Luke presents important themes one after another. Last Sunday’s theme: prayer and perseverance in prayer. The week before: discipleship for women. The week before that: discipleship for outsiders (Samaritans). This week: money.

Msgr. Joseph R. Schwaegel died July 13 at St. Paul’s Home in Belleville. He was 79.

As a citizen of this country, as a Catholic Priest and Bishop, and as an African-American, I am deeply distressed by the recent violent eruptions of the racial divide in the United States.