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Even “nones” are called by name
The struggles and faith journey of Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced ‘gaderi dega‘gwita) are quite relevant to the experience of many today, especially our young people.
Kateri: Our first “millennial” saint?
Much as I eschew the assignment of labels by psycho-social theorists to entire swaths of people, the title “millennial” seems particularly appropriate as a way to approach an understanding of St. Kateri Tekakwitha's journey of faith.
Holiness in the service of justice
It is not enough just to DO good. We are called to BE good, to become the very righteousness of God (cf. 2 Cor 5:21)!
Growing our gardens of faith
Agricultural metaphors abound in the Bible. Among the parables of Jesus, farmers figure prominently. Mary Magdalene even mistook Jesus for the gardener as she wept at the empty tomb on Easter Sunday (Jn 28:15).
The wounded heart of Mercy
Our faith is a friendship offered to us from the heart of God, who is the Holy Spirit. It comes from Love and for Love.
A time to choose
Nothing is more central to our faith than Jesus — to believe God loves us in him — personally.
God’s Spirit within us
Sometimes I wonder how, in the face of the shame and scandal we face these days in our Church and the headwinds in so many aspects of our lives, any of us manage to maintain a deep sense of peace and confidence on our road ahead.
The God factor
The core truth of our Christian faith is, in fact, that God IS Love.
Let us walk together, saying never again
It is with deep sorrow that I listened to the gripping stories of three survivors of sexual abuse today. What courage it must have taken for them to come forward and I am grateful to them and those assisting them in doing so. It is with deep sorrow that I …
The Church as wounded healer
A recurrent Gospel narrative is how Jesus meets each of us exactly where we are.
Survivors are wounded healers
Last Wednesday, May 1, I participated in a ground-breaking dialogue between some U.S. bishops and survivors of sexual abuse.
Divine Mercy Evangelizes the Heart
If someone were to ask me, what is the Divine Mercy all about, I would start by saying it is all about evangelization — or, as I like to call, “gospel-ing.” It’s about spreading the Good News effectively.
Living in the reality of eternal love
What if everything that I thought was wrong with the world suddenly was made right?
The Way like none other
Grammarians debate which phrase is correct: “like no other” or “like none other.” Normally, the former would be correct, if “the way” in the title of this article were referring to a thing, a path or a procedure. “None” is a contraction for “no one.” So “like none other” means …
The Church is always to be reformed
Ecclesia semper reformanda est — the Church is always to be reformed — is a much-appropriated, though not universally defined term familiar from Vatican II days.
250 X 250 AD
250 X 250 AD
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250 X 250 AD