Mercy and Consolation
Daniel Imwalle
April 5, 2024
Grief is hardly a pleasant or welcome emotional state, and yet, if we’re blessed to live long enough, all of us have to face it at different times in our lives.
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God’s Sons
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 4, 2024
The spiritual man in mythology, in literature, and in the great world religions has an excess of life.
Radical Amazement
Bruce Epperly
April 4, 2024
Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel affirms that radical amazement is the heart of religious experience. Life is amazing.
Wield Your Words Well
Colleen Arnold, MD
April 3, 2024
When our words are kind and gentle, our spirits will be too. We will have fewer regrets and be more charitable and peaceful
Grace in Times of Trouble
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
April 3, 2024
Blessed Onesimus was a runaway slave in the New Testament. Despite this distressing situation, he ultimately became known as a holy one in the early Church. It was St. Paul who gave Onesimus guidance and encouragement.
The Ongoing Promise of Easter
Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg
April 2, 2024
The promise of Easter doesn’t end on Easter Sunday. The promise of life is a constant that is shared with us every day, through the ways in which our faith interacts with our daily lives. Saint John Paul II reminds us, “We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!”
God Is Wild
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 2, 2024
We tend to think the prophets were fortunetellers predicting the Christian future, but they were much more. They named the ever-present illusions and self-deceptions.
My Own Spring Awakening
Christopher Heffron
April 1, 2024
If winter is the time for stillness and introspection, spring is the season for awakening—for stretching our legs and exploring the world.
God Is the Initiator
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 1, 2024
God is always the initiator, always good, always available, and the flow is always free.
Christ’s Easter Peace
Clifford Hennings, OFM
March 31, 2024
The cross—a symbol that once meant shame has been remade into a sign of Christ’s glory. Take comfort in that truth today and find peace in it.
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