Category: Reflections
Seeking the Face of Christ: Part I—The Plea of Bartimaeus by Ged Ayotte
The first in a projected three-part series on global politics and institutional religion in the 21st century.
Lifting the Lines of the Map: Synodality and a Sense of Place by Michael Centore
The first installment of an essay on understanding a synodal sense of place, incorporating elements from the latest Instrumentum Laboris.
The Wonder of the Outside Heart by Fran Salone-Pelletier
It all begins with an outpouring of love—specifically love that is moved with compassion, love that emerges from the wonder of an outside heart.
Return to Fountain Fullness by Patrick Carolan
If God would not find these acts acceptable in heaven, what makes us think that they should be acceptable on Earth?
No Consecration by William Droel
Learning from other liturgical rites can help us see that God is bigger than any one formula for the Mass.
Prayer in the Shadow of Fascism by Colleen Shaddox
"Send me running across dewy grass toward last embraces. . . ."
A Poem by Walker Storz
"I fear mostly / the death of the part of myself / which can play, / the death of love / and the quick march / of industrial time . . ."
Love, Hope, and “Adelante!”: An Open Letter to the Church on the Diaconate for Women
Why did you ask us to discern restoring women to the diaconate synodally if you were not willing to allow the Holy Spirit time to move?
Two Poems By Salvador Espriu Translated by Andrew Kaufman and Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
"in peace, in the tranquil / rooms of my dreams, / your mercy will welcome me . . ."
No Need to Argue by Julie A. Ferraro
Who ends up suffering, after all? The children, the poor, all made homeless as buildings are reduced to rubble.
Mystery and Simplicity by Michael Centore
A reflection on the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, inspired by our TAC small Christian community gatherings.
The Mystical Community by O’Neill D’Cruz
How do mystics find the spiritual resources and resilience to love and care for a world that often misunderstands them?
Seeking the Authentic Self by Julie A. Ferraro
If being a sinner is the rationale for denying someone a blessing, then none of us should receive one.
“A Letter Is a Joy of Earth”: Selected Correspondence from Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon’s “How to Be”
A Trappist monk and a journalist rediscover the lost art of letter-writing as a spiritual practice.