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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Third Sunday of Lent

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Second Sunday of Lent

Am I my brothers’ keeper?” – Genesis 4:9

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

“Am I my brother’s keeper?” There is a temptation to answer this question — asked by Cain after he killed his brother Abel — in the negative. But to answer “no” to that question would be a flawed understanding of this passage in the Book of Genesis.

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the First Sunday of Lent

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TIme (youtube.com)

Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart . . .” — Joel 2:12

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

As we approach Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, we are invited to let the first words of the First Reading for Ash Wednesday shape our annual Lenten journey. “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart . . . ”

Pero aún ahora — oráculo del Señor — vuelvan a mí de todo corazón . . .” — Joel 2, 12

Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo,

A medida que nos acercamos al Miércoles de Ceniza y al comienzo de la Cuaresma, estamos invitados a dejar que las primeras palabras de la primera lectura para el Miércoles de Ceniza moldeen nuestro viaje anual de Cuaresma.  “Pero aún ahora — oráculo del Señor– vuelvan a mí de todo corazón . . .”.

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As Catholic Schools Week approaches, it is worth reflecting on these important words from paragraph 2223 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  “Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children.”  The same paragraph goes on to quote Pope St. John Paul II, “Parents should teach their children to subordinate the ‘material and instinctual dimensions to interior and spiritual ones.’”