Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always Easy
Today’s Gospel always gives me heartburn. Calling a woman a dog and refusing to heal her child seems inconsistent, to put it mildly, with Jesus’s...
St. Martha: A Beacon of Hope in Our Christian Lives
Today we remember Saint Martha, the woman to whom Jesus directs these powerful words in the Gospel of John: “I am the resurrection and the life;...
The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene: A Celebration of Women Leaders
In 2016, Pope Francis changed the status of the Mass celebrated in remembrance of St. Mary Magdalene from a Memorial to a Feast. This may not mean...
St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks
Less than two months ago, we marked the fifth-year anniversary of Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s powerful encyclical on the care for our common home. The...