"Stranger Things" is weird. Its characters experience trauma, sometimes from encounters with monsters, other times from very real tragedies. Some people think the show is about monsters, but it's not. It's about people.
Just as the apostles were united once they received the Holy Spirit, the church is united by that same spirit and not by keeping company just with those who agree on a certain interpretation of Christian teaching, Pope Francis said on Pentecost.
Scripture for Life: The gift of Easter and Pentecost, the gift of the Christ, is peace, which is a gift of the Spirit. Peace, the hope of all creation, is the gift given, now waiting for humanity to bring it to fruition.
Novena for Pentecost: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual novena for Pentecost on the Feast of the Ascension. Let us join those first disciples in these nine days of prayer, a way for us to be together even while we are separated by space.
Novena for Pentecost: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual novena for Pentecost. Our joy as disciples of Jesus is grounded not on the circumstances of our lives, but rather on the reality that we are the beloved of God. Jesus of Nazareth promised that he would never leave his followers alone.
Novena for Pentecost: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual novena for Pentecost. The most powerful message we preach to the world is in the way we treat each other, especially at times like this when we are afraid and tired and confused.
The Peace Pulpit: As we celebrate Pentecost, I hope we can take to our heart this message that comes to us so clearly in the readings: that Jesus rejects violence and so must we.
Scripture for Life: Anyone who has striven over time to remain faithful knows that a commitment expressed in a moment necessarily passes through a lifetime of growth and development, of deepening and testing, of becoming ever truer.
NCR Today: Power and wealth became driving forces that caused the church to lose focus on the message of Jesus. As we celebrate his resurrection, we need to return to the Gospels.
