Category: Reflections
Mere Survival: Notes on an Enduring Illness by Walker Storz
"It is unnerving to realize how quickly one can adapt to this, to accept sleepwalking rapidly through highlight reels of weeks, then months, then years."
Time and Materials by William Droel
Does a spiritual motivation lurk “in the gears of modern routine”?
A Mother’s Day Benediction by Anne Kerrigan
Mother's Day is an opportunity to acknowledge all those who serve children in communities throughout the world.
Easter and the Incarnation by William Droel
To stay attuned to the eternal joy of Easter requires the simplicity and patience of the first witnesses in Bethlehem.
Finding Ourselves in the Passion Narrative by Fran Salone-Pelletier
I begin to see that I am not simply one of the many persons who are present at this singularly transformative crossroads. At one moment or another, I am all of them.
Two Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti / Translated from the Italian by Wally Swist
"O homeland your every age / awakens in my blood . . ."
A Poem by Kathryn Sadakierski
"Intricate as the patterns etched in a leaf, / Calm and comforting as the sea . . ."
Solidarity with Catholic Charities and Sr. Norma Pimentel
An ill-advised lawsuit is once again trying to criminalize humanitarian aid.
Two Memories by Gerard Garrigan, OSB
"Josef had somehow come by one lens from a broken set of eyeglasses and a tattered paperback Ukrainian-English Bible. . . ."
Naïveté by Anne Kerrigan
I listen to the powers that be with much more caution. I trust my own judgment, my own conscience, my own relationship with God.
Sacred Simplicity by Edward R. Burns
A reflection on three interlinking pre-Lenten themes: prayer, mission, and becoming a healing presence to others.
Monarchs, Memories, and Me by Fran Salone-Pelletier
A moment of levity in a time of solemnity.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: A Note on the Passing of Two TAC Contributors
Remembering two contributors whose lives exemplified Gospel nonviolence.
The Moral Hinge by William Droel
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s belief that "the universe hinges on a moral foundation" continues to challenge and instruct us today.