With 'The Word' app, America readers can enrich their spiritual lives with a deeper engagement with Scripture through daily reflections from America staff and select guest voices.
Feeling conflicted about eating those heart-shaped chocolates on Ash Wednesday this year? Try celebrating Galentine’s Day with your gal pals on Feb. 13 instead.
As Lent draws nearer, we can begin to reflect: Do we open our hearts to God as we go about our days? Or are we disrupting every spiritual inclination with notifications and news feeds?
"If we come to understand that God suffers alongside us as one who truly knows what it means to suffer, our anger morphs into love and our suffering mysteriously becomes a means of transformation."