Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

From Sunday, Jan. 26 (the Sunday of the Word of God) through Saturday, Feb. 1, in this Jubilee Year of 2025, we will celebrate “National Catholic Schools Week,” the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. You can learn more about Catholic Schools Week at the “NCEA” (National Catholic Educational Association) website.

Are you as surprised as I am that we are (already) preparing to celebrate the SIXTH “Sunday of the Word of God?” Or, perhaps, are you more surprised that this could be the first time you are hearing about the “Sunday of the Word of God?” For regular readers of this column, I think that I may owe you an apology because I don’t think that I have referenced or written about Pope Francis’ establishment, on Sept. 30, 2019, of an annual “Sunday of the Word of God,” on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

If “a picture is worth a thousand words,” what is the value of a really wonderful and inspirational video? During the day on New Year’s Eve, I picked up a book that had been sitting on my bookshelf for some time. The title of the book is Sr. Clare Crockett: Alone with Christ Alone.