PERSPECTIVES
YOUNG ADULT PERSPECTIVE
Younger generations must show mercy
On Feb. 8, Kerry Weber presented at Siena College as part of the annual St. Clare leadership series, "Ours to Do: Women Leading the Way." Mercy was happening during her speech, and it connected all of us in attendance.
HOMILY
Why go to confession during Lent?
In "The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty," spiritual author Paul Wilkes says that, every day, "in chat rooms filled with strangers, people of all ages and walks of life share their darkest and loneliest secrets: marital infidelities, addictions, collapses of relationships with family and friends, …
SEMINARIAN'S DIARY
The devil's in the details
There is a sense of excitement going around here at the seminary, as ordination season will soon be here.
PERSPECTIVE
Doors of mercy I have passed through: six vignettes
This column contains six vignettes of encounters in which I was the beneficiary of others' mercy. I hope this remembrance of my experiences will stimulate your own reflections on ways mercy has graced your life.
REFLECTIONS ON MERCY
Parable of the prodigal son, Part I: the father
This is the first of three columns by Father Barratt for the Year of Mercy reflecting on the parable of the prodigal son.
REFLECTION
Happy to help in Jamaica
Marlee and Meleena Ottati, students at St. Mary's Institute in Amsterdam, have taken part in a family service project originated by their grandfather, working in a Jamaican orphanage. They created a presentation to share during Catholic Schools Week in January.
REFLECTION
Catholics can 'come home' to temple
Another titanic shift in Catholic-Jewish relations occurred last December with the publication of the Vatican's document "A Reflection on the 50th Anniversary of 'Nostra Aetate.'" It was "Nostra Aetate" that initiated the post-Vatican II Church's journey of dialogue and mutual understanding between Catholics and Jews.
REFLECTIONS ON MERCY
Parable of the prodigal son, Part II: the younger son
Last week, we began a three-part reflection on the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:1-32). We have explored the character of the father in the parable story (click to read that column); now, let's look at the younger or "prodigal" son.
REFLECTIONS ON MERCY
Parable of the prodigal son, Part III: the older son
In the last of our three reflections on the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:1-32) and Rembrandt's magnificent and powerful painting of that parable, let us focus our attention on the older son.
PERSPECTIVE
Brittany Maynard isn't the true face of assisted suicide
Since California legalized physician-assisted suicide late last year, the proponents of such laws have set their sights on New York State, with paid lobbyists, consultants and public relations firms endlessly recounting the story of Brittany Maynard.
HOMILY
An appreciation of light
Some readers may be of an age to remember a most remarkable occurrence on an early November night in 1965. A power outage blanketed the Northeastern region of the United States. Nearly 30 million customers lost electricity. The ones who suffered the most were without power for 13 hours.
PERSPECTIVE
Allah bestowed mercy in my life anyway
The mercy of Allah (God) "extend[s] to all," says Abdullah Yusef Ali in "The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an," and it encompasses this world and the next.
REFLECTION
Don't let the end of Lent be the end of the Year of Mercy
Now that Lent is over and we are in the midst of the joys of the Easter season, our celebration of the Year of Mercy might run out of steam. This would be a pity, because Jesus' passion, death and resurrection -- the "paschal mystery" -- are at the very …
REFLECTION ON RESURRECTION
Stop staring into an empty tomb
"The best way out is through," said a message on a card given to me by my spiritual director as I began my unknown journey across the Atlantic from England to America two years ago.
HOMILY
Good Friday opened a door to forgiveness
At an event in 1995 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious World War II death camp, keynote speaker Elie Wiesel -- himself a death camp survivor and Nobel laureate -- gave an impassioned speech imploring God not to forgive those responsible for the savagery unleashed …
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