Category: Reflections
On Presence and Love: The Opening of the Heart by Wally Swist
Any mindfulness practice is work, and practicing presence is mindfulness practice.
Lessons from My Two Years as a Gay Catholic by Michael E. DeSanctis
A journey of accompaniment with the LGBTQ community.
Beauty for Ashes: A Story by Catherine Chandler
". . . whereas half an hour before, she had longed for the total erasure and oblivion of never having existed, she now merely wishes God would call her home, once and for all, and soon. . . ."
The World as It Is by Ed Burns
Recognizing the presence of God in moments of grief, chaos, and confusion.
Death to Life, Despair to Hope by Gene Ciarlo
"It is a story of resurrection and more. It is about remembrance and bringing to life again." An Easter reflection.
How to Live with What We Cannot Entirely Dispel by Fran Salone-Pelletier
The origins of a poem. A lament for Laetare Sunday.
Heeding the Call by Anne Kerrigan
Keeping in contact in the age of Covid.
A Poem by Jeannine Pitas
"My great-uncle was of no one place. Despite what my passport says, neither am I."
As Good a Catholic as You’re Gonna Get by Nicole d’Entremont
Pondering the sacramental life of the church, past, present, and future.
Two Poems by Rita A. Simmonds
"The question and the answer / became one thing..."
Ladders of Lenten Prayer by Gene Ciarlo
Like the image of the chakras in Kundalini yoga, prayer can grow from utter simplicity to communion with divinity.
On the Importance of Intergenerational Friendships by Kate Oczypok
When you worry about whether or not you’re succeeding or properly “adulting,” hearing affirmations like these really does some good for your soul.
A Poem by Gerard Garrigan, OSB
"John Prine, to my mind, you were a lot like me..."
Editorial: “People or Bricks”: A Catholic Response to the Crisis in Texas
The crisis in Texas shows that we need to heed Pope Francis's call for a "Copernican revolution" in our political and economic life.