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God, our Creator and Redeemer, by the blood of your Son, you have brought all people near. Raise up faithful ministers, especially priests, brothers, and sisters for your Church; so that the world may see the fallen lifted up, the old made new, and all things brought to perfection through Him who is their origin, our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever. Amen.
Uniting our Hearts with the Heart of Jesus
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. For the past couple of weeks our Gospel passages has come from a section of Luke’s Gospel referred to as the Sermon on the Plains. Immediately after Luke’s account of the calling of the apostles, Jesus begins to form them and teach...
Brother Timothy Hemm, C.PP.S., 1947-2022
Brother Timothy Hemm, C.PP.S. August 31, 1947–February 21, 2022 Brother Timothy Hemm, C.PP.S., died at 10:20 p.m. on Monday, February 21, 2022, in the infirmary at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. He was 74. Brother Tim was born on August...
Looking Past the Sin that Divides Us
By Brother Brian Boyle, C.PP.S. I was walking down a street in Des Moines, Iowa, my home for 2 years in the 90’s. A gentlemen on the corner asked for a dollar. What’s a dollar? He needed it more than I do. I gave it to him. He said, “I will have this back to you next...
Who Do You Trust?
By Fr. Tim Knepper, C.PP.S. Before their 30 years together on The Tonight Show, Ed McMahon became the announcer for Johnny Carson on a game show called Who Do You Trust? At first it was set up as a husband-wife game show, but then changed to men and women paired...
A Dear Friend Remembered
He was brilliant, a prolific scholar and highly respected colleague. He was passionately committed to his academic work and his ministry—his work was unparalleled, his collaboration essential. And all of that was just in the introductory remarks. The death of Fr....