“I am encouraged and inspired by the pleas for peace that have continued to come from the family of George Floyd” over the Wright shooting, Archbishop Hebda added.
Prayer
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Artificial food, sex and drugs give us an artificial high — and they’re getting in the way of our search for God.
Our desires for the divine can be co-opted by artificial stimulants-. Ignatian prayer can help.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Read: Pope Francis explains prayer and the communion of saints
Pope Francis reflects on the connection between prayer and the communion of saints in his weekly Wednesday audience.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Reflection: This Easter, remember that nothing is impossible with God
Suffering is never the end in the Christian worldview and, more importantly, the Christian experience.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Reflection: Don’t place a price on other people’s lives. That’s what Judas did.
The Crucifixion is not just an image of God’s love, but a mirror reflecting our sin back to us, saying, this is the evil you’re capable of.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Reflection: God lives in our traditions. Keeping them is a form of prayer.
Remember the jar of expensive, perfumed oil that Mary pours on Jesus’ feet. We know Mary, Martha and Lazarus weren’t rich, and this oil was expensive. They would have been saving it for a special occasion.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Reflection: Women were oppressed in Jesus’ time, too. How much longer will we stand by?
Jesus does not condemn the woman caught in adultery, and he does not condemn us. But he challenges her, and he challenges us, to sin no more.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Reflection: The freedom that Óscar Romero found in Jesus
The freedom we find in Christ can lead us to act on behalf of the marginalized.
Posted inFaith, The Word
The spirit propels Christianity forward
Jesus emphasizes the selflessness of the shepherd, insisting that he volunteers to protect his flock.
Posted inFaith, The Word
The Gospel is meant to be preached. It’s our responsibility to do it.
Jesus teaches the apostles by opening their minds to understand the Scriptures.