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The WordThird Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 15, 2002
The People Who Walk Upside Down

Glad tidings to the poor (Is 61:1)

The Word Second Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 8, 2002
Do You Hear Voices?

Justice and peace shall kiss (Ps 85:11)

Letters
Letters

Protecting

I commend you on the most timely and relevant editorial on domestic violence (11/18). My experience is that one of the best-kept secrets in the Catholic Church is the bishops’ document When I Called for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women. Very few pastors talk about this issue from the pulpit. Often the women who come to our center, Woman’s Place, are told by their pastors, Just be a good wife, try harder, pray more. The pro-life stance of the church must be proactive in protecting women and their children from the abuser in their family. Your editorial should be available to all pastors and pastoral councils as the first step in the education process of our parishes.

Jeanne Meurer, F.S.M.

Interreligious Dialogue for Peace
In the Philippines, we have a Muslim minority living together with a Christian majority. One Indonesian bishop explained his country’s situation to me in this way: “The manner in which you majority Christians deal with the minority Muslims in the Philippines will be the way the majority
The WordFirst Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 1, 2002
A New World Coming!

“You do not know when the lord of the house is coming” (Mk 13:35)

Avoiding Mass Hysteria
My husband and I are frequently approached after Mass by people who feel compelled to tell us how good our children were in church that day. How do we do it, they want to knowwith four young boys, no less? Some days are better than others, I respond with a grin.Which is true. Some Sunday mornings ar
News
Signs of the Times
Pope Says Peace Must Include Justice as Well as ForgivenessIn his strongest statement since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Pope John Paul II said countries had a right to defend themselves against international terrorists. But he said true peace could not be achieved without justice and that for
Editorials
Adveniat Regnum Tuum
Since Sept. 11 not a day has passed without reminders of the tragedy being thrust before us. Grief, loss and mourning remain part of our national consciousness, like a dull ache that sometimes becomes acute. Advent, Christmas and the coming of a new year, the first without lost loved ones, will be a
The WordThird Sunday of Advent (A), Dec. 16, 2001
Voice From a Galilean Jail

Say to those whose hearts are frightened: be strong, fear not! (Is. 35:4)

Disarming Terrors of the Past and Future
As the American memory of Thanksgiving fades and the pace quickens before Christmas, I hold before me a large postcard collage crafted by the Shalom network of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Two compelling imagesa plume of smoke bulging from the World Trade Center, and a woman, apparently Afghan,