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Pope Francis reforms the Vatican Curia. Here's hoping he's not done.
… new plan , a 54-page document issued Saturday (March 19), is titled " Praedicate Evangelium " (Preach the Gospel). It replaces " Pastor Bonus " (Good Pastor), promulgated by St. John Paul II … organizational plan should be permanent, written in stone for the ages, rather than written in pencil so that it can be modified whenever necessary. On the contrary, Curia reform should be … relations with the political, social and cultural events that have marked and conditioned the preaching of the Gospel." It will also help local churches in the "process of inculturating the …
Multiplication
… O'Donnell. My thanks to Sister Mary Xavier McKenna D.C. for her guidance in correcting today’s Pencil Preaching column. Pat Marrin Today’s Gospel of the miracle of the loaves and fishes is also …
Shepherds watch
… begins within community and the circle of life. This reflection covers Christmas Eve and Day. Pencil Preaching will resume on Sunday with the Feast of the Holy Family.. …
Out on a limb
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching will be on the road from Nov. 17 to 21. Posts will resume on Monday, Nov. 22. … …
Teach us to pray
… Collegeville, MN) is a treasury of insight and inspiration I highly recommend to readers of Pencil Preaching. …
He spoke with authority
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching "They were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority" ( Luke … concepts or abstract ideas. He spoke from his experience and observations of people. His preaching was mostly stories describing ordinary life, the labor of farmers, fishermen, …
Pencil Preaching for Thursday, August 26, 2021
Present at the creation
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching … Peter, Paul, and Mary? … Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Matt 16:13-19 It … Love runs faster than authority and is the real foundation of the church. This very rough pencil sketch of the pre-institutional church is meant only to suggest that the church we …
The God of the living
… Pat Marrin … Pencil Preaching Tobit 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Mark 12:18-27 The Book of Tobit has elements of a popular …
Blind faith
… of the poor, the blind, the brokenhearted, the sinner. This is the joy of the Gospel. This Pencil Preaching is reprinted from 2015. …