People are sinning and repenting of their sins all year round. So, why make a day of it?
Faith
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I knew I couldn’t defy my wife’s Alzheimer’s. I learned to embrace it instead.
I have been told, “You cannot be both caretaker and husband.” This bothers me: How can I not be both caretaker and husband to Gail?
Posted inFaith, In All Things
U.S. Catholic bishops condemn recent anti-Semitic attacks
“The Catholic Church stands in love with the Jewish community in the current face of anti-Semitism.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
God, why the common cold?
When I persist in wondering “why,” I remind myself that Jesus knows all about this kind of contemplation.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis warns of a ‘major world war for water’
Addressing 90 experts from many countries, Francis said that “all people have a right to safe drinking water.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
All animals feel pain. So why do only humans live in dread of suffering?
Christ embraced the most alienated region of human life: our fear.
Posted inFaith, Features
Prophetic theological work can be dangerous business
Life lived intensely in God’s love is never convenient.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Top Vatican Legal Expert: Pope Francis opens the door to Communion for Catholics in irregular marriages
“Amoris Laetitia” addresses the reality of Catholics in “non-legitimate unions” and opens the possibility for them to receive the Eucharist under certain conditions.
Posted inFaith, The Word
The Light of New Life
In his love, Jesus sees things in us that we do not see in ourselves.
Posted inFaith, The Word
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Without some background, the Transfiguration can be a difficult text to understand. It relies on religious ideas that were common in the first century but have since faded away. One notion that many ancient peoples shared was that gods “glowed.” Deities were refulgent with light and energy. Israel’s neighbors drew this idea from their experience […]