Christians can take for granted the power of the sacrament of reconciliation and confess while being “unable to be ashamed” of their sins, the pope said.
Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What Rod Dreher gets right in “The Benedict Option” is just as important as what he gets wrong.
Patrick Gilger, S.J., reviews “The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation” by Rod Dreher.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What the woman of Roe v. Wade and the woman at the well have in common
The Christian looks at one who is spiritually thirsting and, having known salvation in Christ, wants to share that satisfaction.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Lonely City: How I learned to be with myself in New York
I will trade “a city that never sleeps” for a city where people sleep soundly knowing that they are not alone.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Can movies like “Get Out” scare us into being better people?
Under the jump scares and the improvised weapons “Get Out” is subtle and disturbing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Scientology deserves your compassion: An interview with filmmaker Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux’s curiosity, open-mindedness and consternation is exactly why his films are successful; he will never run out of questions.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What does it mean to age in heaven?
On earth we think of aging as an ineluctable curse. In heaven, it will be revealed as a real ripening.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
At a time of real division, how can we help clear the air? First, breathe.
“What does the midwife tell us to do? Breathe. And then? Push…. Tonight we will breathe. Tomorrow we will labor in love through love, and your revolutionary love is the magic we will show our children.”
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
Transfigurados para ser auténticos
Los apóstoles, ante Jesús transfigurado junto a Moisés y Elías, podían haber echado mano de prejuicios y conceptos habituales una y mil veces repetidos, tanto que hasta nos los creemos.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My daughter has a disability. I don’t want Jesus to ‘fix’ her.
On the subject of disability, I found a Jesus that is, frankly, disappointing.