Rending Our Hearts
By Fr. Joe Nassal, C.PP.S. On Ash Wednesday, the prophet Joel proclaims, “Rend your hearts, not your garments.” Rending means tearing, as when the psalmist prayed for God to rend the heavens and come down to earth. Or, in Mark’s Gospel when Jesus steps out of the...
Look for the Face of Jesus
By Deacon Greg Evers, C.PP.S. “Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy.” What does it mean to be holy like God? There are certainly a number of ways in which one can live out this call. On a fundamental level, this is what we are called to do as baptized Christian...
We Do Not have to Go It Alone
A New Year’s message from our provincial director, Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. I am not one of them, but I have heard about people making New Year’s resolutions. Usually, these are cast in the first person: I will quit smoking. I will learn a new skill. I am here with...
Fr. Joe Nassal: Radiant Dawn, Epiphany
In the first reading for the feast of Epiphany, the prophet Isaiah describes a scene: “Darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples.”
A Saint’s Sibling
A message from our Provincial Director Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S., on the Feast of the Epiphany We often tell the story of our founder, St. Gaspar del Bufalo, that he was born on the Feast of the Epiphany in Rome on January 6, 1786. That’s how he got his name, Gaspar...
The Miracle Presented Anew
By Fr. Jeff Kirch, C.PP.S., Provincial Director On behalf of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, serving the people of God around the world, I would like to wish you and your family a very merry and blessed Christmas. “All around the world” has been on my mind....
Fr. Joe Nassal: When Joseph Awoke-Advent 4a
What is often perceived as a simple story of generosity is really a stinging indictment of economic imbalance.
Fr. Joe Nassal: Waiting in Joyful Hope-Advent 3a
What is often perceived as a simple story of generosity is really a stinging indictment of economic imbalance.
Fr. Joe Nassal: Snake Charmers and Street Preachers-Advent 2a
What is often perceived as a simple story of generosity is really a stinging indictment of economic imbalance.
Volunteer Commitment Is Transformative Experience
“It amazes me that what started as a six-month commitment as a volunteer on the Navajo reservation has become a formative, transformative experience and way of looking at the world.”
St. Gaspar, a Child of the Magi
By Fr. Ben Berinti, C.PP.S. As we celebrate the feast day of our founder, St. Gaspar del Bufalo, the Missionaries in this country do so, for the first time, as the United States Province. That should give us a jolt of energy, since this is our invitation to rebirth,...
Answering Immigration’s Clarion Call
By Fr. David Matz, C.PP.S. Having celebrated the formation of the United States Province last June at the electoral assembly last June, several of us on the Justice and Peace committee heard a clarion call from Assembly attendees asking why we were not down on the...