And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the...
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Readings (Year A): Deuteronomy 8:2 – 3, 14b – 16aPsalms 147:12 – 13, 14 – 15, 19 – 201 Corinthians 10:16 – 17John 6:51...
Sixty years ago this month, during a commencement address at American University, a youthful President John F. Kennedy unveiled a strategy for peace during a...
All Oppression Shall Cease By Christopher Kellerman, S.J. (Orbis, 2022) At the beginning of social healing is truth-telling. This involves the true stories of...
After feeling enveloped by saints who perched upon the colonnade of St. Peter’s square and were poised on pedestals under the basilica’s gleaming ceiling, as...
Last week my teeth fell out. One by one they crumpled into paper, dissolved into sand. I woke up and touched them, counting them. In Nicaragua they say that...
Recently I reviewed a newly published Bible study program. It was a creative effort: visually appealing pages, good quality paper, easy to use, with an...
When I was a young adult, I didn’t think I was a feminist. This was not because I didn’t want the same opportunities men had. At the evangelical ranch, camp...
“Is God a boy?” my son asked me. He was almost 4 at the time, and he had already determined he was a boy and Mommy was a girl. He’d accepted a basic assumption...
Readings (Year A): Exodus 34:4b – 6, 8 – 9Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 562 Corinthians 13:11-13John 3:16 – 18 Reflection: Seeing the full picture...
