Prayerful Protesting
Reflect Howard Thurman, Oscar Romero, and Dorothy Day, inspired by their encounters with God, decried the injustices they witnessed. Spirituality expands our empathy and awareness of others’ pain. It inspires us to challenge everything that hurts those around us, most ...
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The Kingdom Is Right Here
“You know me, and you know where I am from” (John 7:28). Jesus is responding to some of the Jews saying that “When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” This becomes an issue again and again ...
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Sharing the Word for March 24, 2023
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent March 24, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 It can be dangerous to be devoted to God. Observant Jews in second century Alexandria–the source of today’s reading–experienced that. Secularized Jews often ...
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Lent with St. Clare: Fourth Friday
When Clare entered San Damiano, she came into possession of the beautiful Byzantine cross before which Francis had prayed. Now it was her “book” of prayer, her silent reminder each day: “Take up your cross and follow me.”
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‘We Will See Him’: An Easter Message
These bittersweet times are an opportunity for all of us, changed by the Risen Lord into joyful disciples, to touch the wounds of our weary world with hope, love, and faith in the power of the Resurrection.
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