“It’s a weird job for a Jew in Tennessee, but somebody’s got to do it.” This is how A. J. Levine, a professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the...
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Readings (Year C): Acts 10:34a, 37 – 43Psalm 118:1 – 2, 16 – 17, 22 – 23Colossians 3:1 – 4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b – 8John...
A new release from Boston-area novelist Jennifer Haigh ponders questions of causality and randomness in the lives of ordinary people striving for meaning in a...
Nearly a century ago, a Spanish priest named Josemaría Escrivá founded a religious movement intended to summon Christians of all races, ages, and social...
Small Changes Michael Kiwanuka (Polydor, 2024) In the end, the world will be saved by beauty. This was one of Dorothy Day’s favorite quotes from Dostoyevsky...
Our local pandemic lockdown had been in effect for over a month on April 26, 2020. My two daughters had returned from college to finish their semesters, and my...
Longing brought me back to the hope of the resurrection. A longing stronger than any I had known, in the midst of a loss unlike any that came before. Eighteen...
“I fully expect the church to be persecuted,” says Bishop of El Paso Mark J. Seitz. Seitz has just spoken out strongly against the anti-immigrant policies of U...
Readings (Year C): Luke 19:28 – 40Isaiah 50:4 – 7Psalm 22:8 – 9, 17 – 18, 19 – 20, 23 – 24Philippians 2:6 – 11Luke...
“What’s your confirmation name?” is a peculiarly Catholic icebreaker. The question is based on generations of Catholic children choosing a saint’s name for...
