Weekly sermon summaries for local and area churches.

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“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” At the Mass for Ash Wednesday, that refrain is prayed after each verse of the ...

While discussing it with her mom, she said she felt like she was letting God down because she wasn’t perfect. Her mom taught ...

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring forward a woman, and the accusers want the strictest punishment meted out: ...

Every human being commits sins. Admit your sins, seek forgiveness, and rejoice in the redemption of Jesus Christ. Then ...

I had the honor of sharing my salvation story. In many ways, it might sound familiar: I went from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light ...

Further reading: Sunday reflection: Opening our hearts to forgiveness And Saint Paul reassures ... for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him ...

And whether he’s guilty or not, of this or anything worse that may come out in the future, it does nothing to derail the fact ...

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. (OSV News) -- The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted for the first time a four-day event to promote ...

I have been accompanying my adult first cousin once removed, Tara, as she has grown deeper in her Catholic faith through the ...