
The readings for today give hope to the humble. They proclaim the mercy of God for those who emerge from…
The readings for today give hope to the humble. They proclaim the mercy of God for those who emerge from…
Reading: Is 58:1-9; PS 51:3-4, 5-6AB, 18-19 The words of the first reading from Isaiah 58:1-9 are like brilliant beams of light,…
When I speak with someone who is curious about the faith, I realize my revelations about the spiritual life in…
As every mother knows, a newborn takes at least eight hours a day to nurse, burp, rock and comfort, bathe…
Man lives in constant delusion. There is a world of difference between one sitting on a hill and looking at…
I once asked a priest what my life would have been like if I had not experienced suffering, if I…
In the Old Testament, the Azazel goat, translated as scapegoat, was one of two goats chosen for a ceremony on…
I am a conundrum: a rather outmoded sort of woman, ridiculed by modern career women, vilified by the earth’s prophets of doom…