Preaching the news

2 Jun 2013

Preaching the News for Sunday

Senator slips into Syria | Online money laundering site goes down | How to work out job conflicts over religion? | The view from the top isn’t pretty

Senator slips into Syria

During this Sunday’s Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we memorialize the suffering and sacrifice Jesus made in shedding his blood for the salvation of the world. While the people of Syria . . .

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Online money laundering site goes down

A few loaves of bread and a handful of fish are mysteriously transformed into a vast meal distributed to a hungry crowd of 5,000, we learn in this Sunday’s gospel reading. With the arrest . . .

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How to work out job conflicts over religion?

Jesus encouraged his followers to remember him in the breaking of the bread, Saint Paul reminded the community at Corinth in this Sunday’s second reading. Increasing numbers . . .

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The view from the top isn’t pretty

Abram is blessed “by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,” we are told in this Sunday’s first reading. This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Everest . . .

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Quote of the week

"This is the Bread of everlasting life which supports the substance of our soul."

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Fact of the week

Every U.S. president since Richard Nixon has faced a scandal in their second term, with most occurring in the fifth year of their administrations.

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