“I am encouraged and inspired by the pleas for peace that have continued to come from the family of George Floyd” over the Wright shooting, Archbishop Hebda added.

Our desires for the divine can be co-opted by artificial stimulants-. Ignatian prayer can help.

Pope Francis reflects on the connection between prayer and the communion of saints in his weekly Wednesday audience.

Suffering is never the end in the Christian worldview and, more importantly, the Christian experience.  

The Crucifixion is not just an image of God’s love, but a mirror reflecting our sin back to us, saying, this is the evil you’re capable of.

Remember the jar of expensive, perfumed oil that Mary pours on Jesus’ feet. We know Mary, Martha and Lazarus weren’t rich, and this oil was expensive. They would have been saving it for a special occasion.