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Readings Acts 4:81–2Psalm 118:1, 8–9, 21–23, 26, 28, 291 John 3:1–2John 10:11–18 Reflection: The rejected stone and inclusive communities When I think of how...
As a Catholic, this year I am not experiencing the joy of the Easter season. Instead, I am in pain. I am sad. I am retraumatized by the death of Black...
Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home) is often referred to as Pope Francis’ “environmental” encyclical. Indeed, the contribution...
On the morning of March 20, 2020, my wife fainted in the bathroom. She was five weeks pregnant. I arrived just in time to grab hold of her, thus preventing her...
Picture this: a warm midspring morning, predawn. Nobody is awake. The birds chirp. The trees gently rustle. The air is fresh. The world is coated with a light...
U.S. Catholic was honored with five awards from the Associated Church Press this year. The 2020 ACP Best of the Church Press...
You can be forgiven for not noticing it, but the nuclear bomb became a global outlaw in January. No ticker tape parades followed after this sudden outburst of...
Readings (Year B) Acts 3:13–15, 17–19Psalm 4:2, 4, 7–8, 91 John 2:1–5Luke 24:35–48 Reflection: Marked by human experience In today’s second reading from John...
Thursday evening rehearsals always ended the same way. We turned off the lights, lit candles in front of an icon of Mary and Jesus gifted by the monks from the...
