Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: Francis’s conception of Mary is not just as the meek mother of God, but also as a strong and courageous leader of the faith. While studying in Germany in the late 1980s, the future pope, then named Jorge Mario Bergoglio, developed an… Read More Pope Francis, Mary, and a Church Where Women Are Leaders
Pope Francis: “This is essential for salvation: that we may show mercy and love not only those who love us, but also those who cannot repay us, just as the Father had mercy on us and loved us through the gift of his Son Jesus.”
We’re well into Lent. Perhaps what we gave up has slipped (or we have come up short in those areas where we promised to do a little bit better). Maybe we’ve started eating chocolate again, or jumped back on Facebook, or were cruel to others. Easter still seems a long way off, and perhaps we… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Making the Journey
Today in the Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees present Jesus with an adulterous woman, publicly shaming her and putting her sins on display. It would have been easy for Jesus to denounce the woman’s actions and make a statement about virtuous behavior. Instead, he “bent down and began to write on the ground with his… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Compassion Over Condemnation
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Dependent. by Aaron Matthew Weldon: “Those moments at the beginning of life, as well as at its end, show us in a vivid way one of the deepest truths about being human: we are radically dependent on others.” Attack hit Tunisia where it hurt by Peter… Read More Around the Web
“Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” What a powerful way to end Mass. Sometimes a priest might choose, “Go forth glorifying God with your lives,” or “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord,” but the underlying theme is the same: Go. It’s a commissioning, a reminder of our baptismal call to… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Go!
In today’s gospel, Nicodemus questions the Pharisees by asking, “Does our law condemn a man before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?” The Pharisees are quick to judge and dismiss Jesus and his teachings simply because he is from Galilee. For St. Louis natives, we have a strong tendency to… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Refusing to Judge the ‘Other’
