The miracle is to believe that for those, like Ignatius, who believe in God and trust in God’s care and providence, there is no accident, no tragedy or failure that they cannot overcome.
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Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
We need to talk: healing our deeply divided church and country.
The divisions in our country are deep on issues like racism and economic inequality, as well as on education, cultural values and lifestyles. Likewise, our church is divided. What are communicators to do in the face of these divisions?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Do you love the church but sometimes hate it? There’s a word for that feeling (and it can be beneficial).
The psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan explained how it can be healthy to sometimes ‘hate’ what we truly love, including the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
An American Catholic Pilgrimage
Daniel Hornsby’s debut novel, ‘Via Negativa,’ is the story of a Roman Catholic priest on the road to many destinations, both material and spiritual.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
Caroline Gordon, the Catholic novelist we lost and found
Caroline Gordon’s ‘The Malefactors,’ a novel lost to prospective generations of readers, was a classic Catholic tale told by an author of considerable talent.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The weight of attending Mass for those who cannot
As part of that small number of parishioners able to take the Eucharist, I felt that holy burden to be present in the Presence for those who could not be there.
Posted inCommunity, Faith
We remember them: A virtual prayer service for all who died of Covid-19
Please join us on Friday, March 12 at 12 pm ET for a virtual prayer service remembering those who have died of Covid-19.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The problem with treating our politicians like messiahs
A fallen world requires a divine redeemer. An imperfect society just needs a better plan and better people to execute it, Matt Malone, SJ writes.
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis: God wants to open hearts, forgive, heal
“Jesus announces to us that God is not an idea or an abstract doctrine, but God is the one who ‘contaminates’ himself with our human woundedness and is not afraid to come into contact with our wounds,” the pope said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Parish Life
We need ritual. All of us.