As a girl, I was always mesmerized as I watched the altar servers begin Mass. My dad would hoist me up on his shoulder as I watched them travel by. I knew that I would become an altar server too. So the day when the sign up sheet landed on my desk during religion class, […]
A few years ago, an article was published in Time magazine by Christopher Hale, who at the time was the executive director at Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and the cofounder of Millennial. The title of the article was “Jesus’ Radical Easter Politics.” The full article is still available online at time.com/4271474/jesus-radical-easterpolitics/. Certainly, […]
There is a beautiful passage in Scripture about the self-emptying love of God, most clearly seen in Jesus Christ. In Philippians 2:7, we read, “He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.” This month, as we contemplate the mysteries of salvation, it is most appropriate for us to consider […]
In 2002, I gave a presentation on Mary in the Gospels. During the discussion, one person remarked that she had heard that the blood and water coming from the side of Jesus on the cross in John 19:34 was a birthing image – the amniotic fluid and blood involved in human birthing. Since I was […]
El pasado enero como parte de la celebración del Día Nacional de Oración por los Afroamericanos y la familia Africanas. Por la familia Afroamericana y Africana? El p. Jim Goode, fundador de OFM de este día en 1989, compartió con nosotros una refl exión de Therese Wilson. Me gustaría compartir la refl exión con todos […]
This past January as part of the celebration for National Day of Prayer for the African-American and African Family, Father Jim Goode, OFM, founder of this day in 1989, shared with us a reflection by Therese Wilson. I would like to share the reflection with all of you as a meditation as we finish our […]
