We Are the Sowers

We Are the Sowers

By Fr. Angelo Anthony, C.PP.S. When we think of a farmer planting a field, we probably picture a big John Deere tractor moving through the field plowing and planting in calculated and cultivated rows. After hearing today’s Gospel, you might have thought to yourself,...
We Are the Sowers

Put Down Your Burden

By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. As I pray with and reflect on today’s Gospel passage, a persistent image keeps coming to mind. I keep imagining a crying toddler being swept up into the arms of her daddy. Maybe the child is crying because she got scared or because...
We Are the Sowers

All Love Flows from God

By Fr. James “Santiago” Gaynor, C.PP.S. As we observe the night sky of stars and moon, it is impossible to not believe in something and someone beyond planet Earth. As we observe the sun rise of a new day and how wonderfully the planet turned on its axis in the last...
We Are the Sowers

A Feast of Love

By Fr. Joe Uecker, C.PP.S. A feast of love! That’s what we celebrate today as we thank Jesus for pouring out his life blood for us. A feast of love! In our Litany of the Precious Blood, we pray: “Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness.” This could be...
What Are We Afraid Of?

What Are We Afraid Of?

By Deacon Greg Evers, C.PP.S. Our Gospel reading for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time calls on us to not be afraid. Jesus says, “Fear no one.” Hearing this small phrase reminded me of this past February when a group of Precious Blood members and Companions visited...
What Are We Afraid Of?

Justified by His Blood

By Fr. Joe Nassal, C.PP.S. At our recent provincial assembly in Indianapolis, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood hung a banner with the quote from St. Gaspar, our founder, chosen to be a focal point of our gathering. It urged us, “Do ordinary things with great...
Missionaries of the Precious Blood