A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest, by Sebastian Gomes
Sebastian Gomes
Sebastian Gomes is America's executive editor of audio and video.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
What regular Mass attendance means to U.S. Catholics
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
There is a God, and we are not him
A Reflection for Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
This Lent, take up Jesus’ dinner-table habits
If Catholics want to protect the integrity of the Eucharist, then studying Jesus’ habits around the dinner table, written plainly on the pages of the Gospels, is a good place to start.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Advent isn’t the time to lament the church’s decline. Jesus recognized faith in the most obscure people and places.
A Reflection for the Monday of the First Week of Advent
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
What President Biden said to Pope Francis at the Vatican
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with Pope Francis at the Vatican this morning. President Biden presented the pope with a “command coin” commemorating his late son Beau’s Army unit, the 261st Signal Brigade. Explaining that the coins are given to warriors and leaders, the president told Pope Francis, “You are one of the […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
Why the COP26 climate conference matters for Catholics
An honest conversation on climate change, the upcoming COP26 meeting and what Catholics can do to respond to Pope Francis’ calls for ecological conversion.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Jesus warns against an ‘us versus them’ attitude. We should give it up this Lent.
One way of repenting during Lent is to acknowledge our narrow attitudes about who is “in” and who is “out.” Jesus’ message is emphatically that everyone is in.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Saint Peter’s flaws are a reminder that God loves us just as we are
Jesus did not choose Peter because of his righteousness and courage. He chose Peter because he was imperfect, complicated, a sinner.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Christmas made my family’s favorite traditions. This one is breaking them.
This is the first Christmas in 35 years—my entire life—that I won’t be with my mother, father and older brother for Christmas.