Wine for a new world: Gospel reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Daniel Duigou in La Croix, Jan 2019 John the Evangelist gave us the story of the Marriage at Cana, written more than 20 centuries ago. Interpreting it in today’s…
Practical Christianity
Practical Christianity Thursday, January 24, 2019 When the Christian tradition chose an imperial Christ, living inside the world of static and mythic proclamations, it framed belief and understanding in a…
Speaking with a prophetic voice (weekend readings)
1 Feb 2019 ZENIT STAFFSUNDAY READINGS Roman Rite Jer 1,4-5.17-19; Ps 71; 1 Cor 12.31-13.3; Lk 4,21-30 Ambrosian Rite Penultimate Sunday after the Epiphany Dn 9.15-19; Ps 106; 1Tim 1,12-17; Mk…
The Kingdom of Heaven – both prophetic and “within you”
Just as the Bible takes us through many stages of consciousness and history, it takes us individually a long time to move beyond our need to be dualistic, judgmental, accusatory,…
Final Document of Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment
Synod – Vatican Media ‘All the different vocations come together in the one universal call to holiness, which can only be the fulfilment of the appeal to the joy of…
Making synodality (walking together) the founding principle of co-responsibility in the church
In La Croix, Jan 2019. Since his election, Pope Francis has continued to insist on synodality as the principle of Church governance. To better understand this notion, the Bishops’ Conference…
“We want to ignore man-made boundaries and see the God-made boundaries that unite us, like a watershed,” said Jodi Rose, executive director of Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake. “We have a responsibility to take care of these shared resources.”
An interfaith group finds willing partners to restore a shared watershed Jan 1, 2019, by Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service On a chilly fall day several weeks ago, volunteers from five Maryland…
Sinking ships, institutions and governments are not difficult to identify. You can watch their long, slow, laborious decline as the stern begins to slip away and the bow, the head of the ship, becomes useless. You can see that it is no longer making any kind of real progress into the wind.
By Sr. Joan Chittester, Jan 2019 in NCRonline.com Sinking ships are not difficult to identify. You can watch their long, slow, laborious decline as the stern begins to slip away…
