A Reflection for the Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, “The Allegory.”
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
The Sermon on the Mount flipped our world upside down
A Reflection for the Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When Thanksgiving gratitude comes with a side of guilt
How can we be grateful in a world filled with inequality?
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Advent Dawns at the Sacred Cafe
he opened up the window for Dec 24 even though it was like Dec 3
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What should the U.S. bishops debate next? Here’s a list of topics that no one asked for
Many topics of great import were discussed at the meeting of the U.S. bishops. But they missed the mark on bingo, confession and whether cats possess prevenient grace.
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The year the Twin Towers fell, the Yankees lost the World Series—and God could do nothing about it.
That heartbreaking baseball defeat seeming to distill and crystallize all of it; pointing to something so bleak, sad and hopeless tucked into the fabric of everything.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Whatever and ever Amen: Two Gen-X Catholics remember classic retreat songs.
Did the singer-songwriter era come about specifically to fill a demand by retreat directors for a poignant soundtrack to accompany the spiritual epiphanies of 16-year-olds?
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A spiritual diary about getting the ordinary, miraculous Covid-19 vaccine
A tribute to the shot that may be saving the world.
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One cannonball and 500 years later: How to celebrate the Ignatian Year
In an effort to foster a prayerful community in celebration together, America has compiled a list of events that will be updated as the year goes on.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
When poetry meets spirituality
Eleven different poetry collections reviewed by four America editors offer a sample of the God-haunted and the God-hunted contemporary literary artists who work out their spiritual, intellectual and emotional conundrums through lyrical compositions.