Following the death of George Floyd, many Catholics were faced with a reckoning: racism is intrinsically evil, and yet they felt woefully unprepared to come to the aid of brothers and sisters of color.
‘Building a Civilization of Love’ offers a thoughtful Catholic response to racism
Five great Lenten reads
The season of Lent is an ideal time to grow in the spiritual life. Here are five great reads to help you on your way.
Self-deception, pride and the Willy Loman in all of us
On this 75th anniversary of its Broadway debut, “Death of a Salesman” is well worth revisiting (or reading for the first time). It is a tragedy of self-deception that reminds us Christians that transparency, repentance, and truthfulness are the first steps toward redemptive comedy.
Rediscovering ‘A Right to Be Merry’
In her 1956 book, Poor Clare Mother Francis contends that a good sense of humor is a necessary aspect of their unique vocation and shows this with an examination of the joys that come with a calling that seems radical to many.
‘Space Shuttle Stories’: An astronaut’s invitation to wonder and awe
Between 1981 and 2011, astronauts suited up and entered a reusable spaceship 135 times, blasting off out of earth’s atmosphere with the hope that they would have a safe mission before returning to return to their families. A veteran NASA astronaut shares stories from each of these missions.
Alice McDermott’s ‘Absolution’: Works without faith are dead?
“Absolution” is an epistolary novel, composed as an exchange of letters between two women whose lives crossed briefly and unremarkably, but were linked by a third person whose dynamism and dominance made a lasting impression on both.
Servant of God’s ‘Diaries’ open a window into the soul of a disciple, says Boston cardinal
The English edition of Hernandez’s “Diaries: 1979–1981” (Gondolin Press) celebrates the work of Carmen Hernandez who helped found the Neocatechumenal Way, which has over 21,000 communities worldwide according to the organization’s website.
Father Ron Rolheiser: My Top Ten Books for 2023
There are thousands of new books published each year and they join the millions that are already in print. And so, a book has to find you as much as you have to find it.