In Love with Scripture

 

 

Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Love

In Love with Scripture

Sunday, July 26, 2026

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Father Richard Rohr recalls how he first fell in love with Scripture and devoted himself to its study: 

I was in my first year of seminary when I fell in love with Scripture. I really did. To me, it was God’s self-disclosure of love for us. To be honest, I think my little mind was looking for validation for what I already believed to be true. Early experiences of God’s love and goodness shaped my intuitions before I encountered any formal theology. I devoured Scripture and systematic theology because they gave me the tools for understanding and validating my own experiences and intuitions. Now I knew they were not just my ideas.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

Ron Roheiser omi 

JULY 20, 2026

When I was growing up, as part of our family prayer we used to pray for a happy death. In my young mind, I had a certain conception of what that might look like. A happy death would be to die inside of grace, warmly cradled in the loving arms of family and church, fully at peace with God and others, having had time to speak some final words of love and gratitude.

Unfortunately, not everyone gets to die that way.

Accidents, unfortunate circumstances, and the complexity of human relationships sometimes conspire in nefarious ways so that people die in less-than-ideal situations: angry, compromised, unforgiving, bitter, immature, unreconciled.

Podcast: John Dear retells the story of the raising of Lazarus

uly 27, 2026

Podcast: John Dear retells the story of the raising of Lazarus

John Dear  ncr

Nun speaks out for first time about being detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas

 Nun speaks out for first time about being detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas

by Jamie Stengle - Associated Press and Valerie Gonzalez – Associated Press July 24, 2026

Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in McAllen, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday Mass in her habit, thinking about the day’s Bible readings and carrying little more than her rosary and cellphone.

“Honestly, in that moment, I did not understand what was going on, what was happening to me,” Sister Leticia Ugboaja said at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, where she spoke out for the first time since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested her on June 28.

5 ways to take care of your elders, according to Pope Leo

Vatican

5 ways to take care of your elders, according to Pope Leo

Megan Marley, OSV News   ncr

 

July 26, 2026: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

Spirituality

July 26, 2026: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mary M. McGlone  ncr

ACCOMPANYING FAMILIES FACING DEPORTATION

 

ACCOMPANYING FAMILIES FACING DEPORTATION

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CATHOLIC CELIBACY AND MARRIED PRIESTS: A TRADITION OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD

 

CATHOLIC CELIBACY AND MARRIED PRIESTS: A TRADITION OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD

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