From one of the most influential religious and social leaders of our time.
Who has lived well?
We can’t cage life. We cannot freeze the present happy day under glass. We can’t impale it like a butterfly in a frame. No, life moves inexorably on, whether we...
Who has lived well?
We can’t cage life. We cannot freeze the present happy day under glass. We can’t impale it like a butterfly in a frame. No, life moves inexorably on, whether we...
The proper place for devotion to Mary
No one ever taught us Marian theology in any organized academic way. They didn’t need to even try.
The proper place for devotion to Mary
No one ever taught us Marian theology in any organized academic way. They didn’t need to even try.
An Icon for Our Century
It is two thousand years later and little or nothing has changed. The voice of women proclaiming the presence of Christ goes largely unconfirmed.
An Icon for Our Century
It is two thousand years later and little or nothing has changed. The voice of women proclaiming the presence of Christ goes largely unconfirmed.
Feast of the Ascension may be more about us
Only one evangelist, Luke, talks about the Ascension as a separate dimension of the life of Christ. Only Luke, in Acts, dates it “on the fortieth day.”
Feast of the Ascension may be more about us
Only one evangelist, Luke, talks about the Ascension as a separate dimension of the life of Christ. Only Luke, in Acts, dates it “on the fortieth day.”
What was there left to believe in?
The first time I went to Rome, experienced the intrigues of the Curia, saw the politics of the system, watched the maneuverings of national clerical alliances, and realized how helpless...
What was there left to believe in?
The first time I went to Rome, experienced the intrigues of the Curia, saw the politics of the system, watched the maneuverings of national clerical alliances, and realized how helpless...
A model of abandonment
Psalm 130 teaches us to pray: “My soul relies on God more than a sentry on the coming of dawn.”
A model of abandonment
Psalm 130 teaches us to pray: “My soul relies on God more than a sentry on the coming of dawn.”