There are many people who have gone before us, both in our biological and spiritual families, who have quietly and obscurely served God, loved others, and increased the amount of good in the world.
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
Betsy Cahill is a writer, biblical scholar, and historic preservationist. Co-author (with Joseph Papp) of Shakespeare Alive! (Bantam Books, 1988), she contributed a chapter to Empty Churches (Oxford, 2018), and has written for both Commonweal and America. She chaired the board of the Preservation Society of Charleston for 8 years, and is now deeply involved as a board member in starting a Cristo Rey High School in Charleston.
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During Advent, we need to remember God wants us to rest.
What, though, if we constructed a boundary between our time and God’s, and made time stop?
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Cold Showers: Dec. 15, Third Thursday of Advent
To submit to the baptism of John is to admit that we don’t always get it right, in a myriad of ways.
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The Camel’s Nose: Dec. 14, Third Wednesday of Advent
We are afraid: afraid that our questioning will lead to spiritual cataclysm, that once the camel’s skeptical nose gets under the tent flap, the whole shabby edifice of our faith will collapse.
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Close Encounters: Dec. 13, Third Tuesday of Advent
Amid the pain and suffering, God remains present in our hearts. No matter how much we wail and shake our fists, He will abide with us.
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Two’s Company, Three’s…a Prayer: Dec. 12, Third Monday of Advent
We need not see prayer as activity for a solo operator only.
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Transformers: Dec. 11, Third Sunday of Advent
His point was that a mundane action, carried out in a disciplined way, can be transformative. So it is with prayer.
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When prayer is difficult, starting a conversation is all it takes.
Dec. 10, Second Saturday of Advent
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What is important to God, and what is just ‘Dust in the Wind?’
Ultimately, the jobs, the degrees, the nice houses, are all chaff in God’s eyes—they do not make us virtuous or worthy.
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Surrender or else! On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Mary shows us qualities to seek in our prayer life: receptivity to the divine word, thoughtful reflection and finally, the subordination of our wills to God’s wisdom.