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REFLECTION: YOU ARE GIFTED:
Posted by Bob Herz on 11/03/13
We are used to hearing the term "gifted" applied to people of exceptional ability or talent. Yet each of us is gifted. Through God's grace, each of us has strengths, gifts, talents, and abilities without which the Body of Christ, the Church, is incomplete. This key dimension of stewardship—the ... Read More »
Stewardship Campaign & Update
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/29/13
REFLECTION: SPENDING TIME Stewardship of time is one of the three interlinked dimensions of our call to stewardship. Just as with our financial resources, we talk about spending time, saving time, and wasting time. But how well do we steward our time, or use it in a way that ... Read More »
Colbert Speech at Al Smith Dinner
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/18/13
Here is comedian Stephen Colbert's speech at the Alfred E. Smith Foundation dinner -- Colbert at Al Smith Dinner Also on the dais for the NYC event were Cardinal Edward Egan, Henry Kissinger, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and television anchors Scott Pelley and Maria Bartiromo. ... Read More »
More on Pope Francis & The Media: Why the media, and some Catholics, are STILL WRONG about Pope Francis
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/15/13
http://www.catholic.org/hf/faith/story.php?id=52761&wf=rsscol
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - When Jesus began his public ministry, he shook the Jewish world to its core. He reminded God's people that how we treat one another is more important than any label we wear. Now, Pope Francis is doing more of the same, reminding ... Read More »
Mons Yennock on The Pope Francis Interview
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/13/13
Twenty-eighth Sunday October 13, 2013
Pope Francis has taken the world by storm. The press cannot seem to get enough of him.
Ever since he stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s and uttered the words “buona sera” on the evening of his March 13 election, Pope Francis ... Read More »
A Big Heart Open to God: Pope Francis Interview
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/13/13
Here is the interview with the Pope referenced in Mons. Yennock's homily.
http://www.americamagazine.org/pope-interview
Key points -- I have the first question ready, but then I decide not to follow the script that I had prepared for myself, and I ask him point-blank: “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” ... Read More »
Today's reading
Posted by Bob Herz on 10/09/13