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Understanding grace more deeply
The mark of genuine contrition is not a sense of guilt, but a sense of sorrow, of regret for having taken a wrong turn, just as the mark of living in grace is not a sense of our own worth but a sense of being accepted and loved despite our unworthiness.
Caring for body, mind and soul
One of the greatest heroes of the social justice wing of the Church is, quite rightly, the 17th century “slave of the slaves,” St. Peter Claver. Born in Barcelona, Claver joined the Society of Jesus and was known, even as a young man, as a person of deep intelligence and piety.
Fruitfulness in Faith
Thank you for the warm reception to my joining the Catholic Herald staff! I appreciated the feedback from my first column linking Natural Family Planning with a foundation of navigating life with a faith perspective.
United in faith
Please know through this letter that you are in my thoughts as you celebrate an ecumenical service of unity in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
A powerful evangelization tool
When our new reporter, Jenny Snarski, is out on the road in our diocese, she often meets Catholics who don’t get the paper.
Evangelize by attraction
Greetings to all readers of the Catholic Herald, I am thrilled and grateful to begin writing with some consistency for this publication.
The church on the edge of the world
Even though I lived in France for three years while doing my doctoral studies, I never managed a visit to Mont Saint-Michel, the mysterious, mystical, and hauntingly photogenic abbey situated on a promontory just off the Normandy coast between Caen and St. Malo.
Staying grounded in faith
The complexity of adulthood inevitably puts to death the naiveté of childhood. This is true too of our faith. Not that faith is a naiveté. It isn’t. But our faith needs to be constantly reintegrated into our persons and matched up anew against our life’s experience; otherwise we will find it at odds with our life. Genuine faith can stand up to every kind of experience, no matter its complexity.
Inchoate desire
Sometimes while praying the Psalms, I’m caught looking quite uncomfortably into a mirror reflecting back my own seeming dishonesty.
