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Daring ‘rescue’ mission results in Dead Sea Scroll finds, other rare discoveries Biblical texts found during a multi-year Israeli expedition make headlines, but archaeologists are buzzing over an intact Stone-Age basket. ByKristin Romey Email The first Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in more than a half-century, and what is possibly the world’s oldest intact basket, were among the discoveries made during a multi-year effort to thwart looting in remote caves across the Judean Desert, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced this week.  In many instances, archaeologists have had...

John 2:13-25 Ironically, the clericalism of non-clerics can also include the insidious expectation that while "religious" people are expected to meet the high demands of the Gospel, ordinary people can be excused for capitulating to the demands of a dog-eat-dog, consumerist world. Such religious compartmentalization provoked Jesus' disgust with the temple of his day. Picturing the purification of the temple, we tend to concentrate on the whip, the animals and the frightened, fleeing money changers. But Jesus delivered his real message with that fatally misinterpreted line, "Destroy this templ...

Rediscovering Sunday as ‘the day of joy’ Share Sometimes, the joy busters of life get the better of me. When I feel that way, the Catholic Church beckons me to turn my attention toward Sunday. This is much more than the modern notion of “living” for the weekend. Tucked inside the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in the middle of a summary about the “Lord’s Day,” there is this tiny, yet powerful phrase describing Sundays as the day of joy. Sunday, the “Lord’s Day,” is the principal day for the celebration of the Eucharist because it is the day of the Resurrection. It is th...

Bishop Paprocki Reflects on the Recent Violent Capitol Lockdown 01/12/2021 at 11:51 AM Posted by Kevin Edward White The bishop of Springfield, Ill. considers the recent riots at the US Capitol posing critical questions that every Catholic should reflect upon during this crucial time. January 12, 2021 Editor’s Note: Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill. offered this homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on Jan. 10. It is reprinted here with permission. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Are you a follower of Christ or just an admirer of Christ? This distinction bet...

Our Lady of Grace Church You may have had one or more Covid tests and maybe even a rapid test. But all of us have been undergoing spiritual Covid testing whether we want it or not. For us who are Catholics, for the most part, we in this country have been dispensed from obligatory Sunday Mass attendance. What this means is that as Catholics we are required by church law to participate at Mass on all Sundays and Holy Days unless we are sick or are prevented from attending by other extenuating circumstances. This obligation has been temporarily lifted during this pandemic. There-in lies the tes...