Isaiah speaks to us in the first reading for Christmas Night Mass as if he walks beside us, through a …Read More
Let Jesus be born in us
Category: Editorials
Overcoming the night of sin and division
In a recent Advent reflection, Sister of Mercy Doris Gottemoeller compares the time in which Jesus was born to our …Read More
We grow by giving of ourselves
Pope Francis wrote in an essay that “the antibodies to the virus of indifference … remind us that our lives …Read More
We are the work of God’s hands
In the first reading for the first Sunday of Advent, Isaiah prays, “O LORD, you are our father; we …Read More
Care for other people
Pandemic fatigue and pandemic denial have placed our exhausted healthcare workers at risk during a time when we depend on …Read More
‘Catholics have a special duty to be peacemakers’
In his second inaugural speech, in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a message of compassion, hope and fortitude to a …Read More
Practice the ‘kindness and generous love of God’
Paul’s Letter to Titus contains a passage with advice that is fitting to our present time, the days after a …Read More