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...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
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...
Readings (Year B) Joel 2:12-18Psalm 51:3-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20—6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Reflection: Now is an acceptable time. As we begin the second...
Readings (Year B) Genesis 9:8-15Psalm 25:4-91 Peter 3:18-22Mark 1:12-15 Reflection: Turn and trust The first Sunday of Lent is like an emergency alert on the...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: I want to participate in the Lenten fast from meat on Fridays, but my doctor says not eating meat...
