The encyclical presents Babel and Nehemiah as moral opposites, but the biblical traditions themselves resist such neat binaries.
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Rising to the level of love
A Reflection for Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless
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Faith is not just about what we profess
A Reflection for Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kat O’Loughlin
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The freedom we find with God
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, by Heather Trotta
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What’s it like to teach a future pope?
This week on “Jesuitical”, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis talk to Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., who taught Scripture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for 44 years. During her time at CTU, Sr. Dianne had one very famous student, Robert Prevost—the future Pope Leo XIV.
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What do Antioch and New York City have in common?
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, by Edward Desciak
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When Scripture puts a song in my head
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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Signs of God for the world
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jill Rice
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The Primacy of Compassion
June 14, 2026, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: All three of the readings this Sunday coalesce around a common theme, the invitation to partake in a special relationship with God.
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Rethinking the notion of a divine gift
A Reflection for Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane