“Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!” (Philippians 4:14) Today is Gaudete Sunday, the Sunday of rejoicing. How many of us spontaneously associate God and joy? In our alienation from God, we experience God only as judge, as distant and demanding. But God’s whole business is joy. God is a communion, a community of joy in God’s own inner life. God… Read More Let Us Rejoice
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Year of Mercy Begins by Michael Sean Winters: “This is what mercy looks like in action: It consoles, it liberates, it gives courage, it brings light, it offers help. (And, its exercise will arouse Jansenists!) Mercy is more than an ethic, more than a dogma.… Read More Around the Web
Cardinal Seán O’Malley: “Only love and mercy will open hearts that have been hardened by the individualism of our age.”
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Gaudium et spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, a key document from Vatican II. It is a truly extraordinary document, offering wisdom on a wide-range of subjects. Rereading this week, I was struck by the unity of Catholic moral and… Read More From Gaudium et spes to Pope Francis: The Unity of Church Teaching on Human Life and Dignity
“The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes.” Pope Francis Poverty is linked to some of the most pressing issues of modern times, from climate change to gun violence. Yet all too often, how we view poverty reflects societal misconceptions and prejudices and is disconnected… Read More Poverty, Capitalism, and Pope Francis
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: According to a recent CNN/ORC poll, many white evangelical Christians in the early primary states support Donald Trump. That’s surprising. Trump’s call Monday to bar all Muslims from entering the U.S. is perhaps the biggest act of religious bigotry in modern presidential politics.… Read More Donald Trump’s Anti-Christian Campaign
Carolyn Wickware explains, “The opening of the Holy Year of Mercy culminated in a nature-inspired light show, with images of animals and the natural world projected onto the facade of St Peter’s Basilica yesterday evening. Inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care of our Common Home, changing images of endangered animals and nature… Read More Amazing Vatican Light Show Displays the Beauty of Creation
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