A Reflection for Sunday of the Third Week of Advent, by Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.
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Behind the scenes: What it’s like to interview Pope Francis
Some part of me hoped that the interview would help teach me how to be more like Francis. But it’s clear the only thing he wants is for us to want to be more like Jesus.
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The perfect day for a prayer of gratitude
A Reflection for Thanksgiving Day, by Kerry Weber
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Stop saying the Latin Mass is ‘more reverent’
The way we talk about the liturgy matters, and to describe something as “irreverent” assumes a level of malicious intent on the part of worshipers that other terms do not.
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The line to get into heaven—and why trying to jump to the front is missing the point
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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The talents and skills we can use to serve God
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Matthew, by Kerry Weber
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A Gospel call to throw a party for strangers
A Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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If you ever worry you’re not a ‘good enough’ Christian, Peter might help you feel less alone
A Reading for Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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In the midst of suffering, we need more mercy.
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber
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The Easter Vigil is the longest liturgy of the year. And it’s so, so worth your time.
The Easter Vigil is a Mass that bears only a basic resemblance to typical Catholic weekend worship, but in breaking from that form it brings home the power of the Resurrection anew.