Whether we realize it or not, we all suffer one primal addiction throughout the course of our lifetimes: an addiction to our own way of thinking. Not one of us is free from our particular set of lenses through which we view the world – the perspectives inherited from culture, country, ethnic group, religious tradition, family, and past experience. So too do we find ourselves bound by our particular ways of processing the world ...
The Catholic Church defines ecumenisms as the promotion of cooperation and unity among Christians. In October of 2013, during an interview with Eugenio Scalfari an Italian journalist, Pope Francis said: “I believe , not in a Catholic God, there is no Catholic God.” In another interview with LaStampa (a morning newspaper in Turin), Pope Francis emphasized his commitment to ecumenism, stating: “For me, ...
his Christmas, we offer the two images below – Nativity by Joseph Mulamba-Mandangi (left) and a traditional Byzantine icon (right) – for your gazing. How does each ...
A Christmas Poem When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock. The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost,...
This final week of Advent will find the holiday hustle turned up to full throttle, but in the midst of gatherings and celebrations, the German Jesuit Karl Rahner encourages us to find time to buck the trend in order the welcome the true “Christmas spirit”: Have the courage to be alone. Only once you have ...
While there will always be temptations to dwell in great glories and insights of the past, real hope is not found lingering in the space of yesterday. Likewise, there is temptation to believe that the real good we seek is just up ahead or around the corner, in a future that...
Gifting for Peace and Justice “Jesus knows well the pain of not being welcomed and how hard it is not to have a place to lay one’s head. May our hearts not be closed as they were in the homes of Bethlehem. Pope Francis, Urbi et Orbi, 2017 Reflection: This Christmas, how can we