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Three of Mary’s Life & Justice Lessons on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which commemorates the appearance of Mary to a peasant named Juan Diego in 1531 near Mexico City. It’s an important day for Catholics on this continent, as...
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It Doesn’t Make Sense
Four thoughts that swam around my head this weekend, and links worth reading for each: 1. Murder is never part of God’s plan. Sometimes, after horrifying days, it’s tempting for us as people of faith...
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Top Five Life & Justice Resolutions for 2013
I loved Fr. Jim Martin’s “Top 5 for 2013 — Easy Things for a Happier Year.” His recommendations would definitely be good for me, and I plan to try them. In addition to comforting us, nurturing us, and...
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Scripture Reflection: Love Is Not a Feeling
Hard to top today’s Mass readings. From the first Letter of John: “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love...
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Three Lessons from the Manti Te’o Hoax
We Notre Dame football fans have had a bizarre and emotional ten days. First, on January 7, Alabama slaughtered the Irish in the BCS National Championship game, 42-14. This part wasn’t that bizarre,...
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5 Pope Benedict XVI Quotes on Social Justice
The staggering news from Monday remains on our hearts and minds as Lent begins. So today’s post consists of five beautiful life & justice quotes from Pope Benedict XVI good for our journey toward...
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Pope Francis I (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio) Stands With the Poor: Quotes on...
Habemus Papam! And this new Pope we have is one who hails from the developing world, took public transportation to work, decided to live in a small apartment in Buenos Aires instead of the Archdiocesan...
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Holy Thursday: Radical Call to Be Served and to Serve
When I was in second grade, the pastor at our family’s parish invited me to be one of the 12 folks to participate in Holy Thursday’s foot washing. (I think I was invited because spring vacation...
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Tragedy in Boston: How We Can Respond From Distant Places
As the tragedy in Boston unfolded Monday, it felt close and far away at the same time. Close because of photos and cell-phone videos and Facebook posts from friends who were nearby when the bombs...
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“First an Earthquake, then a Hurricane”: Life & Justice Interview with John...
National Catholic Reporter senior correspondent and CNN’s Vatican correspondent John Allen was the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Camden’s Justice for All Dinner last week. John is one of the most...
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Five Reflections After the Conviction of Doctor Kermit Gosnell
Since Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder yesterday afternoon, I’ve been reading and reflecting on the news. There’s no way to make sense of...
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Millennial’s Summer Reads: MJL’s Picks
Who says theology and spirituality books aren’t good for beach reading? A well-balanced diet of mysteries, romances, legal thrillers, and Catholic Social Teaching texts is ideal during the summer...
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Lumen Fidei Casts Light on Key Catholic Social Teachings
Pope Francis released the fantastic new encyclical “Lumen Fidei” (“Light of Faith”) on Friday, which Pope Benedict started before his resignation this past winter. Encyclicals are the most important...
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Three Thoughts on Sunday’s Gospel: The Good Samaritan
This Sunday’s Gospel passage is an all-time classic: the story of the Good Samaritan. There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal...
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Pope Francis’ Top 5 Justice Quotes From World Youth Day
One of the most powerful themes of Pope Francis’ pontificate has been the importance of working for social justice. His emphasis on Catholic Social Teaching continued at World Youth Day— he seemed to...
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Happy Feast of the Assumption: Close-Reading the Magnificat
Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which you can read all about here. To celebrate our awesome mother, I’m going to take a close look at today’s Gospel reading, which...
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Go Out To All the World: The Art of Sending
This Sunday’s responsorial psalm (Go out to all the world and tell the Good News) has me thinking about being sent. Here are three very different examples of sending, and how they might relate to our...
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Six Great Quotes from the USCCB’s Labor Day Statement
Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California wrote this year’s Labor Day Statement for the USCCB. It includes some great reflections on a key Catholic social teaching principle: the dignity of...
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Top Five Justice Quotes from the New Interview with Pope Francis
The first extensive interview with Pope Francis since his election was published today in several Jesuit journals, including America here in the US. It’s long but great; read the whole thing. A quick...
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Live Questions Launches
I’m excited to be part of a group of millennial Catholics that launched the website Live Questions this week. It’s an online space for an ever-widening community attempting to follow the poet Rainer...
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