We all know that reconciliation and forgiveness lie at the heart of the Gospel. Jesus came to seek out and save what was lost, namely broken humanity, and to reconcile us to the Father and to one another.
Category: Bishop Hying’s Columns
How we can be led to Jesus
A recurrent debate on Catholic social media is the question of saintly intercession.
The mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul falls on September 27. Born in France in 1581, Vincent was ordained a priest in 1600 and committed his life to the formation of the clergy and the service of the poor.
What is truth?
The dictionary definition of “truth” is “actuality” and “a body of real things, events, and facts.” As Christians, we know that Truth is a person, Jesus Christ, who is the fullness of the reality of God, come to us in human form.
God created the Earth and it was good
The creation account in Genesis is a stirring, poetic narration of God — the Divine Artist — fashioning the universe and the world into wondrous being.
Standing up to the abortion culture
In recent years, the abortion culture in our country has increasingly radicalized its goals, actions, messaging, and tone. In past decades, pro-abortion politicians would mouth the “safe, legal, and rare” mantra, although we knew that conviction was never the true belief of Planned Parenthood or the abortion lobby.
Labor Day and the dignity of work
As we celebrate Labor Day, our thoughts may turn to the end of another seemingly short summer with its more relaxed pace and to the beginning of school and the start-up of everything that goes with it.
Let’s be grateful for our priests!
This week’s column is in praise of our priests! We are remarkably blessed in our diocese to have the priests we do.
Look to Our Blessed Mother
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we rejoice that she, who never knew sin, also never underwent bodily corruption.
Reflections from the Congress
The National Eucharistic Congress held in Indianapolis, the first one in 83 years, was a remarkable experience of love, faith, joy, prayer, and inspiration!