Laudate Deum is an astonishing short letter that is part scolding, part warning, part strict urging, and one hundred percent pastoral concern. Clearly a...
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Readings (Year B): Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Reflection: God has a place for each of us On Sundays the first...
Julia Feder is associate professor of religious studies and theology and the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in...
Javelin Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty, 2023) Sufjan Stevens is the rare songwriter still wrestling with Christianity’s full emotional range. Without leaving...
“How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!” (Psalm 133:1) On May 15, 2026, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priestly...
Readings (Year B) 1 Samuel 3:3b – 10, 19 Psalms 40:2, 4, 7 – 8, 8 – 9, 10 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17 – 20 John 1:35 – 42 ...
In an exchange last November during a debate on the diminishing merits of liberalism, born-again social Democrat Sohrab Ahmari pointed out that American...
As the delegates to the Synod on Synodality met in Rome for the first day of the month-long summit to determine the future of the Catholic Church, down the...
“Hate is never right, and love is never wrong.”–Roman Kent, Auschwitz survivor In September, I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time. Studying and even...
Ahsoka Created by Dave Filoni (Lucasfilm, 2023) Storytelling and spirituality both have a rhythm. Patterns emerge. We find ourselves battling old demons but in...
