Even the holiest people are complicit in social sin; we benefit from injustices that we do not control. Yet we still have the freedom to seek God’s grace.
Lent
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I fasted on only bread and juice for Lent. This is what I learned.
Fasting always sounds like a brilliant idea before the consequences hit home. Having lost some control over my bowel movements, I felt vulnerable and fragile. I was afraid. Was it really worth it? Would I make it the full 40 days?
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Here’s why Catholics are called to think about death—daily
The practice of remembering death may sound grim, but not so long ago, it was considered an essential part of the Christian tradition.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Lenten penitence and our reckoning with gun violence
The March for Our Lives, which happened at the outset of Holy Week, told Americans it is time to face the deep sin of favoring guns over human life.
Posted inFaith, News
Holy Thursday: Cardinal Tagle washes feet of priest kidnapped by rebels
Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle washed the feet of a priest who had been held captive for months and the parents of a slain Filipino migrant worker.
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The Triduum in your 20s: What Holy Week taught me about change
Our lives are a series of little Good Fridays, Holy Saturdays and Easter Sundays.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How Leonardo da Vinci painted us all into ‘The Last Supper’
We are all part faithful, part faithless.
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Fighting homelessness on L.A.’s Skid Row with a Lenten fast
Sometimes Christians ask what they can do but often are not ready for the answers.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A lesson from the disciple of Jesus who ran away naked
If we have run, if we have been exposed for all the world to see, it is not our failure that matters most. It is Christ’s strength.
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How Eastern Orthodox’s ‘Forgiveness Sunday’ could save us from our Facebook feeds
On Forgiveness Sunday, we look for the best in the one we forgive and seek to give a charitable interpretation of the other’s intent.