Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “When the world slumbers in comfort and selfishness, our Christian mission is to help it rouse from sleep.”
Year: 2016
Approaching 2016 with Hope
Patheos has a new series on Engaging the New Year. Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale’s contribution is “A New Year, a Time for Hope”: Against this grim backdrop, we come upon a new year. What ought we to expect for the next twelve months? What will we encounter on the way? A Christian can and must… Read More Approaching 2016 with Hope
Who Am I to Judge? Pope Francis Explains His Approach to Gay Persons
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: Pope Francis clarifies his 2013 quote “who am I to judge” gay men and women, saying that the person supersedes his or her sexual orientation: “If a person is gay and seeks out the Lord and is willing, who am I to judge… Read More Who Am I to Judge? Pope Francis Explains His Approach to Gay Persons
Key Moments in President Obama’s Final State of the Union Speech
The President’s final State of the Union address included numerous insightful and inspiring passages, along with a few that were puzzling or problematic. Here are my reflections on some key moments in his address: We have to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so that politicians can pick their voters, and not the… Read More Key Moments in President Obama’s Final State of the Union Speech
My Not Entirely Enthusiastic Trip to Marriage Prep
For a recovering political junkie like myself, it was fascinating to watch the 2014 and 2015 assemblies of the Synod of Bishops, each of which focused on family life in the 21st century. I followed every development, story, and twist closely, and I, like many, am eagerly waiting to see what Pope Francis will decide… Read More My Not Entirely Enthusiastic Trip to Marriage Prep
Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Sobriety…is the ability to renounce what is superfluous and to resist the dominant consumerist mentality. Sobriety is prudence, simplicity, straightforwardness, balance, and temperance. Sobriety is seeing the world through God’s eyes and from the side of the poor. Sobriety is a style of life which points to the primacy of others as a… Read More Quote of the Day
Infinite Mercy, Even After Death?
Our popular Catholic imagination tends to obsess with what happens after we die. The mystery of transcending our earthly human limitations fascinates us. Heaven—or as Jesus calls it, God’s kingdom—is the perfect world God intended for us. We lost that world when our first parents sinned. Since then, and even despite Jesus’ merciful act of gaining back… Read More Infinite Mercy, Even After Death?
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