A Reflection for Tuesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Connor Hartigan

A Reflection for Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Lenahan

I am struggling to smile and nod and accept the message from well-intentioned people, whom I love, that everything will be fine, that I should trust in God, and not despair.

Pope Francis’ encyclicals have drawn from and lead to this truth: What the world needs is heart—not sentimentality, but integration, presence and fortitude to stay in the tensions of our current reality.

“It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between 2013 and 2024,” Archbishop Welby said in a Nov. 12 statement.

In faith, in love and in hope, Gustavo Gutiérrez gave everything to the present. The world is a better place for it.