Hope in the Lord — My friend, Bishop Choby
by“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” Hebrews 5:6 Melchizedek was that mysterious priest who first appears in the 14th…
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Hope in the Lord – The leaping water of Pentecost
by“This is a new kind of water, a living, leaping water, welling up for those who are worthy…. Like a dry tree which puts…
Hope in the Lord — Silence and dialogue
byTo listen first requires one to be silent. That is a lesson from a 2010 homily by Pope Benedict XVI: “Let us not fear…
Hope in the Lord — Jury duty
byWhile most of Louisville and a good deal of the world are using these two weeks to prepare for those famous two minutes celebrated…
Hope in the Lord — A model of service
byBy Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz Pope Francis has touched the Catholic imagination by humbly washing and kissing the feet of those he serves. “As…
Hope in the Lord — Receive ashes humbly
byA little smudge of dirt on the forehead has great attraction in our age! Almost magnetically people come to church on Ash Wednesday. Rivaling…
Hope in the Lord — Vibrant Catholic faith in Vietnam – my homily
byFollowing is a homily I gave during my Jan. 24 to 30 visit to Vietnam as a representative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic…
Hope in the Lord — Imparting the breath of life
byThe month of January is one in which we recall in a special way the gift of human life and the need to protect…
Hope in the Lord — A seminarian visited every parish in 2016
by“How many of the 110 parishes in the Archdiocese did the seminarians end up visiting in 2016?” I asked our Vocation Director, Father Michael…
Hope in the Lord — Anticipation and the days before Christmas
byChristmas is almost here! Like a child who can’t wait for the sun to rise and shine light on her Christmas presents, so my…