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On Memorial Day, take a journey of life through death at Roselawn Cemetery
Upon entering the grounds of Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo, one is ushered into a hushed, silent reverence. Acres upon acres of gravesites,...
JBeal
May 18, 20223 min read
Signs of Diversity: The Holy Spirit
Last Tuesday evening, Confirmation candidates and sponsors gathered from Pagosa Springs, Cortez, Mancos, Bayfield and Ignacio to joyfully...
JBeal
May 12, 20223 min read
MOVING FORWARD - USCCB SPRING PLENARY ASSEMBLY
Greetings in Our Lord! Following the Spring Plenary Assembly of the USCCB last week, questions have been raised about a vote taken by the...
JBeal
May 10, 20222 min read
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
This morning I am writing from Lamar, where the Confirmation season has begun. Yesterday evening we celebrated the Confirmations of...
JBeal
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Allelulia! Allelulia! The Lord is Risen!
From the Last Supper through the horrible journey of the Cross, Jesus suffered and finally passed, his body quietly laid in the tomb. ...
JBeal
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Lent: The Liminal Journey
Our Lenten journey is approaching its final, liminal stage, a threshold of change. It is time to pause and reflect, how am I keeping the...
JBeal
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Consecration of Russia and Ukraine
March 20, 2022 Yesterday morning, in answer to Pope Francis’ call for a united Prayer of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the...
JBeal
Mar 31, 20223 min read
HB22-1279 Reproductive Health Equity Act: Testimony of Bishop Berg
On Thursday, March 17, 2022 Bishop Berg testified before the Colorado Senators. What follows is his testimony. Thank you, Chairman Lee...
JBeal
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Join the diocesan-wide Novena – Happening NOW!
AN INVITATION FROM BISHOP BERG NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY On Tuesday, March 15, it was announced that on March 25, during the...
JBeal
Mar 18, 20221 min read
40 Days to Conversion
We began our Lenten observance on Ash Wednesday, hearing the powerful appeal of the prophet Joel: “Even now, says, the Lord, return to me...
JBeal
Mar 14, 20223 min read
Love Your Enemies
Love your enemies? Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, offer your cheek again to those who strike you? Jesus’...
JBeal
Feb 24, 20222 min read
This is the mission of Jesus!
Father Derrek Scott and I just completed some on-site work in the Grand Junction deanery. You may recall that we began a series of...
JBeal
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Practicing the Presence of God
The new year is underway, and our world prepares for what comes next. We are reading, maybe at home, away from home, busy, concerned,...
JBeal
Jan 17, 20222 min read
All Life be Held Sacred
Greetings in the Lord, the New Year is underway! After two weeks of Montana vacation and a Bishop’s retreat in Tucson, I am glad to be...
JBeal
Jan 14, 20222 min read
On the Horizon
As you read this, Fr. Derrek Scott and I recently visited the Durango deanery for four days of parish, mission and school visitations....
JBeal
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Gazing in Prayer
The contemplative community of the Capuchin Poor Clares put forth such a service in prayer for the whole church...
JBeal
Dec 15, 20213 min read
On the Road to Sainthood
Our saints are known to us as human and down to earth. As we learn their stories, we increasingly touch upon a genuine mystical reality...
JBeal
Dec 15, 20213 min read
The Synod on Synodality
As you may know, Pope Francis has called a Synod of Bishops in Rome for October 2023, designated as the Synod on Synodality. The purpose...
JBeal
Sep 30, 20213 min read
To Protect and Serve
Never underestimate God's working through these men and women in blue, nor the power of His angels to protect and to serve.
JBeal
Sep 16, 20213 min read
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