Reflections Archives - Page 20 of 27 - Today's American Catholic

July 27, 2021

Taking time to explore the work of some of our favorite poets. "She is a theologian I trust / to teach me again how to pray. . . ."

July 20, 2021

What impact has the pandemic had on Christian faith and its communal practice?

July 13, 2021

Two 20th-century bishops modeled a "gentle persuasion" that could be instructive for today's clerics.

July 8, 2021

The hospital as hallowed site of ritual, transformation, and compassion.

June 30, 2021

"For the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."

June 25, 2021

A meditation on hope, and a tribute to one who embodied it to her core.

June 18, 2021

"Even birth is a violent conflict between life and taring. . . ."

June 17, 2021

The mystery of the Mass is that God has reached us in our dusty, motley, disagreeable, struggling communities.

June 10, 2021

A selection from a new novel that celebrates the tradition of Irish Catholicism in 19th-century America.

June 4, 2021

The Eucharist as metaphor. How do you make real the answer to the imponderable?