This coming Pentecost will mark the third anniversary of Go Make Disciples, our diocesan evangelizing initiative.
Category: Bishop Hying’s Columns
Resolutions for 2023
The beginning of a new year invites us to ponder the brevity of life, the gifts of time and opportunity we enjoy, the need for improvement in aspects of our character and behavior, and the importance of prioritizing the right things.
Remembering Pope Bendict XVI
As the Church and the world mourn the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, we lift him in prayer to the Lord whom he served his entire life with such great devotion and faith; we also ponder his spiritual legacy with gratitude.
Christmas: More than December 25
For us Catholics, Christmas is a glorious season, not just a day. As the secular world throws out the Christmas trees on December 26 and Christmas music goes off the air at 12 midnight, we believers are just beginning to celebrate the Octave of Christmas and the days beyond.
The hope of Christmas
As we prepare to celebrate the wonder of Christmas once again, we often are flooded with glowing memories of Christmases past.
La esperanza de la Navidad
Mientras nos preparamos para celebrar la maravilla de la Navidad una vez más, a menudo nos inundan recuerdos deslumbrantes de Navidades pasadas. Esperando impacientemente como un niño a que Papá Noel nos traiga juguetes. Sentarse con familiares y amigos para una comida alegre. Ir a la Misa de medianoche, oler el incienso y escuchar las campanas. Decorar la casa y colgar luces exteriores. Sintiendo la alegría y la belleza de la estación. ¡Darse cuenta de la cercanía de Dios!
Celebrating Mary this Advent season
In the December issue of Magnificat, Fr. Sebastian White, OP, the editor, profoundly reflected on the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the sacred garden of God, where no sin or death can enter.
Advent time is here again
Every Advent, we hear the mighty voice of John the Baptist calling out in the desert, his radical voice urging people toward repentance, conversion, and purification.
Being thankful
Gratitude is a certain indicator of spiritual health. A person living in a deep relationship with the Lord is profoundly aware of the mystery and wonder of existence, the grace of God’s love manifested in the varied and gifted details of life, and feels increasingly overwhelmed by the goodness of the divine abundance.
Message from Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison about Into the Deep
The meaning of our lives is bound up in the love story of God for His people. God made each of us to love Him and one another, to be in an eternal relationship with the Lord.