.Like the Magi who follow the star, the asylum seekers too must follow their own star hovering over them, trusting, believing, and moving forward and onward to what is life-giving
.Like the Magi who follow the star, the asylum seekers too must follow their own star hovering over them, trusting, believing, and moving forward and onward to what is life-giving
Above all, we are called to be a source of life, a wellspring of healing, and a fount of hope for all women and men, especially those who are weak, vulnerable, abused, and marginalized
Above all, we are called to be a source of life, a wellspring of healing, and a fount of hope for all women and men, especially those who are weak, vulnerable, abused, and marginalized
Isn’t it wonderful that today, the Feast of the Holy Family - Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Church celebrates complicated people and complicated relationships?
Isn’t it wonderful that today, the Feast of the Holy Family - Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Church celebrates complicated people and complicated relationships?
There is nothing—nothing—in our human existence that [Christ] does not enter into, including the experience of life in the womb and the travail of birth.
There is nothing—nothing—in our human existence that [Christ] does not enter into, including the experience of life in the womb and the travail of birth.
Even in our tiredness, we can meet the world as it is with a posture of openness that will help wake us up and participate in the hope, peace, joy and love of this holy season of preparation.
Even in our tiredness, we can meet the world as it is with a posture of openness that will help wake us up and participate in the hope, peace, joy and love of this holy season of preparation.
Contrary to the notions of my Catholic school upbringing, I no longer envision Jesus’ kingdom as a place inhabited only by Christians. Instead, it’s populated by many of my Muslim friends and so many others—whether religious or not—whose lives contribute to the gradual building of a more compassionate, more just world.
Contrary to the notions of my Catholic school upbringing, I no longer envision Jesus’ kingdom as a place inhabited only by Christians. Instead, it’s populated by many of my Muslim friends and so many others—whether religious or not—whose lives contribute to the gradual building of a more compassionate, more just world.
How can we know the Saints fully, if we don’t recognize those saints who are unknown, who come from sections of the population we consider “less than.”
How can we know the Saints fully, if we don’t recognize those saints who are unknown, who come from sections of the population we consider “less than.”
Our sacred texts both create and reflect the world as we know it, and today, our texts remind us of our new and ancient call to be in right relationship with disabled people and all God’s creation.
Our sacred texts both create and reflect the world as we know it, and today, our texts remind us of our new and ancient call to be in right relationship with disabled people and all God’s creation.
