Readings Acts of the Apostles 1:1–11Psalm 47:2–3, 6–7, 8–9 Ephesians 1:17–23Mark 16:15–20 Reflection: Gifts of the Spirit A great joy in my work as a...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
Just a few years back, historically low interest rates provoked a debt binge among governments in the developing world, one partly bankrolled by new...
If I give you a rose, you will not doubt God. —St. Clement of Alexandria A decade before he died, in my front yard my dad and I planted one deep red tea rose...
Readings (Year B) Acts 10:25–26, 34–35, 44–48Psalm 98:1, 2–3, 3–41 John 4:7–10John 15:9–17 Reflection: Chosen by God To be chosen feels pretty special. A...
Modern Catholic social thought is typically dated back to Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor). It’s not that Catholicism had...
Readings (Year B) Acts 9:26–31Psalm 22:26–27, 28, 30, 31–321 John 3:18–24John 15:1-8 Reflection: Constant conversion In today’s first reading, we hear that...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: My pastor often performs magic tricks during his homily to illustrate the message of the day’s...
Readings Acts 4:81–2Psalm 118:1, 8–9, 21–23, 26, 28, 291 John 3:1–2John 10:11–18 Reflection: The rejected stone and inclusive communities When I think of how...
On the morning of March 20, 2020, my wife fainted in the bathroom. She was five weeks pregnant. I arrived just in time to grab hold of her, thus preventing her...
You can be forgiven for not noticing it, but the nuclear bomb became a global outlaw in January. No ticker tape parades followed after this sudden outburst of...
