‘You surrender to what is. Covid taught me this.’
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Interviews
What got Sister Helen Prejean through 2020
‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Where is God in classical music? Start by looking for the good, the true and the beautiful.
A conversation with Michael Kurek, author of “The Sound of Beauty: A Classical Composer on Music in the Spiritual Life.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
This year, I have the chance to make Advent the peaceful season I’ve always wanted it to be.
Perhaps this Advent, which will probably feel a lot more like Lent, I will finally learn that good waiting is a grace, one that hinges on realizing that the arrival does not depend on my vaunted stage-managing powers.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
How L’Arche is providing health (and spiritual) care to people with disabilities amid Covid-19
Coronavirus health restrictions created profound obstacles for the communal relationships and interplay of everyday life at L’Arche communities.
Posted inFaith, Features
This is Your Soul on Mysticism
What Julian of Norwich can teach us about oneness with God.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why does God allow suffering? A meditation
Why is it this way? It is the child’s most basic question, dealing with the most bewildering thing of all.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Read: Pope Francis on how prayer reveals our common humanity
Pope Francis’ remarks from his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
2020 felt like a yearlong Advent. But we can still make this season of waiting special—pandemic or not.
Advent couldn’t be more relevant this year. Let’s invite it into our homes, since we’ll all be there.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Waiting for a Covid test is more than just standing in line. It’s an act of mercy.
The line was not immeasurable because it stretched out for over three hours. It was immeasurable because it pointed to hope.