In the middle lands of these 40 days, I am burdened by the fact that our society has not yet reckoned with the ongoing sin of capital punishment nor the full extent of our country’s racist past.
Pope Francis is calling us all to consider Mary not as an abstract helper but as a mother who has a proven track record of healing, protecting and watching over her people.
St. Ignatius invites us to discern spiritual meaning in everyday experience. I have found that such discoveries occur frequently on the basketball court.
It is good to know that people are still people, still willing to visit each other, still willing to bring hope, still willing to share what they have.