Readings (Year A): Isaiah 55:10 – 11Psalms 65:10, 11, 12 – 13, 14Romans 8:18 – 23Matthew 13:1 – 23 Reflection: What are we doing to...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
Readings (Year A): Zechariah 9:9 – 10Psalms 145:1 – 2, 8-9, 10 – 11, 13 – 14Romans 8:9, 11 – 13Matthew 11:25 – 30...
Readings (Year A): 2 Kings 4:8 – 11, 14 – 16aPsalms 89:2 – 3, 16 – 17, 18 – 19Romans 6:3 – 4, 8 – 11Matthew 10:37...
My wife and I eat at home most of the time, and she has inherited a love of cooking from her Italian parents. Our gas stove is used heavily. In the summer...
Readings (Year A): Jeremiah 20:10 – 13Psalms 69:8 – 10, 14, 17, 33 – 35Romans 5:12 – 15Matthew 10:26 – 33 Reflection: The peace...
Few people know this, but I was not quite raised Catholic. Like most Mexicans at the time, I was born into a Roman Catholic family, but by the time I was 7 or...
Readings (Year A): Exodus 19:2 – 6aPsalms 100:1 – 2, 3, 5Romans 5:6 – 11Matthew 9:36 – 10:8 Reflection: Remember how much God loves you...
Readings (Year A): Deuteronomy 8:2 – 3, 14b – 16aPsalms 147:12 – 13, 14 – 15, 19 – 201 Corinthians 10:16 – 17John 6:51...
Readings (Year A): Exodus 34:4b – 6, 8 – 9Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 562 Corinthians 13:11-13John 3:16 – 18 Reflection: Seeing the full picture...
It is common today for Catholics to use the Marxist label as a slur—or, less frequently, as a sign of activist credibility. Yet most Catholics lack even a...
