Effie Caldarola
By Effie Caldarola • Catholic News Service • Posted April 1, 2021
Nothing speaks so beautifully to the heart of ministry as “The Servant Song” by Richard Gillard.
“Will you let me be your servant. … Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too.”
After a year of isolating because of the COVID-19 pandemic and staying away from many volunteer activities, people are beginning to get back to normal routines and one thing they’re evaluating is how they will once again serve others in more person-to-person ministries.
My friend Sean works at a Catholic hospital as the director of mission integration. He guides the hospital in maintaining Catholic identity in ethics, spiritual and pastoral care.
Walk with Peter through Lent
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Walk with Peter through Lent
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Effie Caldarola
By Effie Caldarola • Catholic News Service • Posted March 4, 2021
My faith-sharing group decided that we would each describe a person who inspires us. This could be a figure from the Gospels, perhaps a favorite saint or a figure from our own lives. Someone even chose his mother-in-law.
But out of 10 people, three of us selected St. Peter. We agreed that of the many people who walk through the Gospels, Peter, besides Jesus himself, is portrayed in the most thorough and three-dimensional way. Peter is a good figure to accompany our Lent.
If I were a Gospel author writing well over 50 years after the events, would I have portrayed Peter, this man who became the leader, in such an authentic way? Or would I have airbrushed out a few flaws? He’s so accessible we even get a glimpse of his mother-in-law.