Category: Reflections

The Season of Paradox: On the Readings for Second Sunday, Cycle A by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Now is the season of paradox. Now, when darkness looms, there is light.
January 16, 2023/by tac
Ineffective Altruism by William Droel
As long as wealth inequality persists, the "philanthropy" of the financial elite won't solve our problems.
January 13, 2023/by tac
Papal Doctrine by Julie A. Ferraro
Assessing the complex legacy of Benedict XVI.
January 6, 2023/by tac
“If God Is Not Incarnate” by Edward R. Burns
"If God dwells not among us / then we are lonely strangers / eclipsed in time and space that has no meaning."
December 22, 2022/by tac
“Assistono diversi santi” (Several Saints Attend)
"We breathe calmly in the green land / The presence of the luminous mother . . ."
December 15, 2022/by tac
Christmas Joy Brightly Lights the Shadow of the Cross by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Regal in his divine humanity yet unassuming in appearance, this babe would grow into adulthood—and restlessly, relentlessly challenge the status quo.
December 15, 2022/by tac
To Wait for Inspiration Is to Walk by Faith by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Thinking ahead to Advent, the season of hopeful expectation.
November 23, 2022/by tac
An Appointment with Modernity by William Droel
At its best, the Catholic tradition fosters a reasonable approach with which to argue intelligently and temperately with the world.
November 18, 2022/by tac
Ashes to Ashes by Julie A. Ferraro
The Catholic Church should support environmentally friendly burial processes.
November 14, 2022/by tac
Participating in God’s Being by Wally Swist
Finding humility and divinity in caretaking a loved one who is experiencing memory loss.
November 7, 2022/by tac
Two Poems by Wally Swist
". . . mid-October’s biblical / coat of many colors filling its bulk, / the parameters of it stretching to / rest its immensity across the horizon."
October 28, 2022/by tac
Humility’s Mirror by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Humility does not guarantee sanctity. It heightens our awareness of salvation by sensitizing us to the presence of God.
October 26, 2022/by tac
Integral Ecologies by Renée Darline Roden
How Annie Dillard and Dorothy Day helped a writer discover new ways of thinking, acting, and living ecologically.
October 19, 2022/by tac
Habitual Practice by Julie A. Ferraro
For the 60th anniversary of Vatican II, rethinking the implications of one of its key documents for religious communities.
October 13, 2022/by tac