Readings (Year B) Isaiah 50:4-7Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24Philippians 2:6-11Mark 14:1—15:47 Reflection: The full story “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: My teenager doesn’t want to go to Mass with our family anymore, and it’s becoming a...
Readings (Year B) Jeremiah 31:31-34Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15Hebrews 5:7-9John 12:20-33 Reflection: Change our hearts Change our hearts this time,Your word says it...
I write this in the month of January, at the turn of the calendar and the beginning of a new year. When you read this, we will be in the beginnings of new...
Readings (Year B) 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23Psalms 137:1-6Ephesians 2:4-10John 3:14-21 Reflection: The great physician I would like to share with you a...
In his latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship), Pope Francis challenged the hallowed trickle-down effect, that mystical lifter...
Readings (Year B) Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19:8-111 Corinthians 1:22-25John 2:13-25 Reflection: Disrupted lives Living in Northern California, near Silicon Valley...
Since the civil rights movement first troubled the American conscience 70 years ago with moral appeals to confront the nation’s original sin of racism...
Readings (Year B) Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18Psalm 116:10, 15-19Romans 8:31b-34Mark 9:2-10 Reflection: A journey of conversion Catholics make up a rich...
Broken can be beautiful too. This is the lesson of kintsugi, an ancient Japanese art form that gives new life to broken pottery. The word kintsugi means “to...
