greetings are extended is: “I’m too blessed to be stressed.” It is without any doubt that the Lord’s blessings are bountifully abundant and new every day. There are times, however, when our patterns ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. The beatitudes in today’s Gospel are ...

I went to the New Strong’s Concise Concordance by Thomas Nelson Publishers to see how many times the word “blessed” was listed with accompanying scripture, and to my surprise there were 303 entries on ...

Pope Francis has suggested for the first time that people in same-sex unions could be blessed by Catholic priests on a “case-by-case” basis, a seeming reversal of previous statements. The Pope made ...