As we prepare for the feast of the Epiphany, we can use this prayer, provided by Education for Justice, a project of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, so that the light of Epiphany may bless us with a vision of a just and peaceful...
Every great move of God begins with a fiat, a “yes” to the presence and action of God in our lives. One way of understanding the difference between sin and sanctity is the simple difference between “no” and “yes” to God in the depth ...
Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic teaching, Dilexi Te, addresses the Church’s role in affirming that love of God is one with love for the poor. He illuminates God as a liberator of the oppressed and denouncer of injustices that ...
Pope Leo XIV has published his first major teaching document, “Dilexi Te,” Latin for “I have loved you,” and subtitled “On love for the poor.” In the first chapter, he affirms that, while love for God “is one with love for the poor,” today, new and ...
Contemplative blogger Brian Mitchell offers this reflection on the ever-present Christ:
The Christ Light animates everything inviting us to share in the ineffable divine Energy of Being, of Source, of God. Christ is that which speaks to the core of where we are headed as a human race, as a ...
The Catholic Church commemorates the feast of Our Lady Of Guadalupe on December 12. This feast day and devotion to the Blessed Mother carries special significance for many immigrants in the United States. The USCCB committees...
One of the gifts of contemplative practice is the grace to reframe our understanding of our past and thus allow the transformative power of God to work through our past. Common, but misguided, ways of relating to our past include a tendency to remain stuck in nostalgia for past glories, successes, or titles, as if those things...
This week, Pope Leo XIV sent a video message to religious leaders attending the U.N. climate talks, urging countries to “take concrete action” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them that humans are failing in their ....