When I was a child I never understood when someone would tell me that I had to listen to God. No matter how hard I tried, I could not hear any voice. Why did the characters in the Bible hear God’s voice but I couldn’t? As I grew into a more mature spiritual life I… Read More The Prayer of Listening
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power spoke at the UN on the Commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda. During her remarks, she said: First and foremost, we gather to share in the enduring grief of our Rwandan brothers and sisters, who suffered such a searing and immeasurable… Read More Samantha Power on the Genocide in Rwanda and Mass Atrocities Today
Millennial writer Bethany Welch has a new article at To Go Forth. She writes: Easter’s Gospel reading gives courage to those who, like Mary Magdalene visiting the tomb, travel through darkness to understand and to know. Where is the body? Why is the tomb empty? This mystery, this miracle, is rooted in brokenness and uncertainty. It… Read More We are Witnesses
For one month Teaching Assistants at the University of Toronto and York University in Toronto were on strike in the hopes of gaining better wages, fairer hours, more robust tuition assistance, and improved benefits. About two weeks ago, CUPE 3902, the union that represents the striking Ph.D and Master’s students at the University of Toronto,… Read More Catholic Universities Should Be Pro-Union
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article at Crux. He writes: The economic pressures on middle-class and working-class Americans are both the product of family breakdown and one of its principal causes. The minimum wage is nowhere near a living wage. Many working-class people live paycheck to paycheck, fearful that a single mishap will… Read More It’s time for a preferential option for the family
The Catholic Church is changing, and it’s not just because of Pope Francis. After Vatican II introduced a profound theology of the laity, lay people have been discovering that their purpose is more than to “pray, pay, and obey.” In fact, the Vatican II understanding of the laity taking their place primarily in the secular… Read More Why We Should Formally Recognize the Vocation of Lay Ecclesial Ministry
Just as those first rays of sun illuminated the empty tomb that resurrection day, may You, God, come and light my soul. Drive out the darkness of doubt and warm the stone of my heart. Work your miracle in me: Help me to truly rise with Christ today and everyday. Take this weary person and… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Christ is Alive. Alleluia!
