My friends, if you and I want to make a difference in Church and society, then we must grow more wheat so as to crowd out the weeds. In other words, we must overcome evil by good and hatred by love.

My friends, if you and I want to make a difference in Church and society, then we must grow more wheat so as to crowd out the weeds. In other words, we must overcome evil by good and hatred by love.

What is so beautiful about Bonaventure is that, amid the challenges he faced, he remained deeply committed to contemplation, to deep and sustained prayer.

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

Watch Archbishop William E. Lori celebrate the July 11-12 weekend Mass for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.

The point of Jesus’ parable is that God’s Word is always effective, but the degree to which we human beings accept his Word varies.

“The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower. All who come to him will have life forever.”

“Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.”

“Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.

“Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.”

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city’s police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job.
