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Redirecting Our Appetites
Reflect A friend recently compared heaven to an all-you-can-eat buffet. He said he got the idea from Dante’s Paradiso. His theory is that the buffet table

‘Where There Is Darkness, Light’
What is your take on situations where Catholics drop their faith and die without receiving the sacraments? Can you say anything to ease my mind?


Kindness, Welcome, Growth
Reflect Somewhere towards the middle of Wendell Berry’s beautiful novel Jayber Crow, there is a beatific vision that seems utterly transcendent, and touchingly humane. Jayber gets

Is It a Sin Not to Be ‘Green’?
Is someone committing a sin by denying the moral implications of ecological choices?

St. Francis Prayed for Peace
Francis of Assisi may not have written the words of the Peace Prayer attributed to him, but he certainly lived them.

Tenderness for the Tiny
Reflect In Isaiah 42:3 we read, “A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench.” These beautiful, clear

John, Matthew, and Jesus’ Mission
We were discussing the Gospel (Matthew 9:36—10:8) read on the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time last year. Matthew writes about Jesus’ missionary discourse.

Remember the Sabbath
Christians have often been poor at practicing the Sabbath, imagining it to be a Jewish practice for which Jesus showed apparent disregard.