Lewis Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:53:32 -0500
Nomadic African life dies of thirst /features/item/20898-nomadic-african-life-dies-of-thirst /features/item/20898-nomadic-african-life-dies-of-thirst

JIJIGA, ETHIOPIA - Nasri Yaseen Gourate is a young Somali man, husband and father, a hard worker with a voice among the men of his clan. But the most remarkable thing about Nasreen is that he is a Somali man with no cattle, no camels, no goats, no sheep. He sold them all.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Special Report from Africa Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:00:40 -0400