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Fifth Sunday of Lent – Do Not Judge
Gospel: John 8:1-11 (excerpt)Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, and he sat down and taught them.Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery They said to him,“Teacher, this woman was caught committing adultery.Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them,“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.And in response, they went away one by one,So he…
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A Look at Religious Freedom in the Islamic World and a Look at Volunteerism for National Volunteers Week 2019
In this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about freedom in Islam and National Volunteer Week. Prof. Daniel Philpott, Ph.D. is a Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University and the author of the book “Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today.” Prof. Philpott talks about his finding is his book which examines the status of religious freedom in the world’s 47 Muslim majority countries, and where he sees the Islamic tradition containing “seeds of freedom” that are potentialities for developing a more robust understanding of religious freedom in the Islamic world in the future. Kara Cunnane…
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Fourth Sunday of Lent – Ambassadors of Reconciliation
Second reading: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Brothers and sisters: Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,…
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Opening Day in Baseball
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about theology and baseball and how sports can help us be better people. Dr. Carmen Nanko-Fernandez is both a Professor of Hispanic Theology and Ministry and Director of the Hispanic Theology and Ministry Program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Her theological research has concentrated on the connections between sports and theology – and particularly baseball. Dr. Carmen is also a life-long New York Yankee’s fan and shares a bit about those connections between baseball and theology, how baseball follows a rhythm much like the Liturgical Calendar, and some highlights from her upcoming book on the life of legendary…
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Third Sunday of Lent – What’s in a name?
First Reading: Exodus 3: 13-15 Moses said to God, “But when I go to the Israelitesand say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?”God replied, “I am who am.”Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites:I AM sent me to you.” God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the Israelites:The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob,has sent me to you. “This is my name forever;thus am I to be remembered through all generations.” What’s…
