Love created us to be distinct from itself so that we could choose to love. It will not annihilate us, overwhelm who we are.
Theology
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The Assumption of Mary tells us who we are meant to be
Doctrines and dogmas do not exist to provide esoteric data. Their purpose is always to tell us who we are, to proclaim who we can be in Christ.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Why the Eucharist is confusing for many Catholics (and survey researchers)
Do Catholics truly believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist? A recent survey says most don’t…but it’s complicated.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
What Hans Urs von Balthasar learned from St. Ignatius
Jacques Servais, S.J., speaks about the Swiss theologian and onetime Jesuit who wrote extensively on the process of discernment.
Posted inFaith
Remembering Michael Buckley, S.J.
Theologian and Jesuit priest Michael Buckley, S.J., died last week in Los Gatos, Calif.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Comedian Pete Holmes’ sense of wonder comes alive in a new memoir
Pete Holmes discovers a new meaning to Christ’s words “Go and do likewise,” not as a moralistic command, but as a call to an awakening, a conversion, the practice Catholic tradition calls the “imitation of Christ.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
What is the role of a public theologian today?
Today’s public theologians can be found working alongside the most vulnerable members of society, contributing their deep understanding of Scripture, theology, history, ethics, liturgy and ministry in the real lives of communities.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to theologians in Naples: One cannot do theology without freedom
Francis emphasized the need for “theological freedom” and said that “without the possibility of experimenting new ways nothing new is created, and one does not leave space to the newness of the Spirit of the Risen One.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A new biography shares the endearing human side of Raymond E. Brown
A devotee of the opera, Brown eagerly gave tickets to his students, hoping to get them totally immersed in the arias he loved.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: James Cone, the father of Black theology
James Cone’s autobiography shows that theology does not arrive out of a sterile doctrinal laboratory but from the pains, sufferings and triumphs of the people of God.