LGBTQ History Month: Silence at Church is Not a Blessing
The first thing my grandma asked when I came out was whether I’d been taking communion. If I go back to my home parish these days, my childhood...
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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...
When Prayers are Not Enough
With its ominous call to “let justice prevail at the gate,” the first reading evokes images of Jon Snow holding off White Walkers at the Wall, Prof....
Reflection: Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time 2020
Today’s reading from the Hebrew Bible depicts Elijah’s contest on Mt. Carmel with the prophets of Baal. The prophet Elijah must convince Israel...