My journey also taught me unexpected lessons about how to lead while holding the past, present and future in mind.

The time is short: two weeks until this election. Can we change these candidates’ minds? I don’t know. Can faithful Catholics get their attention? Yes.

Perhaps it seems foolish to put so much stock in one mother’s cry for help. But then again, the cries of our forefathers and foremothers have been central to our faith for centuries.

Advice from a Jesuit psychologist in training

Praying with these mysteries reminds us of the inherent worth of the poorest and most marginalized in our world.

The luminous mysteries show Jesus’ light in the world. Jesus is fully human and fully divine, and the mysteries we contemplate seem to give full recognition to each, through stories of Jesus living out his public ministry.