As we thought about the future of the church, I couldn’t help but look at the situation on Catholic social media at that very moment.
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Sick of the Bishops vs. Biden Controversy? Just log off and practice your faith like a Medieval peasant.
“Medieval Peasanting” means reminding myself that there once existed Catholics who couldn’t read or write. They said their prayers and did their best to obey the commandments, and when they failed, they repented.
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Juneteenth supposedly marked the end of slavery—so why did the Jesuits keep a man in bondage for two years after that?
Juneteenth is more than a day of celebration. It is a challenge to be accountable to one another as members of a beloved community.
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Black spirituals meet the liturgy: Why I composed a Mass for Black Catholics
This historic and traditional music reflects the experience, thoughts, sorrows, joys and spirituality of our enslaved and free ancestors.
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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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The Temptation of Spiritual Whataboutism
Just because others have it worse than I do doesn’t mean I should avoid my struggles.
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Once I discovered liberation theology, I couldn’t be Catholic without it
If the people are in the streets in protest, then the church has to be in the streets in protest, too.
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How to celebrate with the graduate in your life who is grieving the loss of a loved one
What if you spent four years of college processing your grief?
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These saints ministered on the margins of privilege and power. They are my spiritual and artistic inspiration today.
I derive much of my hope, inner peace and creative inspiration from those saints and prophets who lived in and spoke from the margins outside the white, privileged worlds of power and authority in both church and society.
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As a delivery room nurse, I knew how to celebrate with new parents. But God taught me how to grieve with them, too
Working in labor and delivery can be a beautiful job. But there are trying times too.