A Holy Week meditation with Leal’s Pieta Leal’s painting brings us face-to-face with the historical life and death of Jesus. In Mexico, this Holy Week...
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Readings (Year B) Acts 10:34a, 37-43Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23Colossians 3:1-4John 20:1-9 Reflection: Life out of death In the opening line of the gospel...
I have little to no interest in “Christian films.” I find most boring and trite, seldom saying anything that feeds my soul. Neat or sanitized affirmations of...
It was Easter in about 450 C.E. Paschal fires dotted the Irish landscape, joining those of Beltine, the sacred festival that opened the pastures. Near the...
America, we have a gun problem. Gun violence continues to speak louder than our love for one another. How could we forget the brutal assassinations of Medgar...
Of all the great Triduum teachers, trees captivate me the most. I make a point to wander through my local arboretum each Good Friday. These Midwestern trees...
In the throes of the Salvadoran Civil War, St. Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered because he stood with his people against oppression. Prior to his death...
I have spent the majority of the past three years of my life either pregnant or breastfeeding. While my collective 16 months of pregnancy with children born...
As a story loses its history, it gains its meaning. This is never truer than in stories shared among families about their common memories. Over the years, the...
Readings (Year B) Isaiah 50:4-7Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24Philippians 2:6-11Mark 14:1—15:47 Reflection: The full story “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me...
