Supplements

Commentary

Liz Quirin

• Make Good Habits Part of a Daily Routine
• A Most Precious Resource
• Being Christ to One Another
• Enlivening Spirits on Gray Days
• An Important Invitation
• Some Random Thoughts About Service
• Nurturing Young 'Dans' in Our Lives
• Aging Gracefully and Gratefully
• On Creating Holy Families
• Claim All of God's Children as Our Own
• Reflecting on Advent Opportunities
• Powerful People Must Remain Humble
• Young People Involved in Today's Church
• 'High Maintenance' People
• The Importance of a Cardboard Campout
• Fact-checkers Play Pivotal Role, Unfortunately
• Remembering 9/11
• A Time to Say Good-bye
• Remembering Religious on Their Anniversaries
• What Being 'Brother's Keepter' Means These Days
• Flag-Waving Ideals
• Being Part of the Body of Christ Not Always Easy
• Advice for Fathers on All Days
• Time to Live or Time to Kill
• Honor All Who Have Sacrificed
• Looking Forward With Faith
• A Road to Inner Peace
• Cards and Letters Meaningful
• Standing with the 'Least of These'
• A Reason to Smile, Just a Little
• A Few Questions for Your Lenten Journey
• Lent: An Interior Makeover for Life
• The Value and Dignity of Women at Any Age
• Look for a Year of Epiphanies in 2012
• Spreading a Bit of Christmas Cheer
• Traveling to Bethlehem with the Poor
• Starting a New Tradition
• More Than One Day Needed for Veterans
• Sharing Bounty at Harvest Time
• The List
• Troy Davis Is Dead; Do You Care?
• Remembering 9/11 on 9/12
• The Answer Is Unequivocally 'No'
• So Much Alike in Hoping, Dreaming
• Find a Little 'Extra' to Give Away
• Drawing Lines in the Sand for Children
• Look Close to Find the Heroes Among Us
• Professional Worriers Need Not Apply
• One Way to Deal With Self-Promoters
• Make Every Day an Important One
• Too Free With Someone Else's Work
• Driving Decisions
• Successful Bullies Can Make Behavior a Way of Life
• Praying with St. Francis de Sales
• Finding the 'Lagniappe' in Lent This Year
• On the Importance of Campus Ministers
• Open to a 'Mission' from God
• Two Wakes and a Baby Shower
• Finding the Face of Christ in Others
• The Magi as Guides of Gift-giving Traditions
• Reflecting on These November Days
• Images of the Homeless
• Becoming Part of the Communion of Saints
• Part of the Living Body of Christ
• On Being Out of Touch
• Starting a Conversation About Respect
• Seniors Need to Pass on Wisdom as They Age
• The Journey of an Authentic Person
• 'Love Your Neighbor' Means 'All' Your Neighbors
• Keeping Teachers in Our Prayers
• Elian Gonzalez at Home in Cuba 10 Years Later: Has Anything Changed?
• When Memory Fails
• Media Need to Step Up
• Remembering Memorial Day
• Time to Begin Intentional Healthy Living
• Taking a Closer Look at the 'Good Old Days'
• Sorting Through the Health Care Bill
• Dial Down the Threatening Talk
• Treating Everyone with Respect
• Believe and Trust That Lent Will End
• A Lent of Listening, Learning, Acting
• God, the People and the Catholic Press
• Ministering Until the End of the Day
• A New Member of the 'Communion of Saints'
• Merry Christmas George Bailey
• A Radical Kind of Hope Needed
• Thanksgiving Blessings by the Pound
• Children of God, One and All
• Faith Lost and Found in the Marketplace
• Shades of White and Grey
• The Office as Microcosm of Life
• Returning to Civilized Conversation
• Voices Raised for the Poor in Our Midst
• Glimpses of Holiness
• Understanding Faith in the Marketplace
• Living, Learning and Laughing With Family
• Working on a Watercooler Relationship
• Belated Happy Father's Day
• Learning to Live by a Moral Compass
• Help Wanted and Given - Free of Course
• 'Because I Said So'
• Memories of Camp Ondessonk
• 'Micro Chips,' Anyone?
• Friend, Can You Spae a Drink?
• CRS: Giving Hope in Times of Need
• Telling the Stories of Our Faith, Our Lives
• Let the Church Say Amen
• Living the Via Dolorosa
• Keeping The Messenger in Your Home
• Belonging to the Body of Christ
• Time for Some Christmas Enthusiasm
• 'Living the Spirit of Christmas
• At the Top of the News ...'
• A Grateful Time of Year
• Jesus' Political Affiliation
• 'Space' Crucial in Our Lives
• Thanking Guardian Angels on Their Feast Day
• Finances and the Infant of Prague
• A Time to Harvest
• Good to Celebrate Labor Day
• Saintly Devotions or 'Chain Mail'
• All About the Money
• Skinned Knees and Other Scars
• Life and the Stock Market
• Hot Enough to Give More Than Change
• Every Journey an Adventure
• Learning the Definition of Humility
• Depression in Rural Areas a Real Problem
• High School Memories of the Sisters
• Finding Community Wherever We Land
• Musings About One Particular Easter
• Of Dentures and Other Things
• Young People Belong to All of Us
• Catholic School Experience Can Change Lives
• Goals, Not Resolutions in New Year
• Christmas Memories - Old and New
• The 'Positives' of Christmas Preparations
• Finding Faith in Guatemala - Mine and Theirs
• 'Subprime' Characters on Their Way Out?
• First Days Always to Be Treasured
• Taking a Stand Against Violence
• Feeding the Birds Takes on New Meaning
• Health Care Quagmire: Enough to Make You Sick
• Ready for the First Day of School
• Taking a Journey of Hope

Father Roger Vermalen-Karban

• The Power of the Spirit
• The Presence of Jesus' Spirit
• The Gentile Church
• Resurrection Experience
• Surfacing God's Kingdom in Our Lives
• A Liberated People
• 'Morning After Morning ...'
• The Continuing Struggle
• A Too Generous God?
• Unique Frame of Mind
• Doing What God Wants
• Faith in Jesus Unifies
• 'Here I Am, Lord'
• Inheriting Prophets' Pain
• The Body of Christ
• Gifts of the Spirit
• Finding Out God's Plan for Us
• Magi: Unexpected Visitors
• Feast of the Holy Family Highlights Family Relationships
• Doing God's Work
• After the Christmas Season
• An Ongoing Process
• Building Proper Relationships
  The Unkingly King
• Revelation Message
• The Widow's Mite
• God and Neighbor
• Walking Behind Jesus
• Jesus Becomes One with Us
• God's Kingdom
• Bible's Evolving Morality
• Spirit of Vatican II
• Power Over God/Others
• 'First Misunderstander'
• Original Gospel Readers
• Biblical Salvation
• Scriptural Salvation
• A 'Wisdom Debate'
• Elijah's Wrong Direction
• Jesus' Frame of Mind
• An Internal Liberation
• Gospel Theologies
• More Powerlessness
• Powerless Prophets
• Immitating Jesus' Justice
• What God Calls Us to Do
• No Instant Results
• The Covenant Cup
• Surfacing God's Personality
• The Disturbing Spirit
• The Inclusive People
• 'Love'/'Like Difference
• Truth of Heresy?
• Preacher/Preached
• Recognizing Jesus
• Water and Blood
• The Easter Vigil Liturgy
• The Human Jesus
• The Seed and the Greeks
• The 'Realies' and the Fakes
• Jesus' Covenant
• 'Truly Timeless' Language
• One Hundred Eighty Degrees
• Keep It in the Present
• Excluding 'Chaos'
• Temptation of Security
• Jesus' First Miracle(s)
• Jonah's Problem with God
• Listen: God May Be Calling
• Matthew's Sledgehammer
• What Does God Expect of Us?
• God's Word Constantly Breaks into Our Lives
• Mysteries Unfold in Our Lives
• Recognizing Jesus - Still
• Something Big to Happen
• The Community's Gifts
• Becoming Other Christs
• Risk in Using Our Gifts
• Scripture's Afterlife
• Scriptural Authority
• Doing Good and Avoiding Evil
• Caesar's Coin Trumped
• The Three Questions
• God Controls Faith
• Knowledge and Experience
• Unfair Rule Changes?
• Control and Forgiveness
• Not Scriptural Quotes
• The Prophet's Complaint
• Glory to God and Jesus
• Jesus, the Reformer
• The God Who Stays
• God's Gifts Are Free
• The Wise Person
• God's Might and Lenience
• God's Powerful Word
• Faith 'Trajectories'
• 'Body of Christ' Theologies
• What's in a Name
• Shortcut to Baptism
• 'Ascension' Narratives
• The Spirit's Presence
• The 'Both-And' Approach
• Preacher to Preached
• 'In the Breaking of the Bread'
• The Jesus of Faith
• Heavenly Details
• Better Than Expected
• Heavenly Details
• Light in Darkness
• Surprisingly Free Gifts
• On the Road
• Original Sin
• Knowing and Doing
• Fear of Being Alone
• We and God: the 'Others'
• The Kingdom of God Now
• Emphasizing Uniqueness
• Wisdom or Nonsense
• The Unity of Baptism
• Experience of 'Failure'
• Becoming Other Christs
• Journey to Peace
• Remembering the Future
• Great-grandmother Ruth
• A Vindictive God?
• Jesus, the Pharisee
• Down-to-Earth Presence
• Scriptural 'Farewell Discourses'
• Hold Fast to Hope
• Naaman, the Syrian Leper
• A Mustard Seed Faith
• Imperiled Future
• Jesus' 'Hypocrites
• Ancient Cherubs
• Foreshadowing Abolition
• The 'Emily Post' Sections
• Noticing the Unexpected
• Our 'Anawim' Ancestors
• Faith: Burden or Trust?
• The Bible and Wealth
• A Special Relationship
• Beyond Cultural Limits
• Jelly-stained Morality
• The Two Jerusalems
• The 'Call Narratives'
• A New Creation
• Personal Relationship
• The Eucharistic Concept
• Questions and Answers
• The Spirit's Presence
• Jesus' Ascension
• The Gentile/Jewish Issue
• Love Destroys Control
• All Are Welcome
• Going Back to 'Work'
• Jesus' Imitators
• The Baptism Liturgy
• Identifying with Jesus' Humiliy
• God Acts in the Present
• The New Normal
• The Name of God
• The Role of Myths
• From 'He' to 'We'
• Gospel Beatitude Versions
• The 'Call' Narratives
• Unwelcome Prophets
• The 'Aha' Moments
• Jesus' Epiphanies
• A Joyful Experience
• Writing for Jewish Christians
• The Infancy Narratives
• Luke's Stellar Example
• The Advent Journey
• Not a History Lesson
• From Heaven to Earth
• Jesus as King
• Apocalyptic Writings
• Exhibit A: The Widow's Mite
• Saints Are the 'Other'
• The 'Disciple Arrives'
• The Times and the Vision
• The Kingdom of God
• Creation's Oneness
• The Spirit's Freedom
• Changing Environments
• A Listening Person
• Eucharistic Equality
• Identifying God's Laws
• Faith Is Not Static
• Practical Applications
• Enough Already
• Manna and Quail
• Feeding Narratives
• An Emphasis on Justice
• Real and False Prophets
• Gospel Changes
• 'Justice Is Undying'
• Calming the Storms
• Covenant Commitment
• Jesus' Continuing Presence
• The Spirit's Gifts
• The 'Beyond' Experience
• The Gentile Inclusion
• Recongnizing Jesus
• Shepherd Imagery
• Not Four Biographies
• Early Christian Conflicts
• The Gratitude Intended
• The Heart Covenant
• Theology of Guilt
• The Christian Covenant
• Francis of Assisi's Practice
• The Cup and the Covenant
• God's Present Actions
• Touching the Leper
• Choolsing the 'Beyond'
• Evil and Demons
• The Unrepentant Jonah
• Our Unique Calls
• Jesus' Baptism
• The Roads to Jesus
• Biblical Families
• The Lord Is With You
• Identifying Prophets
• Exact Copy of the Past?
• The Downpour Umbrella
• The Servant King
• Center and Outskirts
• Christian Sacred Places
• Vying Principles
• A Priority of Laws
  
• The Sacred and Profane
• Unique Frame of Mind
• Correcting Discrepancy
• Transitioning to Eternity
• 'Why?' and 'Why Not?'
• The Jeweled Cross
• Disciples and Apostles
• An Experience of God
• Not 'Jesus Biographies'
• Making the Complex Simple
• Room for 'Wrong Turns'
• Feed Them Yourselves
• Frame of Mind
• Be Careful Cleaning Up
• Because God Said So
• The Prophetic Donkey
• Ignorance Is Bliss?
• Jeremiah's Predicament
• Including the Unworthies
• The Pentecost Spirit
• Ascension Narratives
• How Do I Know?
• Solving a Problem
• A 180-degree Turn
• The Path of Suffering
• Christians' One Goal
• The Promise of Life
• Before or After
• No Golden Age
• Changed by the Call
• Temptation and Evil
• The Experience of Failure
• A change in Words
• Living in a Family of Faith
• The Community Connection
• The Real Reinterpretation
• Looking for Another?
• Unexpected Phenomenon
• Like Water in the Sea
• Does God Really Care?
• Valuing Jesus' Presence
• Dying and Living With Jesus
• Talking to the Enemy
• God Is All About Justice
• God's Multi-faceted Way
• Enfleshing the Dream
• The Unchained Word
• Have a 'Happy' Faith!
• God's 'To Do' List
• Either/Or - Both/And
• Breaking Through Limits
• ‘Mind-Expanding’ Business
• The ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’
• Forgiveness a ‘New Way’
• Memorable Scripture Passages