In the 120-year-old May chapel at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, on a Sunday afternoon in November, I sit in a pew and jot down facts about death: Your hair and...
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Readings (Year A): Exodus 22:20 – 26Psalms 18:2 – 3, 3 – 4, 47, 511 Thessalonians 1:5c – 10Matthew 22:34 – 40 Reflection: The...
American Catholics sometimes feel conflicted about Halloween. The very name is a contraction for “All Hallows Evening,” but somehow a Christian vigil for the...
Because the Bible is a conglomeration of diverse texts written in varied historical contexts to meet the needs of diverse audiences, its symbols and motifs...
Alone Created by Gretchen Palek, Shawn Witt, David George, and Brent Montgomery (History Channel, 2015–present) In 2015, the History Channel aired Alone, a...
In Rome, one of my favorite places to take my students is the Catacombs of St. Callixtus. There is something mysterious about descending below ground, almost...
When we recently named our baby boy “Jude,” I swore to myself I wouldn’t be singing the Beatles’ top-selling single to him around the clock. It just seemed, I...
In 2017, a Renaissance masterpiece by Leonardo DaVinci titled Salvator Mundi, which depicts Christ as the savior of the world, sold for $450 million dollars...
Democracy’s decline at the global level can prompt feelings of helplessness and despair. But inaction is not an option for justice-seekers, and fortunately...
If a tree falls in a forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it still make noise? If a person lifts their praises and petitions to God without...
