Category: Reflections

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 . . ."
May 24, 2024/by tac
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?
May 23, 2024/by tac
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 . . ."
May 20, 2024/by tac
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.
May 1, 2024/by tac
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.
April 18, 2024/by tac
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?
April 18, 2024/by tac
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.
April 16, 2024/by tac
“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.
April 3, 2024/by tac
Hidden Under the Whole of Life: Synodality and Liturgy by Michael Centore
When the church calls for liturgical renewal, what it seems to be seeking is a reexperience of the livingness, of the “life-itselfness” of the Eucharist.
March 29, 2024/by tac
Experience Counts by William Droel
An accumulation of experience combined with sustained reflection improves our understanding of God’s truth.
March 25, 2024/by tac
Departure, Encounter, and Return: A Lenten Meditation by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Lent is a gift of time set aside to ponder who we really are.
March 13, 2024/by tac
When I Listen: My Experience as a Spiritual Director by Sister Lou Ella Hickman, OVISS
The real spiritual director is the Holy Spirit, and my personal agenda, no matter how holy, would only get in the way.
February 20, 2024/by tac
A Poem by Božena Tesárová
"Cover me / with a coat of hope, / as the grain grows heavier / in the time of ripening."
February 16, 2024/by tac
A Divine Schedule by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Learning to heed God's call, even in moments of inconvenience or interruption.
February 1, 2024/by tac