Forgiven to Forgive: The Mercy of Seventy-Seven Times This Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, St. Matthew presents Jesus’ teaching on the reciprocal nature of mercy: the measure by which we measure is how we will be measured at judgment (Matthew 7:2). Jesus tells Peter to forgive seventy-seven times—but why the precise number of seventy-seven? Does … Continued
In this week’s Gospel Jesus speaks on the nature of effective evangelization: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world…Just so, your … Continued
Beauty – I think that is ultimately what we all yearn for as human beings. It is great when we find it, but unfortunately the pleasure in obtaining it dissipates all too soon, and we are on to the next best thing. Coincidingly, beautiful things lose their splendor to the corrupting progression of time, even … Continued
Hello, St. John the Evangelist Parish and St. Joseph Oratory! My name is Evan Connors; I am the new Discipleship Assistant here at the mother church of Jackson. A little bit about me: I have lived in the Diocese of Lansing my whole life, being a member of various parishes encompassing the Flint and Lansing … Continued