The ‘month of the dead’ brings its own strange refreshment November 7, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized “The newness of life” encourages us to embrace all seasons of our time here and to open our minds, hearts and souls to Christ in everything that comes to us, because in all of it — the joyful and the painful and the uncertain — a kind of newness of life is revealed.
The beginning of the school year: Making all things new September 6, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools There are so many success stories and hard-working principals, faculties, parent groups and pastors who believe in the Good News of Catholic education and struggle to find fresh, creative ways to keep schools alive and flourishing!
Holiness is simple August 8, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary God is holy, and he is never outdone in generosity.
Listen, for heaven’s sake! March 1, 2024By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent To listen to Christ is not merely to obey, but to hear deeply, in the place where daily conversion can occur. In this declared “Year of Prayer,” it is not too much to consider that listening is very much a part of the act of prayer.
Sabbath: A blessing we should think about accepting May 23, 2023By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary If we must live purposeful lives (and most of us must, to some extent), then it seems absolutely essential for us to reclaim the idea of Sabbath rest if we are to feel peaceful, well-adjusted and — dare I say it — sane.
‘Annunciation’: Salvation and the words of the air March 23, 2023By Bishop Robert Reed OSV News Filed Under: Commentary In March, with Christmas now feeling well-behind us, we nevertheless touch it again, for on the 25th of this month we observe the Solemnity of the Annunciation as recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke.
