October 29, 2019
Love Gives Itself Away
The simplest way to describe God’s poverty and humility is in terms of love. Love gives itself away—this is God’s poverty. Love turns toward the other so it can give itself to the other—this is God’s humility. In the Incarnation, God turns toward us through the Son/Word and gives himself to us as love.… The God whom Francis discovered is a God who shows himself to us in poor and humble fragile human flesh. This is a God who loves us so much as to be reckless in love; a God who throws it all away out of love and never tires of loving.
A Mission Reborn: Our Lady of the Angels
A team of Franciscans transformed a former parish and school in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods into a thriving mission that has become a blessing to those it serves.
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Editorial: The Greta Effect
This past September 23, millions of people around the world walked out of their schools and workplaces to demand urgent action on climate change. The protests were scheduled prior to the opening of the United Nations General Assembly and the ...
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Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life
Each year on the Day of the Dead, the typically somber setting of a cemetery is transformed into a festive and colorful place of honor and remembrance of departed loved ones.
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Two New Movies That Matter: Harriet & A Hidden Life
At first glance they couldn’t be more different. But the subjects of these two new films are united by their heroic devotion to faith and justice.
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Pedophile Priests Protected
My wife and I do not feel comfortable discussing this with our parish priest and hope you can provide some guidance. As cradle Catholics, we find it very difficult to continue in our Catholic faith because of repeated reports of ...
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A Nephew ‘s Coming Out
I am the only practicing Catholic in my family of birth and my husband's. My only nephew may soon "come out " to our overseas family about his homosexuality and same-sex relationship. We will be visiting his family soon. How ...
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