Acts 5:12-16 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Rev 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19 John 20:19-31 “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my fingers into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” In his...
Read MoreThe response to Paul Gondreau’s reflections and the whole story of his son Dominic’s encounter with Pope Francis has been overwhelming, and overwhelmingly positive. As Christiana Gondreau told Wolf Blitzer...
Read MoreWe’ve been hearing a lot about Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead lately. Sandberg apparently heralds a new brand of feminism: a call to women to pull themselves up and overcome...
Read MoreAs I was in CVS today buying massive quantities of half-priced Easter candy (for my 101 students, not for me!), I happened to glance over at the magazines. Usually, I intentionally avert my eyes from the magazines as a sort of...
Read MoreThe following is a guest post from Paul Gondreau, Professor of Theology at Providence College. Paul is serving as the Faculty Resident Director at PC/CEA’s Center for Theology and Religious Studies in Rome this semester,...
Read MoreI have often gone to the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a parish where everyone washes everyone else’s feet… during the Gospel. The people remove their shoes and socks when they stand for the Gospel, the priest reads up to the...
Read MoreSometimes it is just best to let others’ words speak for themselves. Our new Pope’s reflection on the purpose of anointing is profound, and this line in particular struck me as a good summary of the moral life in...
Read MoreOur society presents several problems facing the parish. Consumerism or politics tends to be the dominant lens through which we interpret our lives, including our faith. These frameworks are difficult to change because...
Read MoreGuest Blog By Hoon Choi, Assistant Professor of Theology & Religious Studies, St John’s University (NY) Bodily experiences are unique. They can be vehicles to an immediate knowledge of reality. The human...
Read MoreLectionary 42 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3:1-4 Jn 20:1-9 Lent is finally over and now in the Church we feast. And yet we should be changed by our Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We...
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