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Beloved lepers
… and delay, God will not disappoint. This is the joy of the Gospel. … Farewell Postscript … Pencil Preaching was a habit that began with the Scriptures of the day. The Word of God is a potent …
Stay on the rocks
… state. By tradition, Peter and Paul both suffered rejection and ignominious deaths in Rome for preaching the Gospel of mercy. It was for this that they proved to be the perfect leaders and … about divine mercy? … Note … Tomorrow’s column for Friday, June 30, 2023, will be the last Pencil Preaching post. For more news about Pat Marrin’s retirement, please see the previous three …
Who is telling the truth?
… we make visible the face of God. What an intimate opportunity this is for every one of us! … Pencil Postscript … I am writing to NCR readers of Pencil Preaching to announce my retirement. Age, energy, and freedom to focus on the “Francis” comic …
The narrow gate
… and real, and your very being will proclaim the Gospel, nothing more and nothing less. … Pencil Postscript … I am writing to NCR readers of Pencil Preaching to announce my retirement. Age, energy, and freedom to focus on the “Francis” comic …
We are the Body of Christ
… Pat Marrin … Author’s note: … I will be on the road during the coming week. Pencil Preaching will resume on Sunday, May 7. Thank you. Pat Marrin ----------- "Unless you eat …
Welcome to NCR's new website
… plus NCR editorials and letters to the editor; In … Spirituality … : Pat Marrin's daily Pencil Preaching reflections; weekly Scripture for Life; Sunday Resources; Soul Seeing and other …
We can forgive
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching will take a short break after this column. Be back later in July. … “The …
Say what you hear
… … "The Father and I are one” (John 10:30). Acts 11:19-26 ; Jn 10:22-30 I have been writing Pencil Preaching for 10 years, more than three trips around the three-year cycles of the Lectionary and …
Rainbow Connection
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching “God did not send his Son to condemn the world, but that the world might be … in fact, had executed Jesus. In today’s passage, the Sanhedrin has jailed the Apostles for preaching about Jesus in the temple, but when the guards went to fetch them for trial, the jail …
Saying goodbye to Fr. Catoir, family friend and St. Jude Media Ministry founder
… on April 7 at the age of 90. When I think of Father John the priest I see him in his vestments preaching a sermon on joy. When I think of the man, I see him sitting between my mother and father laughing with a pencil in his hand as the three holiest Catholics I knew wrestled with mysterious clues. In Fr. …