Jeanie Hannaman
March 30, 2026
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 12:1-11 - 1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said, 5 "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" ...
March 28, 2026
By Shaun McAfee, Catholic Exchange - Every year, Lent begins with a kind of spiritual adrenaline. On Ash Wednesday we hear the solemn words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” and suddenly everything feels urgent. Churches are full. Prayer resolutions are bold. Fasting plans are ambitious. We promise God we will pray more, give more, sacrifice more. For a moment, it feels like we are finally becoming the disciples we should have been all along.
March 28, 2026
By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith - We are living in a time when there are more voices than ever – more information than ever – more images, more commentary, more analysis. And yet, there is a strange blindness. A blindness not of the eyes, but of the soul... People see events, but not their meaning. They see confusion, but they do not ask why. They see contradictions, but they explain them away. They see warning signs, but they refuse to follow where those signs lead... And perhaps most dangerously – they see what they want to see. ...
March 28, 2026
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - John 11:45-56 - 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation." ....
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