Jesus’ peace “is not an armed peace, never!” Pope Francis said in his general audience. “The weapons of the Gospel are prayer, tenderness, forgiveness and freely-given love for one’s neighbor.”
Jesus Christ
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Self-hatred is a sin, too
Many of us rush to confess sins against others, but how many of our sins are really directed at ourselves?
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
No, ‘the Jews’ did not kill Jesus
A Reflection for the Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by James Martin, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What would Jesus say about cancel culture?
Even a cursory look at Scripture shows that Jesus was not at all afraid to repudiate those who deserved it.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Rejection is part of life—even for God
The people of Nazareth thought that they were putting a local upstart in his place. The sad irony is that they were rejecting God.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Sin can never cancel out your baptism
Your sins cannot cancel the identity you were given in your baptism. But it is possible to forget who you are.
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis at Midnight Mass: God comes into the world in littleness.
This is what we should ask Jesus for at Christmas: the grace of littleness.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We need new ways of telling Jesus’ birth story to our children—and to ourselves
I wanted children to hear the story of the nativity through the eyes of a child, not the experience of an adult. And so the character of Leah began to take flight in my imagination; I wanted my young readers to see the first Christmas through her eyes.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: This Christmas, remember that without humility, we will never find God
“Humility is the only way that leads us to God.”
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Feeling lonely or abandoned? Pray to St. Joseph.
“Everyone can find in St. Joseph—the man who goes unnoticed, the man of daily presence, of discreet and hidden presence—an intercessor, a support and a guide in times of difficulty.”