The readings for today give hope to the humble. They proclaim the mercy of God for those who emerge from…
Author Melanie Jean Juneau
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…