Scripture for Life: Adam and Eve might be the perfect patron saints for this moment when our church is moving into the second session of the synod on synodality, or, we could say, the synod on becoming more together.
"There is much work to be done, much to change," writes Sr. Carmen Notario. "Let us not be afraid. We are links in a chain in a definitive historical moment where small patches are not enough; life is at stake."
The world cannot experience true peace unless we all work together to achieve a positive outcome in this quest to preserve and nurture all life, from the smallest insect to the mightiest whale.
Scripture for Life: Finding and following our deepest desires will free us to follow the Lord, who was called insane and a lawbreaker — but was never accused of failing to love.
The 2024 elections will be an intervention into our current divisive way of seeing. It intervenes, and whether it is successful in removing what has been blocking the clarity of our vision is still unknown.
For us, addicts to the independence we think of as freedom, this month of meditating on Jesus as the Bread of Life has led us to hear Jesus question us: "Are you all in?"
Scripture for Life: Christ invites us to give him a dwelling place in our heart, mind and psyche. As we do so, we begin to allow all that we are and do to find its source and purpose in him.
Scripture for Life: This week's liturgy warns us that our expectations may be the greatest obstacle keeping us from knowing what God keeps offering us.