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Compassion Is More than Behavior

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 2, 2020

Compassion is more than behavior. It is the way that things are done, the fundamental current through which action flows toward self and others.

Lent with the Saints: Frances of Rome

Greg Friedman, OFM March 2, 2020

The first days of Lent feature scriptural selections that emphasize the lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

The Angels We Meet

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 1, 2020

Jesus was cared for after he was exhausted by what he went through in the forty days in the desert.

Lent with the Saints: Noah

Greg Friedman, OFM March 1, 2020

We can’t help but look at Noah through the lens of our modern sense of what’s acceptable behavior.

Special Status Is an Illusion

Laurence Freeman, OSB February 29, 2020

Special status is an illusion in which we take refuge when things are going well.

Lent with the Saints: Levi (Matthew) the Tax Collector

Greg Friedman, OFM February 29, 2020

Isaiah 58:9b–14; Psalm 86:1–2, 3–4, 5–6; Luke 5:27–32

Luke—and Mark—tell us the story of Levi, a tax collector whom Jesus calls as a follower in today’s Gospel passage. Levi promptly throws a party for Jesus. More tax collectors and others show up as well, prompting criticism from the Pharisees and scribes. Their disapproval draws one of Jesus’ most important responses: “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:31–32).