Reflections Archives - Page 13 of 28 - Today's American Catholic

December 22, 2022

"If God dwells not among us / then we are lonely strangers / eclipsed in time and space that has no meaning."

December 15, 2022

"We breathe calmly in the green land / The presence of the luminous mother . . ."

December 15, 2022

Regal in his divine humanity yet unassuming in appearance, this babe would grow into adulthood—and restlessly, relentlessly challenge the status quo.

November 23, 2022

Thinking ahead to Advent, the season of hopeful expectation.

November 18, 2022

At its best, the Catholic tradition fosters a reasonable approach with which to argue intelligently and temperately with the world.

November 14, 2022

The Catholic Church should support environmentally friendly burial processes.

November 7, 2022

Finding humility and divinity in caretaking a loved one who is experiencing memory loss.

October 28, 2022

". . . mid-October’s biblical / coat of many colors filling its bulk, / the parameters of it stretching to / rest its immensity across the horizon."

October 26, 2022

Humility does not guarantee sanctity. It heightens our awareness of salvation by sensitizing us to the presence of God.

October 19, 2022

How Annie Dillard and Dorothy Day helped a writer discover new ways of thinking, acting, and living ecologically.