COMMENTARY

Father Koch: While Advent precedes Christmas we are actually preparing for the end of history

Prophecy serves two purposes in the life of the Judeo-Christian communities.

There’s No Problem Too Big

 

Remember Me

So often in our lives and in our world we hear...

Jesus is Coming!

I spend way too much time on my phone. Whether it’s scrolling endlessly ..

'All the leaves are brown'

As we lean into another Advent, ...

COP27 and climate justice – all must work to save our common home

Richer countries must see problems faced by poorer countries as their own problems, not someone else's.

Father Koch: Advent is time of attentiveness to the action of God

As we begin the Advent Season and enter Cycle A of the Sunday Readings, ...

When reentry is rocky

I recently returned from a beautiful pilgrimage to France, ...

Father Koch: The repentant thief utters a most profound prayer

On the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, we observe the ...

No cell phones, no problems: saluting the digital minimalists

It started with news from Camp Wapo, the Bible camp ...

Father Koch: The end is always near

The explosion of war in Ukraine has brought out many different ...

A simple prayer for the simple gifts of the season

As I was changing the flag that hangs on our front porch, ...

Father Koch: Belief in the Resurrection remains a stumbling block

At the time of Jesus, belief in the resurrection from the dead was ...

'Take care to guard against all greed'

My great-grandfather came to Nebraska to farm. 

New Month ReNew You

Here we are, the beginning of October, the beginning of fall...


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