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For Bonaventure, to eat spiritually is to approach eating the Eucharist both with faith and ultimately with the affection of charity in one’s heart.
This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift.
You always hope that your favorite artist’s best work is still ahead of them. But what goes up must come down.

Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down. (Is 63:17-19)

Pope Francis meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Sándor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023. The pope was beginning a three-day trip to Hungary's capital with meetings with government officials. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Even as Prime Minister Victor Orban positions his government as one of the last defenders of Christian culture in Europe, religious affiliation in Hungary has dropped to a record low.
Fasting, in addition to being obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, remains a common Lenten practice for many. But there are nuances to fasting that are not always well-known.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me. (Mt 25:35)

Terence Sweeney
Too many of us are attracted to a “spatial” life because we can control spaces and stop them from changing. But time, even when managed, is always beyond our control. In his new book, James K. A. Smith seeks to reorient us to the reality of human life as temporal.

See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. (Jas 5:7)

After the death of Henri de Lubac, S.J., on Sept. 4, 1991, Avery Dulles, S.J. penned a long tribute to the theologian, a major influence on Vatican II and later theological developments.

As a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord God make justice and praise spring up before all the nations. (Is 61:11)