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An Easter people

By Elizabeth Foss
“Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength” (Neh 8:10). Happy Easter. Have you entered into the joy of this season of feasting with […]
4/22/22
Reading Time 3 min

Revisiting Lia Thomas debate

By Mary Beth Bonacci
There are disadvantages to writing a monthly column in a 24-hour news cycle world. By the time my time rolls around, my chosen topics are often “old news.” But maybe my job as “cleanup” person on any given issue is to revisit it after everyone has taken a breath and we all have gained a […]
4/22/22
Reading Time 4 min

Climate healing by doing less — one day a week

By Paul Weiss
There is a giant step the people of God can take next weekend to benefit the Earth’s climate. It’s simple, easy, everyone is capable of doing it and, best of all, it involves doing less not more. I’m not a climate scientist but I know this: if 70 million U.S. Catholics embraced Pope Francis’ encyclical, […]
4/19/22
Reading Time 2 min

Gospel Commentary for April 17

By Joseph M. Rampino
The spirit of death has weighed upon us heavily for a long time now. I don’t mean only the past month of renewed war in Europe, or the past two years of the pandemic, but for all of human history. The more than 2,000 Easters since the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ always […]
4/17/22
Reading Time 3 min

Divine Mercy Sunday

By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
The universal church always has recognized that the almighty triune God — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit — is merciful. Our risen Lord Jesus Christ, during the 1930s, shared with Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament Kowalska (1905-38), a Polish nun, his message of merciful love. St. Faustina’s work, “Diary: Divine […]
4/13/22
Reading Time 3 min

April is Autism Awareness Month

By Nancy Emanuel
If you’re the parent of a child with autism, or if you are a person with autism, you are aware that every month is autism awareness month. But for just one month per year, April, the general population takes the opportunity to explore what autism is and how it impacts life. Let’s take it one […]
4/8/22
Reading Time 3 min

The sin of cynicism

By Soren Johnson
A medieval Belgian saint named Christina the Astonishing (1150-1224) reportedly could smell sin. No, I’m not making this up. There are accounts that when she was in church, she levitated up to the rafters because she couldn’t bear the stench emanating from her fellow worshippers. And so it is with our cynicism, the de facto […]
4/8/22
Reading Time 3 min

When Catholic entrepreneurs take the leap

By Christina Capecchi
Matt Martinusen lost his job at a precarious time. He was the sole breadwinner, and his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, had just had their third baby. The nonprofit Matt had been working for was running out of money due to COVID-19. They had to let him go. It was the day before his birthday. […]
4/8/22
Reading Time 3 min

The contrasts in Palm Sunday

By Fr. Richard Miserendino
GOSPEL COMMENTARY April 10, Lk 22:14-23:56 Palm Sunday is a study in contrasts. For example: The meekness and innocence of Christ and the kingdom of God is set against the cold-heartedness of Pilate and the Roman Empire. The mercy of God is set against the injustice of the world. Reflecting on Luke’s account of the […]
4/8/22
Reading Time 3 min

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