Laura Kazlas

About the Author

Hello! My name is Laura Kazlas. As a child, I was raised in an atheist family, but came to believe in God when I was 12 years old. I was baptized because of the words that I read in the bible. I later became a Catholic because of the Mass. The first time my husband brought me to Mass, I thought it was the most holy, beautiful sense of worshiping God that I had ever experienced. I still do! My husband John and I have been married for 37 years. We have a son, a daughter, and two granddaughters. We are in the process of adopting a three year old little girl. We live in Salem, Oregon in the United States. I currently serve as the program coordinator for Catholic ministry at a local maximum security men's prison. I‘m also a supervisor for Mount Angel Seminary’s field education program, in Oregon.

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Write Down the Vision Clearly Upon the Tablets

Laura Kazlas

I thought that I really couldn’t relate very much to today’s scriptures until I read the following verses in the first reading for Mass today, […]

The Kingdom of God

Laura Kazlas

There is a beautiful verse in the first reading for Mass today, from the book of Job. He is talking about how mighty and powerful God is, and his descriptions of God are almost like poetry: “He commands the sun, and it rises not; he seals up the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea.”

Those Who Are Well Do Not Need a Physician, But the Sick Do

Laura Kazlas

Jesus said in today’s gospel that: “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.” I gave a little chuckle when […]