The Social Heart by Jeromiah Taylor

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The second in a three-part reflection on global politics and institutional religion in the 21st century.

Two Labor Days by William Droel

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St. Joseph, a carpenter, is associated with Labor Day in a roundabout way.

A Poem by Gerard Garrigan, OSB

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"you are now there among them / torch all burning bright / your own crown won . . ."

Imaginary Rivalries by Julie A. Ferraro

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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

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Did Christ not give us the very key to reinvigorating a slumbering mass, for making new these age-old issues?