Category: Reflections
The Social Heart by Jeromiah Taylor
The heart is the antidote to hollow politics: the heart insists that persons are the value, the metric, the rule.
A Royal Homecoming by Fran Salone-Pelletier
A reflection on the readings for the Feast of Christ the King.
Seeking the Face of Christ: Part III—A Spirit of Eucharistic Hope by Ged Ayotte
Synodal conversation in the Spirit must allow for the prayerful critical thinking of the people of God, not as their baptismal right but as their very responsibility in Christ.
Wood and Nails by Wally Swist
I’ve never experienced loss on such a scale as I have in being a caregiver. I’ve never felt this alive before, either.
My Own End Horizon by Richard Lehan
Life finds ways to school us in death, independent of any intentional discipline.
Seeking the Face of Christ: Part II—The Leap of Divine Joy by Ged Ayotte
The second in a three-part reflection on global politics and institutional religion in the 21st century.
Two Labor Days by William Droel
St. Joseph, a carpenter, is associated with Labor Day in a roundabout way.
A Poem by Gerard Garrigan, OSB
"you are now there among them / torch all burning bright / your own crown won . . ."
Imaginary Rivalries by Julie A. Ferraro
These are the questions we must ask of those who seek power, whether through the upcoming election or within the church itself.
The Primacy of Charity by Abby Stidham
Did Christ not give us the very key to reinvigorating a slumbering mass, for making new these age-old issues?
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?