• Commentary

    Stop Worrying and Just Thank God

    Tip of the Day:  Listen to Hallelujah   Bible Readings for Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Reflection of the Day: Periodically it’s worth taking time off from complaining about trials and tribulations, worrying about problems and asking for things we think we need. God gets tired and so do we.  Both God and we need a break.  Now mind you, complaining, worrying and asking are legit – and we better do them a lot, but not incessantly. Reflect on one or two good things that have happened to you recently – even if you are generally going through a bad time. Say a simple thank you God and…

  • Commentary

    Announcing Jesus Coming to Mary – Take a Break from Lenten Practices

    Tip of the Day: What’s the Lenten practice this year that’s the hardest for you: Hanging with God, Discipline or Helping Others?  Don’t worry about it today.  Today, you can take a break from it.  It will give you renewed incentive to begin again tomorrow for the second half of Lent.   Bible Readings for the Fest of the Annunciation on Saturday of the Third Week of Lent    Reflection of the Day:           No reflection today – I’m taking my mid-Lent break also!   

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    Love Your Neighbor As Yourself

    Tip of the Day:      Think of somebody in a difficult situation – maybe a neighbor, maybe a relative, maybe a stranger whom you pass on the sidewalk or by the side of the road. Don’t just walk by today or put off reaching out until tomorrow.  Reach out as you would like to be helped if you were in that difficulty situation.    Verse of the Day:      Bible Readings for Friday of the Third Week of Lent   Reflection of the Day:     We religious people, many times, make religion too complicated.  It’s good that God bursts through and calls us back to basics: Love God a…

  • JustLove,  Protecting & Nurturing Children & Youth,  Supporting the Physically & Emotionally Challenged

    Remembering International Down’s Syndrome Day & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

    On this week’s JustLove episode, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Katie Driscoll, Founder of Changing the Face of Beauty and Kristy Chau, Education Director of the Kennedy Child Study Center, a Catholic Charities affiliated agency. On the show, Katie Driscoll discusses with Monsignor her founding of Changing the Face of Beauty, its successes so far, and what her hopes are for the future of including people with differing abilities in all facets of the mainstream media.  Msgr. Sullivan and Kristy will be discussing her work at the Kennedy Child Study Center, where she directs all activities at 16 classrooms serving the developmentally disabled, ensuring that each student receives an education that is appropriate for his or…

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    Focus on God and NOT on You

    Tip of the day: Take 15 minutes to read the Bible today.  In the first 5 minutes read both Jeremiah 7:23-28 and Luke 11:14-23. In the next 5 minutes pick one verse that strikes you and think about it the last 5 minutes to figure out one concrete way you will follow up on that verse.   Verse of the day:            Bible Readings for Thursday of the Third Week of Lent   Reflection of the day: Thanks to the printing press the Bible became the all-time bestseller. I haven’t yet seen the comps on the e-version or social media fronts. It’s o.k. that the Bible doesn’t top Beyonce’s prego…