“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” • John 20:2b Once a year, we as church stand in this same spot and...
Easter
My friend and I were eating at a restaurant in South Bend, Indiana when someone called the police on us. She accused us of scaring her 8-year-old daughter. The...
As winter begins to melt away, I’m thinking about dumpster diving again. I started last year when I realized how much college students throw away at the end of...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Holy Week is a time for pondering the deepest mysteries of the Christian faith, especially how in the betrayal, suffering...
I love Holy Week. With its processions, readings, incense, colors, and music, it is the most theatrical time of the liturgical year, when each of us can step...
As I paced up and down the aisles of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on a quiet, gray January morning, I found myself transfixed by...
At the risk of sounding cliché, there is something special about football Saturdays at the University of Notre Dame. Whether you have zero interest in...
I stood more than 4,000 feet above sea level—close to one mile. As I approached the Johnston Ridge Observatory in the Cascade Mountains, the world opened up...
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...
Researching COVID-19, scientists used a human cell line called “HeLa” to isolate and identify how the virus infects human cells. HeLa cells reveal both the...
